Active Ability · Active Ability

Swiftness

Boosts Attack Speed after Perfect Block. This Ability works passively once equipped in the Active Abilities panel. See each level’s cost and requirements, then plan it in your build.

Ability type
Active Ability
Category
Combat
Working phase
Day & Night
Max level
Lv.4
Swiftness skill icon

What Does Swiftness Do?

Boosts Attack Speed after Perfect Block. This Ability works passively once equipped in the Active Abilities panel.

StaminaParry

Swiftness Levels

Skill Point cost and effect per level
LevelSkill Points
Lv.1+10% Attack Speed. Duration 6s.1
Lv.2+15% Attack Speed. Duration 8s.1
Lv.3+20% Attack Speed. +5% Critical Hit chance. Duration 10s.2
Lv.4+30% Attack Speed. +5% Critical Hit chance. Critical Hits cost no Stamina. Duration 12s.3

Costs are the per-level learning costs. Active Abilities are a separate system from the three main perk trees, so they are not part of the Skill Tree Planner.

How to Unlock Swiftness

  1. SKILL MANUAL

    Swiftness Manual covers Lv.1–Lv.4. A manual only unlocks those levels: you still pay the Skill Points for each one.

Swiftness Manual

Swiftness Manual icon

Swiftness Manual

Covers Swiftness Lv.1–Lv.4. A manual only unlocks those levels: you still need the Skill Points, Player Level and tree investment listed above.

6 known sources: 5 merchants and 1 other acquisition source.

Where to get it →

Is Swiftness Worth Taking?

Manual-gated
Skill Points alone are not enough: levels above the free ones also need Swiftness Manual.

These are the gates and follow-ups the game data confirms, not a ranking. Which skill is worth it depends on the build you are already running.

Related Skills

Ordered by the real skill graph: prerequisites first, then what this skill unlocks, then the rest of the tree.

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