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Cleric - Warfare Expanded [LeaderLib Edition]

This mod aims to improve a Warrior's options for dealing damage with skills. We all know weapons are good, but pressing buttons are better! These skills will give warrior access to several status effects previously lacking in their kits. Additionally Warfare skills build Rage which can be used to unleash powerful Rage Burst attacks to further amplify their damage output. Utility-wise, two heal skills and eight stances have been added to flavor your warfare builds. Three new source skills have been added for a total of six Warfare-specific Source Skills, 1 utility and 1 damage for each tier.

• Shared Resources - My shared resources mod helps trim down on how many Icon Atlases you have to use for my mods. The benefit is not usually impactful, but can be nice if you run multiple mods of mine. It is also the home of many new statuses and their interactions.
  
• Norbyte's Script Extender [github.com] - Lets modders utilize many more tools than the engine provides as well as the ability to write code for things the engine cannot do on it's own. Absolutely necessary for the mod to function.
  
• LeaderLib - Provides a lot of tools that make using Lua for modding a breeze. Absolutely necessary for the mod to function.

If you do not have (or cannot use) the Script Extender, this mod's original non-extender version is available. Follow the link to my Shared Resources mod and it is listed at the bottom alongside other mods that have been updated and unlisted.


Most base warfare skills have been adjusted to work with the new Rage mechanic:

Battering Ram, Battle Stomp, Bouncing Shield, Crippling Blow, Blitz Attack, Whirlwind, Onslaught, and Overpower all grant Rage on hit.
Some tweaks to base skills beyond the Rage updates:

• Crippling Blow - Damage Modifier has been reduced from 115% to 100%. All "first-tier" status skills have a 100% damage modifier while the follow-up skills have 115%. This change brings it in line.
  
• Overpower - Damage Modifier has been increased from 125% to 250%. Overpower effect now includes Magic Armor. Armors are destroyed BEFORE damage, Knockdown and Gravity are applied. Overpower was ironically VERY underpowered and underwhelming. This change makes it useful as damage, CC, and for Staff builds with Magic Damage.
  
• Taunt - Grants the caster the "Provoking" status, which also adds the "AI_PREFERRED_TARGET" tag. This tag HEAVILY influences AI damage calculations, biased towards characters with this tag active. When Provoking is removed, so is the tag.
  
• Enraged - This skill can now be cast on any character and applies Max Rage to the target in addition to it's previous effects. Note that other sources of Enrage do NOT automatically include Max Rage.

Rage unlocks the potential of your Warriors, but takes time to build up and use. Skills throughout the mod will allow you to manipulate the Rage you gain, but for the most part: 1 Skill, 1 Rage.

• Rage is gained by using weapon skills, but only if those skills actually hit (missed and blocked skills will not grant rage).
  
• Rage stacks to three tiers and only one tier is gained per skill use (regardless of how many enemies are hit) aside from cases where the skill states otherwise.
  
• Skills that can generate Rage will state this on their tooltip with the exceptions of Sucker Punch, Flurry and All-In; these three skills generate 1 Rage on hit.

Rage Bursts are the reason you want to build Rage. They are more powerful than other Warfare skills, but have relatively short cooldowns and normal AP costs.

• Rage Bursts are power skills that consume all Rage. At Max Rage, a Rage Burst is unlocked for use and does not require memorization.
  
• The Rage Burst granted depends on the weapon in your main hand. Shields and offhand weapons provide no bursts. Only melee weapons unlock Rage Bursts.
  
• Dragon Strike, Decapitate and Backbreaker are Rage Burst skills you can purchase at level 16. They don't require Max Rage, but have other benefits with higher Rage and will consume all Rage on use.
  
• Rage Bursts consume Rage regardless of whether or not they hit anything!

Stance Skills

• Stances are mutually exclusive status effects. Each one confers a bonus to you or allies nearby and often come with downsides. Each tier of skills has an offensive and defensive stance option, and stances all have indefinite durations.
  
• Stances are automatically removed if their requirements are no longer met (all stances require either a melee weapon or a shield). Stances are also removed when recasting the skill and the stance is still active.
  
• Stances are made with the STATUS_STANCE status type and are not compatible with other skills that use this status type. There are no accessible skills in the base game that use this status type. Incompatible statuses from other mods CANNOT BE MADE COMPATIBLE. This is a hardcoded, intentional interaction.

Full Skill List [docs.google.com]

Tips

• Hit things.
  
• All skills are available at existing Warfare Merchants as well as Cleric the Cleric.
  
• For staff builds dealing elemental damage, Impale is a piercing damage over time effect without an armor resist. Staff users can use Impaling Blow, Seeking Blow, and Final Thrust to build Rage like other Warfare builds without using skills it cannot benefit from (Like Crippling Blow who's status is resisted by Physical Armor).
  
• If things are still alive, hit them again.

Credits & Thanks to:

• Larian Studios and ArenaNet for games worth playing and modding, and to ArenaNet for the icons used in this mod.
  
• The modders constantly dealing with my questions on Discord. Especially DoctorBeetus and Laughing Leader.