Melee skills

Some abilities require a specific weapon to be equipped.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Melee weapons and abilities have a maximum range of effect.^[4]^[5]
Melee archetypes will offer various mobility and CC counters against ranged archetypes, such as the 遊俠.^[6]^[7]

Skill	Origin	Description
Battle Cry	鬥士	Unleash a resounding war bellow, applying the Riled effect to the caster and all nearby party members and Shaken to all nearby enemies. Gain 5 Combat Momentum for each target that was Riled. Riled targets have increased stability and have increased chance of tripping Shaken enemies.^[8]
Blade Twist	Greatsword	Adds Wound to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.^[9]
Blitz	鬥士	Charge directly toward target enemy, dealing Physical damage to the target on arrival.^[10]
Blood Fusion	鬥士	Return 100% of damage dealt as health and 50% of damage dealt as mana over the next 6 seconds. If activated while below 50% health, gain 25% increased damage mitigation and healing received over the duration.^[11]
Brutal Cleave	鬥士	Perform a wide sweeping attack, dealing damage to all enemies in front of you. This ability shares a cooldown with Overpower, and hitting an enemy with a weapon combo finisher reduces its cooldown by 8 seconds. +10-20 Combat Momentum (based on number of targets hit) ^[12]
Burning Blade	Greatsword	Add Burning to Greatsword Combo finishers and Extended Finishers.^[13]
Castigation	牧師	Lashes your target with holy energy whip, dealing direct damage and restoring health and mana to yourself over time.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Cataclysm	鬥士	Deal heavy damage and apply Shaken to all enemies in a large area in front you. Shaken enemies have a 5% chance to Trip when hit, and the effect is removed when triggered. This chance doubles when hit by Riled targets.^[18]
Climactic Whirlwind	鬥士	Perform a final swing in an area in front of you after ending Whirlwind's channel, dealing heavy damage and generating 5-10 Combat Momentum based on number of targets hit.^[19]
Crippling Blow	鬥士	Deal Physical damage and apply Snare to target enemy for 6 seconds.^[20]
Exert	鬥士	Consume your Combat Momentum rapidly, gaining 20% increased attack and movement speed and immunity to disabling effects while active. Must have at least 20 Combat Momentum to activate, and the effect ends when all Combat Momentum is fully depleted.^[21]
Extended Duration I	Greatsword	Extends the duration of the Second Strike and Perfect Timing proc effects by 2.5 seconds.^[22]
Extended Duration II	Greatsword	Extends the duration of the Second Strike and Perfect Timing proc effects by 2.5 seconds.^[23]
Extended Duration III	Greatsword	Extends the duration of the Second Strike and Perfect Timing proc effects by 2.5 seconds.^[24]
Extra Stacks I	Greatsword	Second Strike and Perfect Timing now stack up to 2 times.^[25]
Form Of Celerity	鬥士	While in this form, the caster receives +2% Movement Speed per 10 Combat Momentum, up to a maximum of +20%. Shifting form costs 20% of current Combat Momentum and triggers cooldown for all Combat Forms.^[26]
Form Of Ferocity	鬥士	While in this form, the caster receives +2% Attack Speed per 10 Combat Momentum, up to a maximum of +20%. Shifting form costs 20% of current Combat Momentum and triggers cooldown for all Combat Forms.^[27]
Form Of Fluidity	鬥士	While in this form, the caster receives +4% Disable Resistance Chance per 10 Combat Momentum, up to a maximum of +40%. Shifting form costs 20% of current Combat Momentum and triggers cooldown for all Combat Forms.^[28]
Greatsword Hit 3+	Greatsword	Weapon Combo Finisher. Greatsword Hit 3+ Unlocked. Has 25% chance to proc. Increased damage.^[29]
Greatsword Hit 3+: Extra Damage I	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 3+ by 10%.^[30]
Greatsword Hit 3+: Extra Damage II	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 3+ by 10%.^[31]
Greatsword Hit 3+: Extra Damage III	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 3+ by 10%.^[32]
Greatsword Hit 4	Greatsword	Weapon Combo Extended Finisher. Greatsword Hit 4 Unlocked. Increased damage.^[33]
Greatsword Hit 4+	Greatsword	Weapon Combo Extended Finisher. Greatsword Hit 4+ Unlocked. 25% chance to proc. Increased damage.^[34]
Greatsword Hit 4+: Extra Damage I	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[35]
Greatsword Hit 4+: Extra Damage II	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[36]
Greatsword Hit 4+: Extra Damage III	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[37]
Greatsword Hit 4: Extra Damage I	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[38]
Greatsword Hit 4: Extra Damage II	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[39]
Greatsword Hit 4: Extra Damage III	Greatsword	Increases the damage of Greatsword Hit 4 by 10%.^[40]
Greatsword basic attack	Greatsword
