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{{TOCright}} A [[knock down]] or ''KD'' causes a [[target]] to temporarily fall down. Knocked down characters cannot [[Movement|move]], activate skills with an [[activation time]] or [[aftercast delay]], or switch weapons. Knock downs mostly function the same as standard [[interrupt]]s; however, since they are technically different [[game mechanics]], KDs can interrupt through skills such as [[Mantra of Concentration]].

Unless otherwise stated, a knock down lasts 2 seconds; it can be extended to 3 seconds using [[Stonefist Insignia]]s or certain skills. [[Junundu Tunnel]] and [[Reaper's Sweep]] can knock down for 3 seconds; three other skills can knock down for 4 seconds ([[Choking Breath]], [[Backbreaker]], and [[Psychic Instability]]). A knocked-down target cannot be knocked down again until they get up; however, they can be knocked down again the instant they begin to rise (see [[quarterknocking]]).

Some foes carry [[Stun on Critical Hit]], causing knock down to foes against whom they score a [[critical hit]]. Others carry [[Stun Immunity]] which prevents them from being knocked down. Characters inside a [[Siege Devourer]] or [[Desert Wurm (disguise)|Desert Wurm]] are immune to knock downs.

A small number of foes, including [[Shiro Tagachi]], can be difficult or impossible to knock down for other reasons.

== Enhancements ==
* The [[warrior]] [[armor]] upgrade component [[Stonefist Insignia]] increases the [[duration]] of all knock downs inflicted by the Warrior by 1 second. This upgrade cannot extend durations beyond 3 seconds.
* The skill [[Earthbind]] sets a minimum duration of knock downs to 3 seconds. It also bypasses [[Stun Immunity]], but has no effect on other skills that prevent knock downs.

== Related skills ==
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|'''Skills that cause knock down'''
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; ''Unconditional knock downs
These skills always cause knock downs on [[foe]]s:

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* {{skill icon|Backbreaker}} ([[elite]]) — for 4 seconds with [[Strength]] 8 or higher.
* {{skill icon|Devastating Hammer}} (elite)
* {{skill icon|Earth Shaker}} (elite) — on target and [[adjacent]] foes.
* {{skill icon|Grapple}} — on target and the user.
* {{skill icon|Hammer Bash}}
* {{skill icon|Magehunter's Smash}} (elite)
* {{skill icon|Shove}} (elite)
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* {{skill icon|Spike Trap}} (elite) — on [[nearby]] foes once triggered.
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* {{skill icon|Signet of Judgment}} (elite)
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* {{duplicate skill icon|Earthquake|Dragon's Stomp}} — on target and nearby foes.
* {{skill icon|Gale}}
* {{skill icon|Lightning Surge}} (elite)
* {{skill icon|Meteor}} — on target and adjacent foes.
* {{skill icon|Meteor Shower}} — up to three times, on target and adjacent foes.
* {{skill icon|Shock}} — on target [[Touch Skill|touched]] foe.
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* {{skill icon|Entangling Asp}}
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* {{skill icon|Grasping Was Kuurong}} (elite) — on foes in the area.
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* {{skill icon|"You Move Like a Dwarf!"}}
* {{skill icon|Brawling Headbutt}} — on target touched foe.
* {{skill icon|Devourer Siege}} — on target and nearby foes.
* {{skill icon|Hidden Rock}} — with the user's next snowball.
* {{skill icon|Junundu Siege}}
* {{skill icon|Junundu Tunnel}} — for 3 seconds, on adjacent foes.
* {{skill icon|Mega Snowball}}
* {{skill icon|Siege Devourer Swipe}} — on nearby foes.
* {{skill icon|Ursan Rage}} — on adjacent foes.
* {{skill icon|Sugar Shock}} — for 10 seconds

; ''Conditional knock downs
These skills inflict knock downs on [[foe]]s under certain conditions:

