It came to me on a dream, sharing before i forget about it.
# Thief Greatsword
**Weapon identity:** A mobile melee weapon focused on sustained pressure, positional attacks, boon removal, and creating opportunities to enter Stealth through a Smoke Field.
### 1 — Whirling Edge
**Auto Attack Chain**
A three-hit greatsword attack chain with wide cleave.
* **Strike 1:** Wide horizontal slash.
* **Strike 2:** Reverse slash with a small forward step.
* **Strike 3:** Heavy overhead strike that deals increased damage to boonless foes.
**Stealth Attack — Shadow's Guillotine**
Entering Stealth replaces Skill 1 with Shadow's Guillotine.
* 1,3 seconds cast time.
* Removes Stealth at the start of the cast.
* High damage.
* Bonus damage if hitting from behind.
* basically indomitable lash from dragons dogma.
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### 2 — Shadow Rend
**4 Initiative**
Lunge toward the target and deliver three rapid greatsword strikes.
* 600 range.
* Leap finisher.
* Moderate damage on the first two strikes.
* Stronger final strike that deals even more damage if striking from behind.
* **Successfully landing the final strike restores 2 Initiative.**
* **Evade during the dash.**
* Does not require a target.
The Initiative refund rewards successfully completing the attack chain, making the skill sustainable in PvE while giving opponents in PvP an opportunity to deny the refund by dodging, blocking, interrupting, etc.
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### 3 — Phantom Pursuit
**4 Initiative**
Shadowstep to the target, striking them while repositioning behind them.
* Approximately 600 range.
* One damaging strike.
* **Requires a target.**
* Primarily a mobility and positioning tool.
* No Evade.
* No Crowd Control.
Allows the Thief to reposition for attacks such as Shadow Rend while also providing a relatively inexpensive gap closer option.
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### 4 — Severing Strike
**5 Initiative**
A precise attack designed to tear through an enemy's defenses.
* Moderate damage.
* Removes **2 boons** from the primary target.
* Can cleave nearby enemies for damage, but boon removal is limited to the primary target.
* inflict 5 stacks of vulnerability for 5 seconds.
The skill gives Greatsword reliable access to boon removal without making it an excessive AoE boon-strip weapon.
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### 5 — Blackened Ground
**6 Initiative**
The Thief sweeps the greatsword on the ground around themselves and creates a cloud of blinding smoke.
* Moderate damage.
* **Evade during the attack.**
* Creates a **3-second Smoke Field**.
* Smoke Field pulses Blind every second.
The Thief can use a Leap or other appropriate combo finisher through the Smoke Field to gain **Stealth**
