Death Blow

When the foe reels, end it.

Mode

Reflex

Used with

Any

Stamina

17

Cooldown

none

Range

1.8 tiles

Price

600 gold

Needs first

Power Blow

What it does

LMB facing a Staggered foe within the weapon's reach + 0.3 tile (cone of 50 degrees either side) makes the Death Blow instead of a swing: a committed 0.15 s lift plus the class windup (divided by speed), then one blow at power 2.2 (with the staggered +20 %, x2.64 a basic blow). It ends the stagger at once (the foe is braced 4 s) and gains 15 Fury; DEATH BLOW! pops. Execute: a staggered S or M body the blow leaves under 20 % of its max health dies (L under 10 %); never named beasts, Deep bosses, dragons, heroes or any person. In a bout it drops the opponent to the yield line instead: a clean win. One target only; costs the class's swing stamina + 10 (dagger 15, sword 17, greataxe 25, warhammer 27). On a toppled dragon: aimed at the head circle, power 2.2, once per topple, no execute. A Way finisher that replaces it for its weapon keeps the trigger and these exclusions.

Edge: Clean Kill

The execute line rises 25 % (S and M under 25 %, L under 12.5 %).