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* {{skill icon|"Coward!"}} ([[elite]]) — if target is moving.
* {{skill icon|"None Shall Pass!"}} — on [[nearby]], moving foes.
* {{skill icon|Bull's Charge}} (elite) — if the user hits a moving foe with a [[melee attack]].
* {{skill icon|Bull's Strike}} — if target is moving.
* {{skill icon|Counter Blow}} — if target is attacking.
* {{skill icon|Enraged Smash}} (elite) — if target is moving.
* {{duplicate skill icon|Griffon's Sweep|Leviathan's Sweep}} — if target [[block]]s the skill.
* {{skill icon|Heavy Blow}} — if target is suffering from [[weakness]].
* {{skill icon|Irresistible Blow}} — if target blocks the skill.
* {{skill icon|Shield Bash}} — on the next foe using an attack skill on the user, if that skill is a melee attack.
* {{skill icon|Yeti Smash}} — on [[adjacent]] foes suffering from a [[condition]].
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* {{skill icon|Pounce}} - if hit foe is moving.
* {{duplicate skill icon|Bestial Pounce|Savage Pounce}} — if hit foe is casting a [[spell]].
* {{skill icon|Tripwire}} — on [[cripple]]d foes.
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* {{skill icon|Balthazar's Pendulum}} (elite) — if a foe attempts to knock down target [[ally]], prevents the knock down on the target.
* {{skill icon|Bane Signet}} — if target is attacking.
* {{skill icon|Judgment Strike}} — if target is attacking
* {{skill icon|Shield of Judgment}} (elite) — on foes that attack the target ally.
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* {{skill icon|Psychic Instability}} (elite) — for 2-5 seconds, if it interrupts a skill.
* {{skill icon|Signet of Clumsiness}} — on foes activating an attack skill.
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* {{skill icon|Churning Earth}} — on foes [[Speed boost|moving faster]] than normal.
* {{skill icon|Gust}} — if nearby foes are attacking or moving.
* {{skill icon|Mind Shock}} (elite) — if the target has less [[energy]] than the caster.
* {{skill icon|Slippery Ground}} — if target is moving or [[blind]].
* {{skill icon|Stoning}} — if target is suffering from weakness.
* {{skill icon|Whirlwind}} — on adjacent, attacking foes (nearby foes if [[overcast]]).
* {{skill icon|Unsteady Ground}} — on attacking foes.
* {{skill icon|Water Trident}} (elite) — if target is moving.
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* {{skill icon|Horns of the Ox}} — if no foes are adjacent to target.
* {{skill icon|Iron Palm}} — if target is suffering from a hex or condition.
* {{skill icon|Mark of Instability}} — if hit by a [[dual attack]] from the user.
* {{skill icon|Scorpion Wire}} — if the target is a certain distance from the caster.
* {{skill icon|Trampling Ox}} — if target is crippled.
* {{skill icon|Wastrel's Collapse}} (elite) — if target is not using a skill.
{{rt}}
* {{skill icon|Wanderlust}} (elite) — if spirit's target is not moving
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* {{skill icon|Reaper's Sweep}} (elite) — for 2-3 seconds, if a [[dervish]] [[Enchantment spell|enchantment]] is removed.
* {{skill icon|Shield of Force}} — on adjacent, attacking foes if the user is attacked.
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* {{skill icon|Choking Breath}} — for 4 seconds, on foes casting a spell.
* {{skill icon|Club of a Thousand Bears}} — if target is non-[[human]].
* {{skill icon|Great Dwarf Weapon}} — gives all attacks a chance to knock down.
* {{skill icon|Ice Breaker}} — on anyone striking the user.

; ''Skills that knock down their user:
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* {{duplicate skill icon|Desperation Blow|Drunken Blow}}
* {{skill icon|Grapple}} — on target foe and the user.
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|'''Skills that prevent knock downs'''
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These skills can be used to prevent one or more knock downs:

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* {{skill icon|Balanced Stance}} — on the user.
* {{skill icon|Dolyak Signet}} — on the user.
* {{skill icon|Steady Stance}} ([[elite]]) — on the user.
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* {{skill icon|Aura of Stability}} — on other ally.
* {{skill icon|Balthazar's Pendulum}} (elite) — on an ally, knocks down the foe whose knock down was prevented.
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* {{skill icon|Ward of Stability}} — on allies inside the [[ward]].
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* {{skill icon|"Brace Yourself!"}} — on other ally.
{{d}}
* {{skill icon|Fleeting Stability}} — on the user.
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* {{skill icon|"Don't Trip!"}} — party members within [[earshot]].
* {{skill icon|"I Am Unstoppable!"}} — on the user.
* {{skill icon|Dwarven Stability}} — on the user if [[drunk]] when activated.
* {{skill icon|Ice Fort}} — on the user.
* {{skill icon|Raven Flight}} (PvE-only; elite; while using [[Raven Blessing]]) - on the user.
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|'''Skills that benefit from knocked down foes or allies'''
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; ''Specifically benefit from knocked down foes
These skills have additional effects if specifically targeting knocked down foes:

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* {{skill icon|Crushing Blow}} — causes a [[Deep Wound|deep wound]].
* {{skill icon|Lacerating Chop}} — causes [[bleeding]].
* {{skill icon|Overbearing Smash}} — causes [[dazed]].
* {{skill icon|Renewing Smash}} — [[recharge]]s itself and gives [[energy]].
* {{skill icon|Steelfang Slash}} — gives extra [[adrenaline]].

