Tactical Blow/history

June 24, 2025

• Counterblow: This skill can now be reactivated to strike enemies, inflicting a lesser amount of vulnerability. This skill no longer grants adrenaline when it ends and now grants adrenaline when you strike an enemy. Increased the power coefficient from 1.0 to 1.35 in PvP and WvW.
• Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: Adrenaline Rush has been renamed Tactical Blow.

Tactical Blow

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand mace

 

Sequence

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Game link

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Tactical Blow

Stop blocking and swing out with an attack

 Damage: 734 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 495 (1.35)^?

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

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

 Adrenaline: 5

— In-game description

September 09, 2014

• Adrenaline Rush (Mace): This skill now always grants 3 adrenaline.

Adrenaline Rush

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand mace

 

Sequence

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Game link

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Adrenaline Rush

Stop blocking and gain adrenaline.

 Adrenaline: 3

— In-game description

July 01, 2014

• Adrenaline Rush (Mace): Updated the description to explain that the amount of adrenaline gained by this skill is based on the duration the player spends blocking.

Adrenaline Rush

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand mace

 

Sequence

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Game link

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Adrenaline Rush

Stop blocking and gain adrenaline. Gain more adrenaline the longer you blocked.

— In-game description

Original version

Adrenaline Rush

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand mace

 

Sequence

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Game link

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Adrenaline Rush

Stop blocking and gain adrenaline.

— In-game description