Sunder

Sunder is a colossal overhead chop, dealing slash damage to everything close around you and fracturing the armor of everything it hits.

Effect

Fracture halves the target's armor for a few seconds. The damage lands first and the fracture follows, so Sunder is not a setup for itself, it is a setup for everything you do afterward: your basic attacks, Whirlwind, and any further Sunder that comes off cooldown inside the window.

It costs a great deal of mana, and it is worth it.

Strategy

• Open a hard fight with Sunder, then spend the fracture window on basic attacks rather than saving them.
• Pommel Strike first if the target is likely to walk out of reach.
• Lead with it in the Cottage, where there is one dangerous thing and no reason to hold back.
• The fracture applies to every enemy the chop hit, not just the nearest, so aim it into a group when one is available.