Brutality

Gain quickness when you swap weapons. Deal increased damage to foes with stability or protection. — In-game description

Brutality

Specialization

Devastation (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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9

Brutality

Gain quickness when you swap weapons. Deal increased damage to foes with stability or protection.

 Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Damage Increase: 15%

 Damage Increase: 10%

— In-game description

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Salvation

• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.

Herald

• Shared Empowerment — When applying a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.
• Reinforced Potency — Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
• Elevated Compassion — Heal allies when you grant them boons. Grant boons to allies when your upkeep cost is equal to or higher than the threshold. An ally can only be affected by this skill once per interval.

Notes

• Does not trigger when swapping legends.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Increased the damage increase from 10% to 15% in WvW only.
June 24, 2025	This trait no longer removes stability while striking with quickness and instead causes you to deal increased damage when you strike a foe that has protection or stability.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This trait switched positions with Swift Termination.
February 08, 2018	Added a 1-second internal cooldown per target to this trait.
February 06, 2018	Brutality has been added to the game and replaced Dismantle Fortifications.