Template:Melee skills

Some abilities require a specific weapon to be equipped.

• Melee weapons and abilities have a maximum range of effect.
• Melee archetypes will offer various mobility and CC counters against ranged archetypes, such as the Ranger.

Skill	Icon	Origin	Description
Blade Twist		Greatsword	Adds Wound to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.
Blitz		Fighter	Charge directly toward target enemy, dealing Physical damage to the target on arrival.
Blood Fusion		Fighter	Return 100% of damage dealt as health and 50% of damage dealt as mana over the next 6 seconds. If activated while below 50% health, gain 25% increased damage mitigation and healing received over the duration.
Brutal Cleave		Fighter	Perform a wide sweeping attack, dealing damage to all enemies in front of you. This ability shares a cooldown with Overpower, and hitting an enemy with a weapon combo finisher reduces its cooldown by 8 seconds. +10-20 Combat Momentum (based on number of targets hit)
Burning Blade		Greatsword	Add Burning to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.
Castigation		Cleric	Lashes your target with holy energy whip, dealing direct damage and restoring health and mana to yourself over time.
Cataclysm		Fighter	Deal heavy damage and apply Shaken to all enemies in a large area in front you. Shaken enemies have a 5% chance to Trip when hit, and the effect is removed when triggered. This chance doubles when hit by Riled targets.
Crippling Blow		Fighter	Deal Physical damage and apply Snare to target enemy for 6 seconds.
Greatsword basic attack		Greatsword
Healing Touch		Cleric	Heal target ally in melee range for a large amount of health.
Inciting Strikes		Tank	Slashes twice in a forward cone while adding additional threat.
Knock Out		Fighter	Knock out target enemy, putting them to sleep for 10 seconds. Any damage breaks the effect.
Leap Strike		Fighter	Leap to target location and deal damage around you, snaring targets hit for 3 seconds.
Lethal Blow		Fighter	Perform a powerful descending strike upon target enemy, dealing additional physical damage based on the amount of % missing health, up to 300% base damage.
Maim		Fighter	Perform a powerful melee strike in a short forward cone, dealing physical damage to all targets hit, plus 100% additional damage to recently tripped targets.
Rupture		Fighter	Deal physical damage and apply a debuff to the target. While the debuff is active, the target acquires 5 wound stacks per second that they are moving. After 5 seconds, the largest takes heavy damage, plus additional damage for each stack of wound it has.
Shield Assault		Tank	Bashes the target with your shield, dealing damage and applying the shaken condition. If the target is already suffering from the shaken condition, stun the target instead.
Smite		Cleric	Smite your target, dealing instant damage and applying a stack of Burning to target enemy. Has no cast time and deals increased damage if activated within melee range of the target. This attack always critically hits on targets under the effect of Condemn.
Tremoring Bellow		Tank	Releases a thundering shout in a forward cone, applying the staggered condition on enemy targets. Also stomps the ground dealing damage around the caster and tripping enemies affected by the snared condition.
Whirlwind		Fighter	Channeled Ability: Deal physical damage to all enemies around the caster with each spin while channeled, increasing the spin rate the longer it is channeled. The caster is immune to hard disabling effects while spinning. Activate the ability again to end channeling early.