Armor Break

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	[Active] Break your enemy's armor to reduce defense for a short time.
	Destruction Skill Consumes Destruction gauge and acquire Vitality gauge Attack Power ↑ when Destruction is activated
	Final Enhanced Skill Damage is increased by 1.2 times.

Requirements

Class	Level Required	Skill Requirement
Sword Knight	30	Intermediate Training Skill Quest

Level Required	Strong Hit (Physical)	Enemy DebuffArmor BreakEnemy DebuffArmor Break		MP Usage	Cooldown
Level Required	Strong Hit (Physical)	Physical Defense Decrease	Duration	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	980%	30%	7 Seconds	40 MP	7 Seconds
PvP	245%	20%	7 Seconds	40 MP	7 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	1175%	30%	7 Seconds	40 MP	7 Seconds
PvP	293%	20%	7 Seconds	40 MP	7 Seconds

Killing Blow (1) Armor Break		Haste Armor Break
Attribute Effect	Duration	Attribute Effect	Cooldown
Skill effect's duration increased to 150%	10.5 Seconds	Cooldown decreased to 80%	5.6 Seconds

Damage calculations do not take Enemy DebuffArmor BreakEnemy DebuffArmor Break into account.

The debuff will be taken into account for the skill's damage.
- Enemies under the effects of the debuff are marked with an Armor Break icon, as seen on the right.
This debuff does stack with the Enemy DebuffPower BreakEnemy DebuffPower Break debuff, which means as Knight Emperor, he can inflict both debuffs to dramatically reduce a target's defense.
This debuff does not stack with Armor Crash. However, [Mod] Armor Break does stack.

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/06/2009	05/04/2011	Armor Break added.
11/07/2013	02/12/2014	▼ Damage decreased. ▼ Success Rate reduced.
05/15/2014	09/17/2014	▲ Success Rate increased to 100%. ▲ Skill Note is changed so it increases the defense decrease by 10%. ▼ Defense Reduction effect decreased.
02/05/2015	-	▼ Defense Reduction effect decreased.
01/12/2017	01/24/2017	▼ Damage decreased.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▼ Damage decreased. ▼ Physical Defense Decrease decreased.
02/22/2018	04/18/2018	▼ Damage decreased.	▲ Damage increased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	▲ Damage increased.	▼ Damage decreased.
03/07/2019	03/27/2019	None	▼ Physical Defense Decrease decreased.
09/01/2022	09/28/2022	Killing Blow (2) trait changed to Haste.