Dash to a nearby enemy and strike it with your weapon. Cannot be used without a target. Costs more mana the further away the target is.

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Added damage is applied at 100% effectiveness.

Using a Traversal skill puts all other traversal skills on cooldown and traversal skills' cooldowns do not recover while you are using a traversal skill.

Strike First!

Effect

Lunge

Base damage per hit
2 Physical
Critical strike chance
5 % · 200% critical damage
Added damage effectiveness
100 %
Counts as
Melee

Base values before skill tree nodes, passives and gear.

Skill tree: Lunge

The skill tree as it appears in game. A specialized skill gains one point per level up to level 20; the number on a connection shows how many points the previous node needs.

Hover or tap a node for its description. The number on a node is its maximum points.

All nodes as a list (28)
  1. Dawn Charge max 5

    You regain a percentage of your missing health when you use Lunge.

    • 8% Health Gain Of Missing Health
  2. Broadside max 3

    Lunge deals damage in a wider area along its path.

    • +15% Path Width

    Requires Blade Stream

  3. Double Strike max 1

    Lunge gains an additional charge, but it has a longer cooldown.

    • +1 Lunge Charges
    • +15% Increased Cooldown Length

    Requires 2 points in Ambuscade

  4. Slipstream max 2

    Other allies caught in the path gain Haste for a short duration.

    • 2 Haste Duration (seconds)

    Requires Broadside

  5. To Your Aid max 1

    You can now Lunge to other allies.

    • Lunge to Allies

    Requires 2 points in Slipstream

    You cannot Lunge to shields from Ring of Shields.

  6. Healing Rush max 5

    You now heal allies and cleanse negative ailments on allies you Lunge to. The amount of health gained is increased by healing effectiveness.

    • 50 Healing Amount
    • Cleanses Ailments On Allies fixed

    Requires To Your Aid

  7. Blade Stream max 1

    Lunge now hits all enemies along its path to your target.

    • Melee Damage Along Path

    Requires 2 points in Dawn Charge

    Increased Area for Area Skills stats affect the width of the path

  8. Rough Cuts max 4

    Lunge hits have a chance to cause enemies to bleed along its path but not its final hit.

    • +100% Bleed Chance Along Path

    Requires 2 points in Visceral Path

  9. Visceral Path max 4

    Lunge deals more damage to enemies along its path and with its final hit.

    • +15% Damage

    Requires Blade Stream

  10. Torchbearer max 1

    Lunge's base physical damage is converted to fire. Consequently this damage scales with increases to fire damage, but not increases to physical damage or other damage types.

    Bleed chance from all sources is converted to ignite chance.

    Swaps Lunge's Physical tag for a Fire tag.

    This has no effect if you have taken the Voidbringer node.

    • Base Damage Converted To Fire
    • Bleed -> Ignite Chance

    Requires 2 points in Rough Cuts

  11. Juggernaut Dash max 2

    You have a high chance to block while Lunging.

    • +50% Block Chance

    Requires Dawn Charge

  12. Disarming Blow max 3

    Lunge's final hit has a chance to apply Frailty to enemies based on distance traveled up to a maximum.

    • +100% Maximum Frailty Chance
    • 10 Maximum Distance Benefit (meters) fixed
  13. Impairing Strike max 5

    Lunge's final hit now Immobilizes enemies for a short duration.

    • 1 Immobilize Duration (seconds)

    Requires 2 points in Disarming Blow

  14. Deadly Stab max 3

    Improves Lunge's base critical strike chance when using a spear.

    • +3% Base Crit Chance With Spear

    Requires Art of the Spear

  15. Initiate's Onslaught max 5

    Lunge's final hit deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) in a larger area based on distance traveled up to a maximum.

