Brutality/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 trait that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this trait, see Brutality. |
April 14, 2026
- Brutality: Increased the damage increase from 10% to 15% in WvW only.
“9BrutalityGain quickness when you swap weapons. Deal increased damage to foes with stability or protection.
Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.
Damage Increase: 15%
— In-game description
June 24, 2025
- Brutality: 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.
“9BrutalityGain quickness when you swap weapons. Deal increased damage to foes with stability or protection.
— In-game description
February 25, 2020
- Brutality: This trait switched positions with Swift Termination.
“9BrutalityGain quickness when you swap weapons. While you have quickness, your strikes remove stability.
This removal effect can only occur once per interval on each target.
Boon Removed
Stacks Removed per Strike: 1
Interval: 1 second
— In-game description
February 06, 2018
- Brutality: Added a 1-second internal cooldown per target to this trait.
“9BrutalityGain quickness when you swap weapons. While you have quickness, your strikes remove stability.
This removal effect can only occur once per interval on each target.— In-game description
Original version
“BrutalityGain quickness when you swap weapons. While you have quickness, your strikes remove stability.
— In-game description
