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Fencing Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Aggressive	Increases Attack Speed by 2.5% per rank
Stance	Defensive	Damage increased by 2% per rank and weapon swings increase your Damage Resistance to all enemies by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Cleave	Deals 10% of Damage per rank towards a random enemy within 2 tiles
Stance	Blackguard	Successful hits have a 4% chance per rank to inflict a Disease effect on target that deals 200% Damage spread out over 20 seconds (on Stealth attack will instead deal 66% Damage)
Stance	Fang	Damage increased by (3%, 3.5%, 4%) per rank while using weapon coated with (Greater, Deadly, Lethal) Poison. Bonus amount is doubled if player meets minimum Poisoning skill (printed) needed to apply Poison type
Finisher	Assassinate	Inflicts 400% Damage and immediately resolves up to an additional 500% Damage worth of Disease and Poison ticks (caused by the player) remaining on target
Finisher	Flurry	Increases Weapon Speed by 15% for 20 seconds (does not stack)
Weapon Ability	Gambit	For next 15 seconds accuracy is reduced by 25% but melee damage is increased by 75%
Weapon Ability	Swiftstrikes	For next 15 seconds each hit increases attack speed by 5% (scaled by weapon speed) up to a max of 25%
Weapon Ability	Bane	Immediately resolve 3 poison ticks if player has an active weapon-applied poison on creature