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Greatswords are a type of two-handed melee weapon in Ashes of Creation.[2]

Greatsword skills (WIP)

Greatsword weapon skills

Weapon skill Icon Description
Blade Twist   Adds Wound to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.[3]
Burning Blade   Add Burning to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.[4]
Greatsword Hit 3+   Weapon Combo Finisher. Greatsword Hit 3+ Unlocked. Has 25% chance to proc. Increased damage.[5]
Greatsword Hit 4   Weapon Combo Extended Finisher. Greatsword Hit 4 Unlocked. Increased damage.[6]
Greatsword Hit 4+   Weapon Combo Extended Finisher. Greatsword Hit 4+ Unlocked. 25% chance to proc. Increased damage.[7]
Guard   Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Guard. Guard: Your next weapon combo finisher grants 6 seconds of temporary health equal to 1-3% of your maximum health.[8]
Keen Edge   Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Keen Edge. Keen Edge: Your next weapon combo finisher has +100% chance to critically hit.[9]
Perfect Timing   Adds the Perfect Timing proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: Perfect Timing Reduces the Cooldown of the next ability you cast by 5 seconds.[10]
Refreshing Followthrough   Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Refreshing Followthrough. Refreshing Followthrough: Your next weapon combo finisher restores 3-5% of your maximum mana.[11]
Second Strike   Adds Second Strike proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: Second Strike When you strike a target for physical damage with an ability, it gets struck again.[12]
Swordmaster: Endurance   Adds Swordmaster: Endurance proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: 25% chance to recover 2-4% of your maximum health.[13]
Swordmaster: Swiftness   Adds Swordmaster: Swiftness proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: 25% chance to gain 25% attack speed for 1.5 seconds. Stack up to 2 times.[14]
Weapon Training: Deflection   Increases your Evasion by 0.5%.[15]
Weapon Training: Followthrough   Increases your Mitigation Penetration by 0.5%.[16]
Weapon Training: Power   Increases your Critical Damage by 0.5%.[17]
Weapon Training: Precision   Increases your Accuracy by 0.5%.[18]

Greatsword basic attacks

Basic attack Icon Description
Greatsword basic attack   -

List of greatswords

 This section contains potentially outdated information from Alpha-1 testing.
Item Icon Source Rarity Level requirement Set
Chipped Greatsword   Vendor Poor 2 Chipped
Greatsword of Briarhome Crafted items Briarhome
Sharpened Greatsword   Crafted items Rare Sharpened

Greatsword weapon proficiencies

Proficiency Icon Description
Weapon Proficiency IX   Increased Attack Speed by 1%.[19]

Visuals

See also

References