Opening Strike
SKILL_OpeningStrike · Active Physical Melee SingleHostile
Deals physical damage equal to 250% of physical attack power to the target and applies Vulnerable for 8 seconds.
Effects & keywords
Vulnerable (on enemy): +20% Damage Taken+20% Damage Taken
Range in context
247 physical damage / target - 61.7 per energy
4
Damage
Shown for stock Lowell, Wooden Spear at level 5 (level cap). Pick your physical and magic units in the sidebar.
Expected per cast 247 physical per target
= PAtk 91.5 x 250% x 1.079 crit
Versus benchmark 
45.7% of Acid Slogel HP
45.7% of Acid Slogel HPDamage per energy 61.7 per energy (4 energy)
Damage per second 22.2 per second (from the 12 s cooldown)
Versus median 1.3x the median physical active per cast
Numbers are before target resistance (damage x 100 / (100 + R); most monsters have 0, armored ones up to 60 for a 37.5% cut) and before hit chance, dodge and guard. Combat difficulty does not change your own damage.
Numbers
| Range | 2 |
| Start delay | 0.2s |
| End delay | 0.2s |
| Cooldown | 12s |
| Energy cost | 4 |
| Durability cost | 2 (Primary) |
| Required equipment | Spear |
| Skill points to learn | 8 |
| Required level | 0 |
| Basic attack skill | no |
| Delay scales with attack speed | no |
| Can target over walls | no |
| Raw values | 250, 8 |
Range and area
Blue caster; light blue range (2 tiles); orange area hit (single target). The range distance metric shown is approximate; the area shape is exact.
Skill animation
The skill's effect striking the training scarecrow (the game's practice dummy), which recoils as it takes the hit. Frame timing is approximate.
Prerequisites
Unlocks: 
Spear Bash
Tree position
Spear Skill Tree - Tier 1, column 3