Arms Lore Mastery
Arms Lore is the two-handed weapon and bow specialization. Its counterpart, Tactics Mastery, covers one-handed weapons — they are two separate masteries and you pick based on what you wield. See Skill Masteries for the system itself.
| Requires | Arms Lore at 90.0 |
| Taught by | Weaponsmith, Blacksmith, Armorer — 10,000 gold |
| Ultimate | Rampage |
Perks
| Perk | Effect per level | At level 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Two-Handed Mastery | +2% damage with a two-handed weapon or bow | +16% damage |
| Stunning Blow | 2% chance on hit to daze the target | 16% chance |
| Executioner (template) | +2.5% damage below 50% HP, +5% below 25% HP | +20% / +40% damage |
Stunning Blow makes the target swing about 25% slower for 8 seconds. It does not stack — a new daze only applies once the old one has expired.
Executioner has two tiers that replace each other rather than stacking: below 50% health you get the +2.5%/level rate, and below 25% health the +5%/level rate takes over instead. At level 8 that is +20% and +40% respectively. It is the melee counterpart of the Evaluating Intelligence perk Annihilation.
Ultimate — Rampage
Fires on a melee hit at 0.5% per proc level (4% at level 8). Lands one devastating strike at 300% of the triggering hit — it scales with your damage perks, so it hits hardest on a fully levelled Executioner build. The target is hurled back up to 4 tiles, sliding tile by tile, then plays its death animation as a knockdown and stays down about 2 seconds. Rooted creatures (reapers and the like) stagger in place instead of moving. Also fully heals you.
The Arms Lore skill bonus (separate from this mastery)
Independently of the mastery, the Arms Lore skill grants a passive swing speed bonus of 5% × (your Arms Lore ÷ 100) — 5% faster at GM, 6% at 120. Unlike mastery perks this one applies in PvM and PvP alike, which is part of why the skill is worth scrolling to 120.
Related
- Arms Lore — the skill itself
- Tactics Mastery — the one-handed equivalent
- Archery Mastery — bows benefit from both
- Skill Masteries — XP, levelling and mastery items