Guard	Greatsword	Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Guard. Guard: Your next weapon combo finisher grants 6 seconds of temporary health equal to 1-3% of your maximum health.^[41]
Healing Touch	牧師	Heal target ally in melee range for a large amount of health.^[4]^[42]
Inciting Strikes	坦克	Slashes twice in a forward cone while adding additional threat.^[43]
Keen Edge	Greatsword	Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Keen Edge. Keen Edge: Your next weapon combo finisher has +100% chance to critically hit.^[44]
Knock Out	鬥士	Knock out target enemy, putting them to sleep for 10 seconds. Any damage breaks the effect.^[45]
Leap Strike	鬥士	Leap to target location and deal damage around you, snaring targets hit for 3 seconds.^[46]
Lethal Blow	鬥士	Perform a powerful descending strike upon target enemy, dealing additional physical damage based on the amount of % missing health, up to 300% base damage.^[47]
Maim	鬥士	Perform a powerful melee strike in a short forward cone, dealing physical damage to all targets hit, plus 100% additional damage to recently tripped targets.^[48]
Perfect Timing	Greatsword	Adds the Perfect Timing proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: Perfect Timing Reduces the Cooldown of the next ability you cast by 5 seconds.^[49]
Potency I	Greatsword	Second Strike - Increases the damage of the Second Strike Proc by 25%. Perfect Timing - Increases the cooldown reset by 1 second.^[50]
Potency III	Greatsword	Second Strike - Increases the damage of the Second Strike Proc by 25%. Perfect Timing - Increases the cooldown reset by 1 second.^[51]
Refreshing Followthrough	Greatsword	Your abilities have a 30% chance to proc Refreshing Followthrough. Refreshing Followthrough: Your next weapon combo finisher restores 3-5% of your maximum mana.^[52]
Rupture	鬥士	Deal physical damage and apply a debuff to the target. While the debuff is active, the target acquires 5 wound stacks per second that they are moving. After 5 seconds, the largest takes heavy damage, plus additional damage for each stack of wound it has.^[53]
Second Strike	Greatsword	Adds Second Strike proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: Second Strike When you strike a target for physical damage with an ability, it gets struck again.^[54]
Shield Assault	坦克	Bashes the target with your shield, dealing damage and applying the shaken condition. If the target is already suffering from the shaken condition, stun the target instead.^[55]
Smite	牧師	Smite your target, dealing instant damage and applying a stack of Burning to target enemy. Has no cast time and deals increased damage if activated within melee range of the target. This attack always critically hits on targets under the effect of Condemn.^[56]^[57]
Swordmaster: Consistent I	Greatsword	Adds Swordmaster: Swiftness - Increases effect duration by 0.5s. Swordmaster: Endurance - Increases minimum possible health restored by 0.5% Max HP.^[58]
Swordmaster: Consistent II	Greatsword	Adds Swordmaster: Swiftness - Increases effect duration by 0.5s. Swordmaster: Endurance - Increases minimum health restored by 0.5% Max HP.^[59]
Swordmaster: Endurance	Greatsword	Adds Swordmaster: Endurance proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: 25% chance to recover 2-4% of your maximum health.^[60]
Swordmaster: Potential I	Greatsword	Adds Swordmaster: Swiftness - +5% Attack speed from effect. Swordmaster: Endurance - Increases maximum possible health restored by 1% Max HP.^[61]
Swordmaster: Proc Rate I	Greatsword	Increases all Swordmaster effect proc rates by 25%.^[62]
Swordmaster: Proc Rate II	Greatsword	Increases all Swordmaster effect proc rates by 25%.^[63]
Swordmaster: Proc Rate III	Greatsword	Increases all Swordmaster effect proc rates by 25%.^[64]
Swordmaster: Swiftness	Greatsword	Adds Swordmaster: Swiftness proc to Greatsword Combo Finisher Procs & Extended Finisher Procs: 25% chance to gain 25% attack speed for 1.5 seconds. Stack up to 2 times.^[65]
Tremoring Bellow	坦克	Releases a thundering shout in a forward cone, applying the staggered condition on enemy targets. Also stomps the ground dealing damage around the caster and tripping enemies affected by the snared condition.^[66]
Weapon Training: Deflection	Greatsword	Increases your Evasion by 0.5%.^[67]
Weapon Training: Followthrough	Greatsword	Increases your Mitigation Penetration by 0.5%.^[68]
Weapon Training: Power	Greatsword	Increases your Critical Damage by 0.5%.^[69]
Weapon Training: Precision	Greatsword	Increases your Accuracy by 0.5%.^[70]
Whirlwind	鬥士	Channeled Ability: Deal physical damage to all enemies around the caster with each spin while channeled, increasing the spin rate the longer it is channeled. The caster is immune to hard disabling effects while spinning. Activate the ability again to end channeling early.^[71]