    • +50% Maximum Damage
    • +20% Maximum Area
    • 10 Maximum Distance Benefit (meters) fixed

    Requires Disarming Blow or Warrior's Renewal

  16. Cull the Weak max 3

    Lunge hits instantly kills enemies that are below a health threshold (a percentage of their maximum health). The threshold is based on distance traveled up to a maximum.

    If you have a similar effect from an item or passive node then the highest threshold is used.

    • 5% Maximum Kill Threshold
    • 10 Maximum Distance Benefit (meters) fixed

    Requires 2 points in Initiate's Onslaught

  17. Crusader's Fury max 5

    After using Lunge you gain additional physical penetration per enemy hit along the path. This buff lasts 4 seconds.

    • +2% Physical Penetration Per Enemy

    Requires Broadside

    This buff can stack if you use Lunge multiple times within 4 seconds.

    If Lunge is converted to Void then this buff grants Void Penetration instead.

    If Lunge is converted to Fire then this buff grants Fire Penetration instead.

  18. Holy Incursion max 2

    Lunge's final hit has a chance to cast Smite at up to 3 nearby targets based on distance traveled up to a maximum.

    • +50% Maximum Smite Chance
    • 10 Maximum Distance Benefit (meters) fixed

    Requires Cull the Weak

    If there are 3 available targets and this effect triggers it will always cast smite at all 3 targets. The cast chance is not rolled individually.

  19. Unstoppable max 1

    You are invulnerable while Lunging.

    • Invulnerability While Lunging

    Requires 2 points in Juggernaut Dash

  20. Reckless Skirmish max 4

    Killing an enemy with Lunge grants you Frenzy for a short duration.

    • 1 Frenzy Duration (seconds)

    Requires Cull the Weak

  21. Voidbringer max 1

    Lunge's base physical damage is converted to void. Consequently this damage scales with increases to void damage, but not increases to physical damage or other damage types.

    Bleed chance from all sources is converted to chance to inflict Time Rot.

    Swaps Lunge's Physical tag for a Void tag.

    • Base Damage Converted To Void
    • Bleed -> Time Rot Chance

    Requires 2 points in Reckless Skirmish

  22. Ready or Not max 1

    Killing an enemy with Lunge resets the cooldowns of Void Cleave, Erasing Strike, Forge Strike and Judgement

    • Void Cleave Cooldown Resets
    • Erasing Strike Cooldown Resets
    • Judgement Cooldown Resets
    • Forge Strike Cooldown Resets

    Requires 2 points in Reckless Skirmish

  23. Art of the Spear max 1

    Lunge's final hit now deals damage in an extended rectangle instead of a circle when using a spear.

    • Extended Area With Spear

    Requires 2 points in Initiate's Onslaught

  24. Pilum Assault max 1

    Lunge's final hit now causes you to use Javelin when using a spear.

    This consumes Javelin's mana cost.

    • Javelin After Lunging With Spear

    Requires Deadly Stab

  25. Warrior's Renewal max 3

    You reduce a portion of Lunge's remaining cooldown when you use a different melee attack and hit at least one enemy.

    This effect can only occur a limited number of times per use of Lunge.

    • 1 Cooldown Recovery Attacks
    • 8% Remaining Cooldown Recovered
  26. Ambuscade max 5

    Lunge deals more melee damage to enemies at high health (multiplicative with other modifiers).

    • +30% Melee Damage To High Health

    Requires Warrior's Renewal

    Targets above 65% max health are considered to be at high health.

  27. Lead the Charge max 1

    You grant other nearby allies Haste at the end of the charge for a short duration based on distance traveled, up to a maximum.

    • 3 Maximum Haste Duration
    • 10 Maximum Distance Benefit (meters) fixed

    Requires Double Strike

    This does not grant you Haste, but does affect your minions.

  28. Endless Will max 2

    Warrior's Renewal recovers an additional amount of Lunge's cooldown and also grants you health when it triggers.

    • +3% Additional Cooldown Recovery
    • 10 Health Gain

    Requires Warrior's Renewal

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