The heavy-hitting blunt weapon of choice in the Secret World, hammers apply great force at close range.
It can inflict the States of Impaired and Weakened, and if it is paired with Assault Rifle or Elementalism, then all four common states (and therefore States that can be exploited) can be inflicted.
Hammer users have access to Mitigation abilities that increase defence such as Aftershock (Minor Ward) and Bullheaded (Protection). Abilities that knock opponents to the ground (Beatdown), or better yet, fling them into the air, are unparalleled in their ability to reduce damage by anything other than See Red's total lockdown; Beatdown is superior inasmuch as it leaves the user free to act.
Hate management abilities are available to all through the Miscellaneous (Green) outer cells, but Hammer has access to Hate increase attacks such as Razor Shards that go well with its damage reduction.
- Weapon Features: - Short range (3 meters) - Draw Hate
- Major combat roles: DPS, Tank, Damage Reduction
Abilities[]
Tier 1[]
Guide Hammer Skill Demonstration (Inner Ring)
Brawn[]
Smash - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a moderate amount of damage. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Below the Belt - Passive Ability - Each successful hit with Smash reduces the damage output of the target for a short time. Sets weakened state.
Hell to Pay - Active Melee Ability - A hammer blast that deals a large amount of damage in a column in front of you. Consumes all hammer resources.
Righteous Fury - Passive Ability - Increases the critical hit chance of Hell to Pay.
Haymaker - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer strike that deals a large amount of damage. Exploits impaired state. Consumes all hammer resources.
Hard Impact - Passive Ability - Increases all damage dealt by hammer abilities.
Shockwave - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A hammer attack that deals moderate damage and knocks down enemies in a column in front of you. Sets impaired state.
Grit[]
Brawler - Passive Ability - Increases the damage of your critical hits.
Grand Slam - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a moderate amount of damage. Exploits weakened state. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Street Fighter - Passive Ability - Whenever you set impaired state, you deal increased damage for a short time.
Stonewalled - Active Melee Ability - A hammer ability that greatly increases your chance to block for a short time.
Stone Cold - Passive Ability - Reduces the recharge time of Stonewalled.
Backhanded - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a moderate amount of damage. Builds two hammer resources if you had none before the attack.
Cool, Calm & Collected - Passive Ability (Elite) - Whenever you block an attack, you reduce incoming damage and whenever you critically hit your damage output is increased for a short time.
Tier 2[]
Guide Hammer Skill Demonstration (Outer Ring)
Industrial Action[]
First Blood - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer strike that deals a moderate amount of damage. Deals more damage if you have no hammer resources. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
Soft Target - Passive Ability - Whenever you critically hit an impaired target, your next weapon resource builder will build three additional weapon resources for that weapon.
Molten Steel - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage, and a significant amount of extra critical damage on critical hits. Consumes all hammer resources.
Wrecking Crew - Passive Ability - Increases the critical hit damage of all strike category abilities.
Bone Breaker - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage. Exploits weakened state. Consumes all hammer resources.
Metal Worker - Passive Ability - Removes the extra critical damage from Molten Steel. Adds another hit to Molten Steel that scales in damage with your maximum health.
Epicentre - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - Your next four abilities create a field around your target that deals damage to nearby enemies and slows them for a short time.
Brute Force[]
Punishment - Passive Ability - Whenever you hit a weakened target, you increase the damage of your critical hits for a short time.
Touchdown! - Active Melee Ability - You leap to your target and deal a large amount of damage to nearby enemies as you land.
Insult to Injury - Passive Ability - Whenever you critically hit, you set weakened state.
Beatdown - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a small amount of damage and knocks the target to the ground for a short time. Sets impaired state.
Tenderising - Passive Ability - Whenever you successfully hit a target in the weakened state, you deal a small extra hit.
Full Momentum - Active Melee Ability - Builds five hammer resources and gives a Momentum stacks.
Thunderstruck - Passive Ability (Elite) - Increases the duration of all your impair effects. You also deal an extra hit whenever you critically hit a weakened target.
Excessive Damage[]
Ground Pound - Active Melee Ability - You smash your hammer into the ground and deal a moderate amount of damage to nearby enemies. Builds a weapon resources for each equipped weapon.
Sweetspot - Passive Ability - Whenever you critically hit, you get a small self heal.
No Mercy - Active Melee Ability - A hammer blast that deals a large amount of damage in a column in front of you. Guaranteed to critically hit shortly after killing an enemy. Consumes all hammer resources.
Improved Blasts - Passive Ability - All your blast category attacks will also set weakened state.
Piledriver - Active Melee Ability - You smash your hammer into the ground and deal a large amount of damage to nearby targets. Exploits impaired state. Consumes all hammer resources.
Knuckle Down - Passive Ability - Increases the damage and healing of all your resources building abilities.
Eruption - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A powerful hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage in a column in front of you and knocks enemies into the air. Sets impaired state.
Sledge Factory[]
Grip Whip - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a moderate amount of damage and increases your chance to block for a short time. Builds a weapon resource for each equipped weapon.
You're Next - Passive Ability - Whenever you block an attack, you deal more damage and generate more hate for a short time.
Aftershock - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer strike that deals a large amount of damage. Conditional effect. Consumes all hammer resources.
Improved Strikes - Passive Ability - Increases the damage and healing of all your strike category attacks.
Obsidian Aegis - Active Melee Ability - A single target hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage. Exploits impaired state. Consumes all hammer resources.
Immovable Object - Passive Ability - Whenever an enemy deals damage to you, you deal a small amount of damage back.
Unstoppable Force - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - While Unstoppable Force in active you grow in size, have more health, are immune to crowd control, and a significantly increased block chance.
Battering Works[]
Bully - Passive Ability - You build two hammer resources every time you set impaired state.
Trucker - Active Melee Ability - You charge to the target and significantly increases your block chance for a short time.
Brick Wall - Passive Ability - Whenever you block an attack, you knock your target to the ground for a short time. Sets Impaired state.
Stone's Throw - Active Melee Ability - A single target ranged attack that deals a moderate amount of damage. Sets weakened state.
No Pain No Gain - Passive Ability - Whenever you hit an impaired target, you are healed for a moderate amount.
Furnace - Active Melee Ability - A hammer attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to nearby enemies. Sets weakened state, and increases your mitigation for a short time.
Forged In Fire - Passive Ability (Elite) - Whenever you drop below half health, you get a large heal over time effect.
Hammer Pit[]
Razor Shards - Active Melee Ability - A hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage and increased hate to nearby enemies. Consumes all hammer resources.
Blindside - Passive Ability - Whenever you block an attack, you deal a small amount of damage back to the attacker.
Rupture - Active Melee Ability - A hammer blast that deals a moderate amount of damage in a column in front of you. Deals more damage if you have no hammer resources. Builds a resource for each equipped weapon.
Bullheaded - Passive Ability - Whenever you successfully hit with a blast category attack, your mitigation is increased for a short time.
Blowout - Active Melee Ability - A pulsing attack that deals a small amount of damage to nearby enemies every pulse. Exploits weakened state.
Faultline - Passive Ability - Increases the duration of Blowout. Reduces the recharge time of Blowout.
Raging Volcano - Active Melee Ability (Elite) - A channeled hammer attack that deals a large amount of damage and forces nearby enemies to attack you. While Raging Volcano is channeling, you block all incoming attacks.
Augments[]
Damage
- Momentum - Your Hammer abilities build up Momentum. When the Momentum count reaches 5, your next hammer ability will deal 12% more damage.
Survivability
- Thick Skin - Blocking an attack further reduces the damage dealt to you by 4%.