Maul (ranger greatsword skill)

This article is about the ranger greatsword skill. For other skills of the same name, see Maul.

Attack your foe with the force of a bear. Your pet gains an attack of opportunity. — In-game description

Animation

Maul

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Greatsword

Game link

API

12525

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Maul

Attack your foe with the force of a bear. Your pet gains an attack of opportunity.

 Damage: 887 (2.2)^?

 Damage: 605 (1.5)^?

₅ Vulnerability (8s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

₅ Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +50% damage on next attack.

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +25% damage on next attack.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 220

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Wolfsong — Canine Beast abilities apply vulnerability and reveal nearby enemies. You deal additional increased strike damage against vulnerable enemies.
• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, gain quickness. The next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Soulbeast

• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• While in Beastmode, this skill is replaced by Maul (beastmode greatsword skill), which grants Attack of Opportunity (soulbeast effect) to the player at the end of the cast with a reduced damage bonus of 25% instead of 50%.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP only. Increased the power coefficient from 2.0 to 2.2 in PvE only. Increased the damage coefficient from 1.36 to 1.5 in PvP and WvW.
January 30, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 1.75 to 2.0 in PvE only.
April 28, 2020	Maul: Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP only.
March 17, 2020	Maul: Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.36 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.75 to 1.5. Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased cooldown from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
December 12, 2017	Reduced the duration of the Attack of Opportunity granted from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Maul now grants a merged ranger 25% increased damage on their next attack.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug in which the damage was being incorrectly updated when traited with Two-Handed Training.
February 22, 2017	This skill now grants an Attack of Opportunity to the ranger's pet, causing its next attack to deal 50% more damage.
October 18, 2016	The recharge time of this ability has been reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds. Damage has been increased by about 10%.
September 09, 2014	Increased the range of this skill from 150 to 220. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.
October 15, 2013	Damage for this skill has been increased by 7%. Vulnerability has been increased from 3 stacks to 5 stacks, and the duration has been increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
July 23, 2013	This skill now applies vulnerability instead of bleeding.
March 26, 2013	Increased bleeding duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased base damage by 26%.
November 15, 2012	This skill's damage has been increased by 40%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Maul has been added to the game.