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11 The Weapon Throw is a Kliff combat skill added in Patch 1.04.00. It is usable only while Kliff is dual-wielding and lets him hurl the off-hand weapon at a target before retrieving it by walking up to the weapon or pressing the input a second time. The skill is distinct from the older universal Throw grapple and from Shield Bash, though it shares Shield Bash's input mapping.
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33 Quick Information
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55 PropertyValueCharacterKliffRequirementDual-wield stancePatch addedPatch 1.04.00InputSame controls as Shield BashRangeMedium; thrown weapon arcs toward the locked-on target.
66 How it Works
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99 Activating Weapon Throw causes Kliff to launch his off-hand weapon at the target reticle. The weapon hits and stays embedded in or near the impact spot. To recover the weapon the player either walks up to it (auto-pickup on contact) or presses the same input again to perform a quick recall.
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1111 The skill only fires while dual-wielding. With a single primary weapon equipped the input still triggers Shield Bash as before.Kliff continues fighting with his primary weapon while the off-hand is in flight or stuck in the world. The off-hand slot temporarily becomes empty until the throw is recovered.Pressing the input again from any range performs a recall pull rather than a second throw, so the player does not need to back-track to retrieve the weapon during a chase sequence.
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1313 Combat Use
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1515 Weapon Throw is a niche tool that fills a gap in Kliff's pre-1.04 kit. He had no native dual-wield ranged option; this skill gives him a way to interrupt a casting enemy or pop a weak point at mid range without breaking the dual-wield stance to draw a bow.
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1717 Interrupt openings on casters and ranged units that previously forced a full sprint plus melee close.Apply weapon-side procs at distance. Any enchantment carried on the off-hand weapon is delivered on the thrown hit, so elemental coatings and weapon-specific bonus effects all proc.Bait counter-windows by throwing into a wind-up animation; the recovery time on a thrown hit gives Kliff a small breathing window before the enemy responds.
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1919 Related Skills
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2121 Weapon Throw shares its input with Shield Bash and replaces it for the duration of dual-wield. The two skills do not stack on the same input slot. Other dual-wield options in Kliff's tree such as the cross-slash combo finisher are unaffected.
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2323 Patch History
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2525 Patch 1.04.00 added the skill. There were no follow-up tuning changes in 1.04.01 or 1.04.02.
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2727 See Also
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2929 Kliff - playable character.
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3131 Shield Bash - shares the input mapping when not dual-wielding.
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3333 Throw - older universal grapple skill, unrelated mechanically.
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3535 Patch 1.04.00 - introduced the skill.