Malicious Reprisal

When you block or one of your attacks is blocked, your next attacks will be unblockable and deal increased damage. — In-game description

Malicious Reprisal

Specialization

Devastation (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

“

20

Malicious Reprisal

When you block or one of your attacks is blocked, your next attacks will be unblockable and deal increased damage.

 Damage Increase: 25%

 Damage Increase: 10%

₂ Unblockable (5s): Your attacks can't be blocked.

— In-game description

Notes

• The stacks of this trait are consumed regardless of if the following attacks are blocked or not

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This trait has been retired and replaced with Thrill of Combat.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait now triggers when you block an attack as well as when your attacks are blocked. The unblockable attacks from this trait now deal 25% increased damage (10% in WvW/sPvP). This trait has swapped positions with Jade Echo and moved to the Master tier. Reduced recharge from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Malicious Reprisal has been added to the game.