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Maul

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Maul is a Druid skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Damage N/A
Fortifies
Knocks Down (CC)
Werebear
Shapeshifting
Spirit


Maul Details and Upgrades

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Maul

Generate Spirit: 20
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Shapeshift into a Werebear and maul enemies in front of you, dealing 26% damage.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Basic, Shapeshifting, Werebear

Upgrades

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Enhanced Maul

If an enemy is hit by Maul, then Fortify for 8% of your Maximum Life.

Wild Maul Upgrade

Wild Maul

Maul has a 20% chance to Knock Down enemies for 2 seconds.

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Fierce Maul

Increases the range and radius of Maul by 25%.


Other Skills that work with Maul

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Maul can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Maul creates
Core Tree
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Abundance

Basic Skills generate 6%[x] more Spirit.

Tags: Basic Passive

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Iron Fur

You gain 4% Damage Reduction while in Werebear form. This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werebear form.

Tags: Werebear, Shapeshifting
Prerequisite: Can also reach Iron Fur via Pulverize. Passive

Wrath Tree
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Mending

While in Werebear form, you receive 6%[+] additional Healing from all sources and gain 4%[x] increased Maximum Life.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Shapeshifting, Werebear Passive

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Provocation

When you remain in Werebear form for at least 20 seconds, your next non-Defensive Skill will Overpower.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werebear
Prerequisite: Can also reach Provocation via Trample. Passive

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Natural Boulder

While you have any Fortify, Boulder has +20% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Skill

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Stone Guard

While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Nature Magic
Prerequisite: Can also reach Stone Guard via Boulder. Passive

Ultimate Tree
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Defensive Posture

Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5%[+] and you gain 3% Damage Reduction while Fortified.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Unrestrained

Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 5%. Double this effect while you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Quickshift

Shapeshifting into a new animal form grants 1 / 2 / 3%[x] increased damage, up to 6 / 12 / 18%[x]. This bonus is lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting Passive

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Natural Fortitude

Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 2% of your Maximum Life.

Tags: Shapeshifting
Prerequisite: Can also reach Natural Fortitude via Grizzly Rage and Lacerate. Passive

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Heightened Senses

When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 3 / 6 / 9% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2 / 4 / 6%[+] Movement Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form and are doubled while both are active. They are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werebear, Werewolf
Prerequisite: Can also reach Heightened Senses via Grizzly Rage and Lacerate. Passive

Key Passives Tree
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Ursine Strength

Gain 30%[x] additional Maximum Life while in Werebear form and for 3 seconds after leaving Werebear form.
While Healthy, deal 15%[x] increased damage, and 45%[x] increased Overpower damage.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werebear Passive

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Bestial Rampage

When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 30%[x] increases damage and Werewolf grants 20%[+] Attack Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form, but are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werewolf, Werebear Passive


Items that work with Maul

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Maul
  • Create a condition Maul can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Maul creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Nature's Savagery
Offensive Werewolf Skills function as Storm Skills and Werebear Skills function as Earth Skills for the Nature's Fury Key Passive.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of the Changeling's Debt
Resource You deal [25 - 55]%[x] increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Conclave
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Ballistic Aspect
Utility When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Whispering Pines
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Skinwalker's Aspect
Defensive When you use a Shapeshifting Skill that changes your form, Heal for [5 - 20]% of your Maximum Life. If you are at full Life, gain the same amount as Fortify.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Fading Echo
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Stormshifter's Aspect
Utility While Hurricane is active, gain +2 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Crusaders' Cathedral
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Vigorous Aspect
Defensive Gain [7.5 - 15.0]% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted into a Werewolf.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Steadfast Barracks
(Map)
Hawezar Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

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Insatiable Fury

When the Days of Ash began, the great druid Nafain reminded his disciples that nothing, not even the loss of their humanity, was too great a sacrifice to protect Túr Dúlra from Astaroth's flames.


Type: Unique Chest Armor
Class: Druid

Description: Werebear form is now your true form, and you gain [2 - 5] Ranks to all Werebear Skills.


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • [8.0 - 12.5]% Maximum Life
    • +[2.5 - 4.0]% to Ursine Strength's Bonuses
    • +[3 - 4] to Iron Fur
    • +[108.5 - 140.0]% Werebear Overpower Damage
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    Hunter's Zenith

    "By fang, claw, spear, or sword - send the bastards back to the flames from which they crawled! Soak the peat with their blood! For Fiacla-Géar! For Scosglen!" - Nafain, during the Days of Ash


    Type: Unique Ring
    Class: Druid

    Description: Gain a bonus when you kill with a Shapeshifting Skill:Werewolf: Your next Non-Ultimate Werebear Skill costs no Resource and has no Cooldown.Werebear: Your next Werewolf Skill will Heal you for [689 - 3,447] when damage is first dealt.

    • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
    • +10.0% Lightning Resistance

    Affixes: (Item Power 925)


    Changes to Maul

    Patch 1.4.0, 14 April, 2024

    • Damage increased by ~10% (.24 to .26).

    Patch 1.3.3, March 5, 2023

    • Spirit Generation increased from 17 to 20.
    • Damage increased by 10%.

    Patch 1.1.1, August 8, 2023

    • Spirit gain increased from 15 to 17.

    Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

    • Base damage increased from 20% to 22%.
    • Spirit generated increased from 14 to 15.
    • Enhanced Maul - Fortify increased from 2% to 3%.