Heroic Strike

General Information

• An active ability found on the first slot of Swords. It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Heroic Strike	Energy Cost	7	Strike the targeted enemy, dealing 273 physical damage. Applies one Heroic Charge on you. Each Heroic Charge increases your Move Speed and Attack Speed by 9% for 6s (stacks up to 3 times).
	Cast Time	Instant
	Range	3m
	Cooldown	3s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power. Affected values are in italic.

Equipment

Melee Weapon Elder's Broadsword Elder's Carving Sword Elder's Clarent Blade Elder's Claymore Elder's Dual Swords Elder's Galatine Pair Elder's Kingmaker

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)
Version 1.17.406.180488	2 December 2020	Rise of Avalon Patch 10 and Hotfix 10.1	Swords Heroic Charge buff (all Swords): Movement Speed & Attack Speed Increase: 12%→ 9% Heroic Strike (all Swords): Standtime: 0.3s→ 0.2s Hit Delay: 0.2s→ 0.15s Majestic Smash (Kingmaker): First AoE swing now also deals 44 physical damage
Version 1.13.369.136513	20 February 2019	Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7)	Swords Heroic Strike (all Sword) Heroic Charge now also gives a 10% Attack Speed Bonus per stack Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s Heroic Cleave (all Swords) Reworked the ability: Deals physical damage to all enemies in a 6m radius around you. Creates one Heroic Charge if you hit at least one enemy. Creates two Heroic Charges if you hit three enemies or more. Each Heroic Charge increases your move and attack speed by 10% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times) Hit delay: 0.4s → 0.3s Standtime: 0.3s → 0.2s Radius 4m → 6m Energy cost: 3 → 3.5 Iron Will (all Swords) While the buff is active the caster becomes now immune to purges Activating this ability doesn't give an extra Heroic Charge stack anymore Resistance Increase: 25% → 35% Duration: 5s → 4s Mighty Blow (Broadsword) The ability now jumps towards the target. Range: 3m → 10m Hitdelay: 0.4s → 0.3s Standtime: 1s → 0.8s Damage: 267.84 → 276.00 Resistance Increase: 0.36 → 0.24 Energy Cost: 14 → 11 Spinning Blades (Dual Swords) Max Hitpoint Damage: 5% → 8% Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair) Max Hitpoint Reduction: 10% → 6%
Version 1.0.34.184.105727	6 December 2017	Kay Update	Heroic Strike stacks are now added at the start of the ability that creates them, not at the end