How exactly does Adrenaline work?

[Guest gogoblender]

My first toon is a WArrior Monk...love it.

He's got great melee and some magic to boot...lots of work fer multi tasking here.

I've already setup differnet weapon slots to profit off of differnet hit tacitcs

 

1-distance

2-melee

3-spell

 

And...keep seeing the not enough adrenaline thing flash when I try to use my WArrior Skills....

 

What's goin on?

 

/unsure

 

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[Cygnus 0]

Certain Warrior and Paragon skills are fueled by adrenaline rather than energy. It is gradually built up each time the Warrior hits or is struck in combat, each such blow being added to the characters adrenaline level. Some skills increase the rate of adrenaline build up, while others expend it entirely.

 

Adrenaline Points

 

Adrenaline is not actually gained in strikes, but in points.

Every adrenaline skill stores its own adrenaline points displayed by rising flames from 0 until fully charged.

See this table for approximate number of adrenaline points needed for skills.

 

 

2 strikes Enraged Smash, Whirling Axe 40 points

4 strikes Cleave, Battle Rage, Rush, Riposte, "Fear Me!", "Watch Yourself!" 80 points

41 strikes Sever Artery, Counter Blow 100 points

5 strikes Penetrating Blow, Penetrating Chop 120 points

6 strikes Heavy Blow, Staggering Blow, Hammer Bash, Defy Pain 130 points

61 strikes Fierce Blow 140 points

62 strikes Disrupting Chop, Lacerating Chop, "On Your Knees!" 150 points

7 strikes Axe Rake, Axe Twist, Dismember, Mighty Blow, Gash, Standing Slash, Yeti Smash 160 points

71 strikes Devastating Hammer 180 points

8 strikes Eviscerate, , Executioner's Strike, Auspicious Blow, Earth Shaker, Galrath Slash, Silverwing Slash, Sun and Moon Slash, Bonetti's Defense 200 points

9 strikes Furious Axe, Skull Crack 220 points

10 strikes Backbreaker, Final Thrust, Dragon Slash 240 points

 

1 4 "strikes" on Cleave does not equal 4 "strikes" on Sever Artery. The "Points needed" column increases linearly; the "adrenaline strikes needed" in the skill descriptions are a simplification. A "strike" of adrenaline in the skill description equals 20-25 points. A real "strike" of adrenaline gives 25 points.

 

Gaining adrenaline

 

Gaining adrenaline means every adrenaline skill in your bar gains that many points.

For every attack you make that hits, you gain 25 adrenaline points.

For every 1% of health lost from your maximum, you gain 1 point of adrenaline. Runes count against the maximum health. Gain is calculated on a per-attack basis.

For every 25% of your health lost, you gain approximately 1 "strike" of adrenaline--the equivalent of an attack landing. Note that health lost includes ranged attacks but excludes health degeneration. Commonly, 4 strike skills are charged in about 3 hits time, because you take some damage at the same time, assuming that the opponent is attacking you.

 

* Mesmer Soothing Images sets all adrenaline gain to 0. You can still use adrenaline attacks under Soothing Images if they are charged; the skill just prevents you gaining any more adrenaline until it ends.

* Ritualist Soothing causes all enemies in its area of effect to gain only 50% standard adrenaline.

 

 

Using adrenaline

 

You can only use adrenaline skills that are fully charged with adrenaline. They cost 0 Energy. When you use an adrenaline skill, that skill's adrenaline pool is emptied, and all other adrenaline skills in your bar lose 25 points. These lost 25 points can be recovered with your next hit (including the adrenaline attack itself), or by taking as much damage as 25% of your maximum health.

 

Losing adrenaline

 

Losing adrenaline means every adrenaline skill in your bar loses its full load of adrenaline. For attack skills with this attribute, the effect comes after the 25 points each skill gains if the attack hits, so all pools will be at 0. You lose all adrenaline after you have not been attacked, and do not attack for 20 seconds, or when you die.

 

* Some warrior skills cause "...lose all adrenaline." These skills are: Hammer Bash, Heavy Blow, Wild Blow, Final Thrust, "On Your Knees!", Battle Rage (elite), and Shove.

* Any adrenal skill which is reset or disabled will lose all adrenaline and will not gain any new adrenaline until it has recharged. Diversion, and Shield Bash can be used to disable individual skills. Blackout and Wail of Doom can disable multiple skills of an opponent. Bestial Fury, Primal Rage, Shove and Tiger's Fury can disable your own skills. Quivering Blade and Whirling Axe are disabled if blocked.

* Mesmer Sympathetic Visage and Ancestor's Visage causes a loss of all adrenaline when an adjacent foe enchanted with it is struck.

 

 

Skills that boost adrenaline

 

* Warrior With Berserker Stance you gain 30 points every time you hit in melee (instead of 25).

* Warrior With "For Great Justice!" all your adrenaline gain is increased by 50%, rounded down.

* Warrior With Battle Rage you gain 50 points every time you attack.

* Warrior With "To the Limit!" you gain 25 points for each foe in the area (max 25...125).

* Warrior With Wary Stance you gain 35 points every time you block an attack skill.

* Warrior With Auspicious Parry you gain 25...75 points and block an attack.

* Warrior With Dragon Slash you gain 25...100 points if you hit.

* Warrior With "You Will Die!" you gain 25...75 points if foe is below 50% health.

* Ranger With Ferocious Strike you gain 25 points if your pet hits.

* Monk With Balthazar's Spirit you gain +2...5 points every time you take damage.

* Necromancer With Dark Fury you gain +25 points if you hit.

 

 

Reference

 

Research done by Ensign and Silmor. Original GW Guru thread. Further discussion and research.

[Guest gogoblender]

Wow...beautifully complicated...

I love it!

thanks for the link Cygnus!

 

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