Rapier Mastery

Rapier Mastery is the weapon mastery for the Rapier in New World. It is divided into the Blood and Grace trees.

"Points" refers to how many points you must spend in that particular skill tree before you can unlock that particular ability.

Blood[]

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Tondo		Slash so quickly that it extends the reach of your blade up to 5m. This strike deals 50% direct weapon damage but also applies a bleed that will deal 85% weapon damage over 12 seconds. This can stack up to 3 times refreshing previous applications. Cooldown 6s.
	Thirst for Blood		When applying the first bleed stack to an opponent this cooldown is reduced by 10%.
	And Again		If you hit only one target, even on a blocked hit, this cooldown is reduced by 25%..
	Proper Spacing		Improve your direct damage from Tondo by 100% if you are 4m away from your target or more.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Flurry		Enter a posed stance and unleash a series of five quick thrust attacks with each strike dealing more damage. Flurry can be dodge canceled at any time. Cooldown: 16.0 seconds.
	Overwhelm		Each hit of Flurry does 25% more block damage.
	Fleeting Strikes		Each hit of Flurry reduces the cooldown of this ability by 7%.
	To the Bone		Each hit of Flurry extends the Rapier's bleed by 1 seconds. This will also apply to future stacked applications of the same bleed extending the entire stack.
	Finalize		The last hit of Flurry will cause the enemy to stagger.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Flourish and Finish		Flourish performs an attack knocking back enemies. Pressing 'Light Attack' at the end of Flourish will continue this ability by automatically performing 'Finish'. Finish lunges forward, consuming all Rapier bleeds on any target hit dealing 110% of their damage immediately.
	With Flair		Gain Grit on both Flourish and Finish.
	Swagger		+20 stamina when successfully hitting a target with Finish.
	Fuel		Each tick of damage from Tondo's bleed reduces the cooldown of this ability by 3.5%.
	Bloody End		Finish deals 150% of the Rapier's bleed damage instead of only 110%.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Refreshing Strikes		Reduce all cooldowns by 1% on any hit.
	Engarde		Deal 10% more damage when your target has greater than 50% health.
	Unerring		Deal 5% more damage to targets with a Rapier bleed.
	Light Edge		Increase damage from both middle swipe attacks in the light attack chain by 8%.
	Heavy Puncture		Any heavy attack on a bleeding enemy will extend their Rapier bleeds by 2 seconds. This will also apply to future stacked applications of the same bleed extending the entire stack.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Evade		Perform a small, reliable sidestep in your current movement direction that cancels any current activity and provides momentary invulnerability. Light Attacks made during Evade are performed exceptionally fast. (Flurry is also performed exceptionally fast.) Cooldown: 6.0 seconds.
	Breathe In		Gain 20 stamina immediately on use.
	Allegro		Gain 20% movement speed (Haste) for 3 seconds on use.
	Adagio		Evading forward gains 15% increased damage on your next light attack. Ends on hit or after 1 second.
	Crescendo		Individual successful light attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 30% each.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Riposte		Enter into a defensive stance for 1 second. If struck during this ability, counter the attacker stunning them briefly for 2 seconds. You are briefly invulnerable upon a successful Riposte. Cooldown: 12.0 seconds. Taunt Gem Compatible: If you have a Carnelian gem equipped in your rapier, this ability causes a 4s taunt to all foes within 5m. (Taunt causes monsters to focus only on you.)
	Insult to Injury		If the Riposte is triggered successfully, all your attacks become uninterruptible for 3 seconds.
	Backside		After performing Fleche, your next critical strike attack will have its damage increased by 15%. Lasts for 5 seconds.
	Lasting Consequence		Increase the stun from Riposte to 2.5 seconds.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Fleche		Leave the ground lunging forward for 10m in a stabbing motion piercing through enemies dealing 145% damage. Cooldown: 17.0 seconds.
	Quick Lunge		Killing with this ability reduces its cooldown by 80%.
	Priority		Reduce the cooldown of other Rapier abilities by 20% when landing a Riposte stun.
	Interruption		Pressing 'Light Attack' any time during Fleche will stop and perform a static, continuation attack dealing 115% damage.

Icon	Title	Points	Description
	Desperation		Deal 10% more damage when your stamina is below 40%.
	Controlled Breathing		+3 stamina on any hit.
	Swiftness		+3% Haste for 4 seconds on any hit. Can stack up to 5 times.
	Perfectionist		Deal 10% more damage when your health is full.
	Red Curtains		Critical strikes reduce all cooldowns by 5%.
	Momentum		Gain 30% increased damage on your next light or heavy attack after performing an ability. Ends on hit or after 3 seconds.