Guard Break

Warrior skill · Impact line · tier 4

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Finds the gap in the armour and widens it with the point.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 10 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Guard Break scales with Penetration. Its value at each rank is 212 + 60 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	272	332	392	452	512	572	632	692	752	812
Penetration	+2.72%	+3.32%	+3.92%	+4.52%	+5.12%	+5.72%	+6.32%	+6.92%	+7.52%	+8.12%

Penetration is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.

Penetration = value × skill power
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Impact skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Smash or Charge Strike Tier 2 or tier 3 of the Impact line.
2
Hero level 22 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Guard Break opens Devastate.

Mastery and synergies

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

Skills Guard Break boosts

Bloody Cut

Hemorrhage

Carnage

Each rank in Guard Break makes these skills 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10), even when Guard Break is not on the active bar.

Impact line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Brutal Blow	1	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Smash	2	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Charge Strike	3	Control	12 s	Chill
Guard Break	4	Debuff	10 s	Penetration
Devastate	5	Ultimate	16 s	Attack