Distracting Blow
Campaign: Core Profession: Warrior Attribute: Unlinked Type: Melee Attack
5 ½ 10

Full: Swipe your weapon at the target, dealing no damage but disrupting the target's current action (and the actions of foes adjacent to your target).

Concise: Also attacks foes adjacent to your target. Interrupts an action. Hits for no damage.

AcquisitionEdit

Skill Quests:

• Factions
  • Disruption (Shing Jea Monastery)

Skill Trainers:

• Prophecies
  • Marna (Ice Tooth Cave)
  • Firstwatch Sergio (Lion's Arch)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Medando (Yohlon Haven)

Hero Skill Trainers:

• Nightfall
  • Warden of Whispers (The Kodash Bazaar)

NotesEdit

• Distracting Blow is an attack, and will not interrupt or provide adrenaline if you miss or it is blocked. It also triggers normal attack triggers, like Order of Pain. However, due to the nature of the skill, it does not trigger Dark Fury.
• Like any other attack skill, Distracting Blow has a chance to perform a critical hit even though no damage is dealt.
• Distracting Blows caused by Scythes will also interrupt up to 3 adjacent foes.
• This has good synergy with Hexes such as Frustration, which cause damage on interrupt.

Related skillsEdit

• Savage Slash
• Distracting Strike

Related articlesEdit

• Attack skills with activation times quick reference
• Interrupt skills quick reference
• Melee attack skills quick reference