Unsuspecting Strikes

Deal increased strike damage to foes with health above the health threshold. — In-game description

Unsuspecting Strikes

Specialization

Devastation (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Unsuspecting Strikes

Deal increased strike damage to foes with health above the health threshold.

 Damage Increase: 20%

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Health Threshold: 80%

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 25, 2021	Reduced bonus strike damage from 25% to 20% in PvE only.
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Unsuspecting Strikes has been added to the game and replaced Vicious Lacerations. This new trait increases outgoing damage when attacking a foe above 80% health. The damage increase is 25% in PvE and 10% in competitive modes.