User:Dreamcore/Drunken Brawler

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Fight and be merry friend; the next round is on me!

— Guildwars2.com Drunken Brawler

Drunken Brawlers specialize in melee combat. Their continuous alcohol consumption allows them to hit harder and absorb mammoth amounts of damage at the cost of their accuracy. As a soldier profession, drunken brawlers wear heavy armor.

Abilities

Drunken level is the drunken brawler profession's unique mechanic. Certain skills will increase the drunken level resulting in an increased damage output and a higher resistance to incoming damage at the cost of an increased miss chance on attacks. Drunken level has three tiers: Tipsy, Drunk and Paralytic - each tier increases the granted effects, and can also provide other benefits like attack and movement speed. Progress on the drunken level bar will last a certain amount of time before the drunken brawler gradually becomes sober - to upkeep drunken level, the drunken brawler must maintain the usage of Brews and various other skills.

Drunken level effects
Drunken level begins at sober with no added effects. Each tier adds 5% increased outgoing damage, 5% reduced incoming damage and 10% miss chance up to a maximum of 15%, 15% and 30% respectively at tier 3(paralytic).

The drunken brawler is the only profession that does not have access to range weapons. Instead they are particularly deadly with melee weaponry and have access to shout skills and outbursts.

To counteract the damage resistance gained from drunken level, drunken brawlers have less base health than warriors.

Skills

See list of drunken brawler skills.

Skill types unique to drunken brawler

• Brews — utility skills similar to elixirs which provide buffs whilst increasing the drunken level.
• Perception — perception skills allow the drunken brawler to attack with increased accuracy among other benefits.
• Outbursts — utility skills similar to physicals that deal damage and provide control such as knockdown.

Traits

A drunken brawler has five general trait lines to choose from:

• Heavyweight increases  Power and  Toughness, and focuses on increasing raw damage, survivability and the effectiveness of outbursts.
• Beer Goggles increases  Precision and  Condition Damage, and has many traits that reduce the negative effects of drunken level and improve perception skills.
• Stamina increases  Healing Power and  Vitality, and focuses on improving the effectiveness of stance skills as well as increasing mobility.
• Rowdiness increases  Boon Duration and  Condition Duration, and has many traits which aid allies by improving shouts and the use of the warhorn.
• Another Round increases  Critical Damage and Drinking Speed, the unique attribute of drunken brawler. Another Round largely benefits the use of brews and their positive effects on the drunken level.

Drinking Speed is an attribute unique to drunken brawler that increases the drunken level duration added by brews and other skills, in effect making the drunken level last longer. Drinking Speed increases the drunken level duration by 5% per point, up to a maximum of 30%.