Bear-Hug

The oldest lesson in the band: close in, squeeze, and let go when they stop arguing.

Mode

Grapple

Used with

Any, Unarmed

Stamina

30

Fury

20

Cooldown

12s

Range

1.2 tiles

Price

560 gold

Needs first

Root and Bark

What it does

Arms wide and a 0.5-tile lunge (wind-up 0.2 s): seize one S or M foe within 1.2 tiles in front (never L bodies, dragons, Deep bosses, riders, mounts, structures, sentries, heroes or anyone's own; a miss is a 0.4 s stumble). The hug holds up to 2.0 s: the held foe can't move or act (a grapple hold of its own, never stunT or the stun or hold status, so Coup de Grace ignores it) and is carried with you at x0.3 pace. Every 0.5 s a crush: 0.6 of your weapon roll (4 crushes, 2.4 in all, a fresh HitSpec each), +12 poise and +5 Fury each. LMB or RMB lets go early. On release the foe drops Staggered (1.6 s) if its poise hadn't already filled. While hugging, other foes' blows on you take +25 %, and one hit for 15 % or more of your max health breaks the hug (the foe goes free, not staggered). In a bout it is allowed on the opponent; elsewhere only on a foe you may hurt (canHurt).

Edge: Rib-Cracker

Each crush deals 0.75 of your weapon roll (from 0.6).