Hit

A hit is caused whenever an attack connects with the target. Any time an attack is blocked or misses, there is no hit. Certain effects and skills specifically require a target to be hit to take effect. Some hits are critical hits.

Depending on the context, the term is also used to mean essentially the same as "attack". For example, Barrage says it "Hits 5 foes adjacent to your target" but that means additional attacks, not necessarily hits. It can also be used in the description of skills that have no relation to weapons at all, such as Fire Storm which says it "Hits foes adjacent to target's initial location."

Results of hits

• Causes damage.
• Builds adrenaline.
• Triggers effects that require a hit.

Related skills

Skills that trigger on hitting a foe

Warrior File:"For Great Justice!" (PvP).jpg "For Great Justice!" (PvP) File:Bull's Charge.jpg Bull's Charge (moving targets, melee) File:Charging Strike.jpg Charging Strike (melee) Critical Chop (critical) File:Dragon Slash.jpg Dragon Slash File:Enraged Smash.jpg Enraged Smash File:Enraged Smash (PvP).jpg Enraged Smash (PvP) File:Enraging Charge.jpg Enraging Charge File:Signet of Stamina.jpg Signet of Stamina File:Warrior's Endurance.jpg Warrior's Endurance (melee) File:Warrior's Endurance (PvP).jpg Warrior's Endurance (PvP) (melee) Ranger File:Favorable Winds.jpg Favorable Winds (arrows) File:Focused Shot.jpg Focused Shot File:Hunter's Shot.jpg Hunter's Shot File:Keen Arrow.jpg Keen Arrow (critical) File:Keen Arrow (PvP).jpg Keen Arrow (PvP) (critical) File:Marksman's Wager.jpg Marksman's Wager File:Oath Shot.jpg Oath Shot File:Predator's Pounce.jpg Predator's Pounce File:Predatory Season.jpg Predatory Season File:Strike as One.jpg Strike as One File:Trapper's Speed.jpg Trapper's Speed Monk File:Defender's Zeal.jpg Defender's Zeal File:Live Vicariously.jpg Live Vicariously Necromancer File:Blood Bond.jpg Blood Bond File:Dark Fury.jpg Dark Fury File:Mark of Fury.jpg Mark of Fury File:Order of Pain.jpg Order of Pain (physical) File:Order of the Vampire.jpg Order of the Vampire (physical) File:Barbs.jpg Barbs (physical) File:Order of Undeath.jpg Order of Undeath (caster's undead minions) Elementalist Conjure Flame (if weapon deals fire damage) Conjure Frost (if weapon deals cold damage) Conjure Lightning (if weapon deals lightning damage) Assassin File:Critical Agility.jpg Critical Agility (critical) File:Critical Defenses.jpg Critical Defenses (critical) File:Critical Eye.jpg Critical Eye (critical) File:Dark Apostasy.jpg Dark Apostasy (critical) File:Dark Escape.jpg Dark Escape File:Feigned Neutrality.jpg Feigned Neutrality File:Mark of Instability.jpg Mark of Instability (dual attack) File:Vampiric Assault.jpg Vampiric Assault File:Way of Perfection.jpg Way of Perfection (critical) File:Way of the Lotus.jpg Way of the Lotus (dual attack) File:Weapon of Fury.jpg Weapon of Fury File:Weapon of Renewal.jpg Weapon of Renewal (attack skill) File:Weapon of Shadow.jpg Weapon of Shadow File:"Fall Back!".jpg "Fall Back!" File:"Fall Back!" (PvP).jpg "Fall Back!" (PvP) File:"Find Their Weakness!" (PvP).jpg "Find Their Weakness!" (PvP) (critical) File:"Make Haste!".jpg "Make Haste!" File:Burning Refrain.jpg Burning Refrain (on foe with more health) File:Defensive Anthem.jpg Defensive Anthem (attack skill) File:Defensive Anthem (PvP).jpg Defensive Anthem (PvP) (attack skill) File:Holy Spear.jpg Holy Spear (summoned creature) File:Spear of Fury.jpg Spear of Fury (foe with condition) File:Vicious Attack.jpg Vicious Attack (critical) File:Chilling Victory.jpg Chilling Victory (on foes with less health) File:Farmer's Scythe.jpg Farmer's Scythe (multiple foes) File:Grenth's Aura.jpg Grenth's Aura File:Mystic Vigor.jpg Mystic Vigor File:Sand Shards.jpg Sand Shards File:Victorious Sweep.jpg Victorious Sweep (on foes with less health) File:Whirling Charge.jpg Whirling Charge Zealous Renewal Zealous Sweep Zealous Vow

Skills that trigger on a foe hitting an ally

File:Insidious Parasite.jpg Insidious Parasite File:Tainted Flesh.jpg Tainted Flesh (melee) Mesmer File:Ancestor's Visage.jpg Ancestor's Visage (melee) File:Sympathetic Visage.jpg Sympathetic Visage (melee) File:Vengeful Was Khanhei.jpg Vengeful Was Khanhei File:Weapon of Shadow.jpg Weapon of Shadow File:Mental Block.jpg Mental Block

Skills that trigger on failing to hit

File:Tiger Stance.jpg Tiger Stance File:Determined Shot.jpg Determined Shot File:Marksman's Wager.jpg Marksman's Wager File:Oath Shot.jpg Oath Shot File:Seeking Arrows.jpg Seeking Arrows File:Price of Failure.jpg Price of Failure File:Spear of Redemption.jpg Spear of Redemption

Notes

• Skills that require an attack do not always require a hit.
• Using dagger attacks out of sequence does not result in hits.

See also

• Attack
• Attack speed
• Block
• Miss