Weakening Strikes

Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them. — In-game description

Weakening Strikes

Specialization

Daredevil (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Weakening Strikes

Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase: 7%

 Damage Reduced: 10%

 Weakening Strikes (4s): Next attack weakens enemies.

 Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Recall Axes — Axe
•   Orchestrated Assault — Axe
•   Crippling Strike — Sword
•   Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Vampiric Slash — Spear
•   Weakening Whirl — Staff

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Portal
•   Signet of Shadows — Signet

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Rusty Scrap Strike — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
•   Throw Scale — Stolen skill

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Deadly Arts

• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Deadly Arts

• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.

Notes

• The damage modifier stacks multiplicatively with other damage modifiers.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage dealt to weakened foes increased from 7% to 10%.
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: (Competitive split) Reduced weakness duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
April 23, 2019	This trait has been moved from the Adept tier into the Minor Master tier and has had its functionality changed. This trait will now cause the daredevil's next strike after dodging to weaken enemies. This weakening effect can be applied to multiple targets at once if the skill used is an area-of-effect skill. Reduced the weakness duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds. Increased the damage dealt to weakened foes by 7%, and reduced damage taken from foes by 10%.
December 01, 2015	Updated the trait facts to include the damage reduction from weakened enemies (10%).
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Weakening Strikes has been added to the game.