Hammer Mastery

Hammer Mastery is a warrior secondary attribute.

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Hammer Mastery increases the damage you do with hammers and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a hammer. Many skills, especially hammer attack skills become more effective with higher Hammer Mastery.

— in-game description

Inherent effect

Each point in Hammer Mastery increases the damage you deal with a hammer and the chance to score a critical hit while using a hammer.

For information on the damage dealt with increasing ranks, see Damage rating.

Hammer Mastery skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
File:Auspicious Blow.jpg	Auspicious Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage and you gain 3...7...8 Energy. Unblockable if target foe is Weakened.	5	0	0	0		Factions
File:Auspicious Blow (PvP).jpg	Auspicious Blow (PvP)	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage and you gain 2...4...4 Energy. Unblockable if target foe is Weakened.	5	0	0	0		Factions
File:Backbreaker.jpg	Backbreaker	Elite Hammer Attack. Deals +1...16...20 damage. Causes knockdown. Knockdown lasts 4 seconds with Strength 8 or higher.	9	0	0	0		Prophecies
File:Belly Smash.jpg	Belly Smash	Hammer Attack. Inflicts Blindness condition to adjacent foes (3...6...7 seconds) if target foe is knocked down.	0	055	01.001	01010		Prophecies
File:Counter Blow.jpg	Counter Blow	Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down if target foe is attacking.	4	0	0	0		Core
File:Crude Swing.jpg	Crude Swing	Hammer Attack. Attack all adjacent foes for +1...16...20 damage.	0	055	0	0055		Prophecies
File:Crushing Blow.jpg	Crushing Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +1...16...20 damage. Inflicts Deep Wound condition if target foe is knocked-down (5...17...20 seconds).	0	055	0	01010		Prophecies
File:Devastating Hammer.jpg	Devastating Hammer	Elite Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds).	7	0	0	0		Core
File:Earth Shaker.jpg	Earth Shaker	Elite Hammer Attack. Knocks down target and adjacent foes. 50% failure chance unless Hammer Mastery is 5 or more.	8	0	0	0		Prophecies
File:Enraged Smash.jpg	Enraged Smash	Elite Hammer Attack. Gives you 1...3...4 strike[s] of adrenaline if you hit. Deals +10...34...40 damage and causes knockdown if target foe was moving.	0	055	0	0055		Factions
File:Enraged Smash (PvP).jpg	Enraged Smash (PvP)	Elite Hammer Attack. Gives you 1...3...3 strike[s] of adrenaline if you hit. Deals +10...34...40 damage and causes knockdown if target foe was moving.	0	055	0	01010		Factions
File:Fierce Blow.jpg	Fierce Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Inflicts Deep Wound (1...7...8 second[s]) if target foe is Weakened.	6	0	0	0		Factions
File:Forceful Blow.jpg	Forceful Blow	Elite Hammer Attack. Deals +10...26...30 damage. Remove target foe's stance. Inflicts Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds). Unblockable.	5	0	0	0		Factions
File:Hammer Bash.jpg	Hammer Bash	Hammer Attack. Causes knock-down. Lose all adrenaline.	6	0	0	0		Core
File:Heavy Blow.jpg	Heavy Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +1...24...30 damage and causes knock-down if target foe is Weakened. Lose all adrenaline.	5	0	0	0		Core
File:Irresistible Blow.jpg	Irresistible Blow	Hammer Attack. Deals +5...17...20 damage. Deals 5...17...20 damage and causes knock-down if blocked.	0	055	0	0066		Core

Notes

Knock downs

• The four Hammer Mastery elites Devastating Hammer, Backbreaker, Earth Shaker and Magehunter's Smash provide a knock down without draining all adrenaline like non-elite options such as Hammer Bash and Yeti Smash. The elite Enraged Smash also provides an easily achieved conditional knock down.
• Forceful Blow is the only Hammer Mastery elite that does not cause knock down. Counter Blow is the only non-elite adrenaline skill to cause conditional knock down without draining all adrenaline. Irresistible Blow is the only non-elite energy skill to cause conditional knock down without draining all adrenaline.

Skill analysis

• Knock down features as a conditional in many Hammer Mastery skills; Belly Smash causes blindness, Pulverizing Smash inflicts Weakness, Dazed is caused by Overbearing Smash, Crushing Blow causes Deep Wound, and Renewing Smash grants instant skill recharge.
• Weakness also features as a conditional in many Hammer Mastery skills; Auspicious Blow becomes unblockable, Yeti Smash and Heavy Blow cause knock down. It can be applied using either Devastating Hammer, Forceful Blow, Pulverizing Smash or Staggering Blow.
• Crushing Blow, Fierce Blow and Pulverizing Smash are the only skills able to apply Deep Wound in Hammer Mastery and require the target to be knocked down or suffer from Weakness.
• Enraged Smash provides an unconditional method of generating adrenaline to fuel other non-elite Hammer Mastery skills; while Auspicious Blow and Mokele Smash are the only non-elite skills providing adrenaline and Energy gain.
• Along with melee attack skills, Dwarven Battle Stance also affects Hammer Mastery attack skills.