Counterattack

Warrior skill · Guard Line · tier 3

Beta 0.7.2

Whoever strikes the warrior cuts themselves on him.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 14 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Counterattack scales with Thorns. Its value at each rank is 23.8 + 6.8 × rank:

Rank12345678910
Value30.637.444.25157.864.671.478.28591.8

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Guard Line skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

  1. 1
    Rank 5 in Firm Stance Tier 1 of the Guard Line.
  2. 2
    Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
  3. 3
    One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Counterattack opens Phantom Squire.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Guard Line skills makes Counterattack 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Counterattack has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Guard Line

SkillTierTypeCooldownScales with
Firm Stance1Shield12 sAbsorption
Total Block2Shield12 sBlock
Counterattack3Buff14 sThorns
Phantom Squire4AuraNoneDefense
Fortress5Ultimate16 sHealth

Other Warrior skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.