Warding (skill)
Warding
A person who studies the art of Warding learns how to manipulate a polearm to its fullest potential. Years spent training in hostile surroundings allows one utilizing Warding to display many innovative skills in combat, whether tearing a foe to pieces with a glaive or javelin or vaulting over obstacles.
Skill Table
| Name | Rank | Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipslash | Inept | 0 | Slash with the tip of your weapon. |
| Legsweep | Inept | 50 | Knock your opponent to the ground. |
| Shieldbash | Novice | 0 | Hit your target in the face with your shield. |
| Pierce | Novice | 33 | Break through your target's defences. |
| Block | Novice | 66 | Obstruct departures with your body. |
| Thrust | Apprentice | 0 | Violently thrust your weapon into your opponent. |
| Barge | Apprentice | 33 | Barge your opponents out of their location.(Ranger only.) |
| Battlecry | Apprentice | 33 | Stun your opponents with a violent scream.(Amazon only.) |
| Highjump | Apprentice | 66 | Jump into the trees above you. |
| Vault | Capable | 0 | Use your weapon to vault yourself over obstructions. |
| Dive | Capable | 33 | Dive down from the trees at your unlucky target. |
| Prod | Capable | 66 | Rattle the trees above you with your weapon. |
| Quickjab | Adept | 0 | Strike your target twice with the tip of your weapon. |
| Lunge | Adept | 25 | A deep, piercing blow from an adjacent location. |
| Impale | Adept | 50 | Sink your weapon deep into an opponent. |
| Counter | Adept | 75 | Counter-attack after a successful parry. |
| Arrowcatch | Skilled | 0 | Deftly catch arrows targetted at you. |
| Buttstrike | Skilled | 20 | Knock your foe unconscious with the blunt end. |
| Deflect | Skilled | 40 | Deflect the next oncoming physical attack. |
| Rake | Skilled | 60 | Viciously slash your targets, knocking them to the ground. |
| Treelunge | Skilled | 80 | Impale your target from the trees. |
| Envenom | Gifted | 0 | Coat a weapon in venoms. |
| Flintlight | Gifted | 25 | Set the tip of your weapon on fire.(Ranger only.) |
| Groinkick | Gifted | 25 | Hit the men where it hurts the most.(Amazon only.) |
| Scar | Gifted | 50 | Render your target unrecognisable with a slash to the face. |
| Hafting | Gifted | 75 | Shorten your weapon, making it faster. |
| Balancing | Expert | 0 | Stay on your feet. |
| Piercelimb | Expert | 25 | Thrust your weapon into the limbs of your opponents. |
| Glaivetoss | Exoert | 50 | Throw your weapon at a target near you.(Ranger only.) |
| Longtoss | Expert | 50 | Launch your javelin at distant targets.(Amazon only.) |
| Glaiveshove | Expert | 75 | Thrust your target violently out of the room.(Ranger only.) |
| Lanyard | Expert | 75 | Recover your weapon from great distances. |
| Strangle | Virtuoso | 0 | Choke the life out of a target with the haft of a weapon. |
| Fend | Virtuoso | 25 | Hit two targets at once with the business end of a weapon. |
| Violentblock | Virtuoso | 50 | Hold back those would pass by you with a shove of a weapon. |
| Volley | Virtuoso | 75 | Throw a series of weapons at your target. |
| Ram | Fabled | 0 | Take down everyone in a room. |
| Wedge | Fabled | 25 | Prepare yourself for the entry of your opponents. |
| Beastbane | Fabled | 50 | Slay an enemy's loyal creatures with one blow. |
| Footsmash | Fabled | 75 | Throw your opponent further off balance. |
| Lockup | Mythical | 0 | Prevent your enemy from fleeing you. |
| Headbutt | Mythical | 9 | Head... Meet face.(Ranger only.) |
| Bashimpale | Mythical | 25 | Take advantage of a prone enemy. |
| Spinning | Mythical | 50 | Spin your weapon to avoid attack. |
| Disembowel | Mythical | 75 | Violently rip your weapon from your target. |
| PowerSoul | Transcendent | 0 | Summon battle prowess from deep inside you. |