John Merz

Rank 0/3

Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 Rage.

Rank 0/5

Increases your Parry chance by 1%.

Rank 1/3

Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 12%.

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Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 23%.

Rank 0/2

Requires 5 points in Arms talents

Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 3.

Rank 0/3

Requires 5 points in Arms talents

Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 5 Rage when you change stances.

Rank 0/2

Requires 5 points in Arms talents

Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25%.

Rank 0/1

Requires 10 points in Arms talents

Requires 3 points in Improved Tactical Mastery

Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.

Rank 0/3

Requires 10 points in Arms talents

Requires 3 points in Improved Rend

Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 20% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.

Rank 0/1

Requires 15 points in Arms talents

A brutal attack that deals 75% weapon damage. Deals an additional 75% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.

Rank 0/3

Requires 15 points in Arms talents

Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2%.

Rank 0/2

Requires 15 points in Arms talents

Requires 3 points in Deep Wounds

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.

Rank 0/2

Requires 20 points in Arms talents

Grants your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend a 10% chance to allow an activation of Overpower.

Rank 0/1

Requires 20 points in Arms talents

Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

Rank 0/5

Requires 20 points in Arms talents

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

Rank 0/2

Requires 25 points in Arms talents

Reduces the cooldown of your Slam ability by 2.5 sec, the cast time and global cooldown by 0.25 sec, and Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing.

Rank 0/3

Requires 25 points in Arms talents

Gives your Hamstring ability a 5% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.

Rank 0/1

Requires 30 points in Arms talents

Requires 1 point in Sweeping Strikes

A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.

Rank 0/2

Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 25%.

Rank 0/5

Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 1% and grants you a 20% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.

Rank 0/5

Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 3%.

Rank 0/5

Requires 5 points in Protection talents

Increases your Defense Skill by 4.

Rank 0/3

Requires 5 points in Protection talents

Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 20%.

Rank 0/3

Requires 5 points in Protection talents

Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2.

Rank 0/1

Requires 10 points in Protection talents

When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.

Rank 0/2

Requires 10 points in Protection talents

Requires 5 points in Shield Specialization

Grants you a 50% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.

Rank 0/3

Requires 10 points in Protection talents

Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 7 secs.

Rank 0/3

Requires 10 points in Protection talents

Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 7% while a shield is equipped.

Rank 0/3

Requires 15 points in Protection talents

Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1.

Rank 0/1

Requires 15 points in Protection talents

Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

Rank 0/2

Requires 15 points in Protection talents

Gives your Shield Bash ability a 50% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec.

Rank 0/2

Requires 20 points in Protection talents

Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 5.5 min.

Rank 0/1

Requires 20 points in Protection talents

Stuns the target for 5 sec.

Rank 0/3

Requires 20 points in Protection talents

Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1.

Rank 0/5

Requires 25 points in Protection talents

Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped.

Rank 0/1

Requires 30 points in Protection talents

Requires 1 point in Concussion Blow

Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.