Melee weapons

Low-level shield, one-handed mace, and two-handed staff 3D renders from Alpha-2.^[72]

You can see by the quality of these types of weapons: these are relatively lower level. These are some of the earliest types of weapons and or gear that you can acquire within Ashes of Creation.^[72] – Steven Sharif

Melee weapons and abilities have a maximum range of effect.^[4]^[5]

There are two melee weapon slots: One on each side of a character's belt.^[73]

List of melee weapons

Basic attacks

Alpha-2 法師 demonstrating a Frostbolt, Lightning Strike, and Wand weapon attack combo.^[74]

This is a single Target projectile attack that applies two stacks of Chilled to the enemy; and then after that hit him with a few wand attacks. Now you'll see that you've gotten a Frozen status effect on him and then he timed that really well there... in that very last frame you'll see that he hit him with a lightning effect... So that's a good way to get your burst damage if you're rotating your spells and your elements the correct way.^[74] – Keenan Reimer

Basic attacks are triggered for the equipped primary weapon by pressing Q or left-clicking the mouse (these buttons can be re-bound by the player).^[1]^[2]^[75]

Players can select which weapon they wish to use as their primary weapon for basic attacks.^[76]^[1]^[2]^[3]
- Players may toggle back and forth between using their ranged weapon and melee weapon slot for basic attacks.^[76]

Different weapon types have different basic attacks.^[77]^[78]

Weapons with projectile attacks are capable of blind firing without having a target.^[79]
- If the player is in action camera mode and their reticle is over a target, they will be able to soft lock onto that target, causing projectiles to home to targets who are within the correct range/angle.^[79]

When you have your weapon and you utilize a basic attack, you can blind fire that weapon, if it has a projectile associated with it, without having to have a target. In addition, if your reticle in action camera mode is over a target, you will have a soft target lock and projectiles will home to that target if within the right angle of direction.^[79] – Steven Sharif

Sequences of basic attacks trigger the combat animation montage based on the weapon type.^[75]
- Using a skill other than a basic attack will in general reset the weapon combo system.^[80]
The developers are considering per-use consumables/buffs that apply certain rider effects to basic weapon attacks.^[81]

Skill	Weapon	Description
Greatsword basic attack	Greatsword
Longbow basic attack	Longbow	A slower, powerful, longer range basic ranged attack. Tapping the basic attack button will shoot normally. Holding the basic attack button will charge the shot (and root the player) to cause added damage.^[82]^[77]^[78]
Shortbow basic attack	Shortbow	A fast, low power, short range basic ranged attack. Holding down the basic attack button will repeatedly fire.^[77]^[78]