Greatsword

Greatsword Basics

The Greatsword is a versatile melee weapon that uses stances to adapt to different combat situations. It embodies relentless offense paired with aggressive defense to cut through any challenge.

Greatsword Stances

The Greatsword has two different stances, Onslaught Stance and Defiant Stance. Each is activated after using an ability in the respective trees that they are in.

The Onslaught Stance provides offensive bonuses at the cost of defense, and Defiant Stance offers defensive bonuses at the cost of offense. These stances can also change the functionality of ability upgrades depending on what stance the’player is in when activating the ability. Being conscious about what stance you are in is vital to mastering the colossal Greatsword.

Greatsword Mastery

Greatsword has two ability trees to allocate points into. Choose between a variety of abilities, upgrades, and passives from the Onslaught or Defiance trees.

Onslaught Tree

The Onslaught tree is focused on offense. You will obtain offensive bonuses when using any ability in this tree but receive defensive debuffs in return. The bonuses are described in the top left node of the tree. You will be a formidable foe when using this tree but take care as it will weaken your defences.

Defiance Tree

The Defiance tree is focused on defence. You will obtain defensive bonuses when using any ability in this tree but receive offensive debuffs in‘return. The bonuses are described in the top right node of the tree. You will be a stalwart foe that can outlast your targets using this tree.

Greatsword Ultimates

The ultimate ability for the Onslaught tree, Unrelenting Onslaught, triggers reduced ability cooldowns when striking enemies with basic light and heavy attacks. Include those basic attacks into your flow of combat to maximize your damage output and reduce ability cooldowns.

The ultimate ability for the Defiance tree, Undying Defiance, will give you lifesteal from your attacks, allowing you to heal yourself based on a percent of your damage dealt. The lifesteal gained from this ultimate can be boosted for a brief duration if you hit a target shortly after blocking an attack. Interweaving blocks and attacks into your combat flow will allow you to more easily maintain a consistent flow of healing from your lifesteal.