{{r}}
* {{skill icon|Bestial Mauling}} — causes [[daze]].
* {{skill icon|Melandru's Shot}} — causes [[bleeding]] and [[crippled]].
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* {{duplicate skill icon|Holy Strike|Stonesoul Strike}} — deals extra damage against knocked down foes.
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* {{skill icon|Fetid Ground}} — causes [[poison]].
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* {{skill icon|Aftershock}} — deals more damage.
* {{skill icon|Bed of Coals}} — causes [[burning]].
{{d}}
* {{skill icon|Rending Aura}} — causes attack skills to remove enchantments.
{{any}}
* {{skill icon|A Touch of Guile}} — prevents the foe from attacking.
* {{skill icon|Junundu Bite}} — the user [[Health gain|gains health]].
* {{skill icon|Low Blow}} — causes additional damage and [[Cracked Armor|cracked armor]].

; ''Also benefit from a knocked down foe or ally
These skills also have effects if targeting a knocked down foe or affecting a knocked down ally:

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* {{skill icon|"Fear Me!"}} — the user has an additional chance of a critical hit with melee attacks against stationary foes (since knocked down foes cannot move).
* {{skill icon|Protector's Defense}} — the user and adjacent allies have a chance to block if the user does not move (since a knocked down user cannot move).
{{r}}
* {{skill icon|Sloth Hunter's Shot}} — deals more damage if target foe is not using a skill (since a knocked down foe cannot use a skill with an activation time).
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* {{skill icon|Waste Not, Want Not}} — energy gain if target foe is not attacking or casting a spell (since a knocked down foe cannot attack nor cast a spell with an activation time).
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* {{skill icon|"Stand Your Ground!"}} — additional armor if affected party member is not moving (since a knocked down ally cannot move).
* {{skill icon|Cruel Spear}} — causes deep wound if target foe is not moving (since a knocked down foe cannot move).
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|'''Skills that require knocked down foes or allies'''
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These skills have no effect unless targeting knocked down foes or allies:

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* {{skill icon|"I Meant to Do That!"}} — (on self) gives [[adrenaline]].
* {{skill icon|"On Your Knees!"}} — recharges [[stance]]s.
* {{skill icon|Belly Smash}} — causes [[AoE]] [[blind]].
* {{skill icon|Pulverizing Smash}} — cause [[weakness]] and a [[Deep Wound|deep wound]].
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* {{skill icon|Brambles}} — cause bleeding and damage.
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* {{skill icon|Supportive Spirit}} — heals an ally if damaged while knocked down.
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* {{skill icon|Falling Lotus Strike}} — gives [[energy]].
* {{skill icon|Falling Spider}} — causes [[poison]].
* {{skill icon|Lift Enchantment}} — removes an [[enchantment]].
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* {{skill icon|Earthbind}} — causes the knock down to last at least 3 seconds, the spirit [[Health loss|loses health]].
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* {{skill icon|Awe}} — causes [[daze]].
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== Notes ==

* Some [[creature]]s do not have an animation for being knocked down. Instead, they perform the animation for being interrupted and stand motionless until the knock down is over.
* Knock downs are most often used as interrupts and [[snare]]s.
* Characters are knocked down when consuming [[Battle Isle Iced Tea]].
* [[Warrior]]s and [[Elementalist]]s have more knock down skills than the other professions.
* [[Necromancer]]s and [[Paragon]]s are the only professions without any skills that can cause knock downs.

{{anomaly|When used on a foe during casting, they often keep casting for 1-2 seconds more, or until the cast finishes; then it spontaneously [[fail]]s. This doesn't affect gameplay.}}
{{anomaly|[[Shadow step]]ping while knocked down effectively removes the knocked down state, but adds a delay on the effects of skills activated afterwards until their animations "catches up" (in a manner similar to activating skills after [[resurrection]]).}}
{{bug|If a [[creature]] is knocked down while their [[projectile]] [[attack]] is mid-flight, such as a [[bow]] projectile attack, the projectile will not hit its destination until that creature would no longer be stunned.}}

=== PvP tactics ===

As stated above, knocked down characters cannot use skills with an activation time or [[aftercast delay]]. Even a single knock down can make a difference in combat, and knock downs can be used for various purposes.

* A common tactic is to knock down monks while spiking another character, to prevent monks from healing them.
* Knocking down (and otherwise [[snare (tactic)|snaring]]) [[flag]] and [[relic]] runners and [[kiting]] players is a good tactic.
* [[Knockdown lock|Knock-lock]] is the technique of repeatedly inflicting knock downs on targets to shut them down.

== Trivia ==
* The game sometimes refers to knock down as ''stun'' in some internal (and normally inaccessible) skill descriptions.

[[Category:Game mechanics]] [[Category:Tactics (gameplay)]]

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