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Overview

The posture break system (破势, pò shì) is Honor of Kings: World's sustained-pressure mechanic on boss-tier enemies. Each boss has a posture bar (破势条) that drains as the player lands attacks and skills. When the bar empties, the boss enters a "posture break state" (破势状态) where it is knocked down and takes amplified damage for a short window. During the break window, dealing enough damage can trigger an execution finisher (处决) for massive burst damage. NetEase Cloud Gaming's combat overview uses the synonym 韧性条 (toughness bar) for the same mechanic.

How the Bar Fills

Per 17173's launch combat guide: "持续攻击BOSS可以把它的'破势条'打空" ("Sustained attacks on a boss can drain its posture bar"). NetEase's combat overview adds that "special counters" (特殊反击) also drain it. Both sources treat the bar as depleted by player pressure without publishing per-action values or a fixed posture damage table. Players can assume:

• Basic attacks and skills drain the bar

• Perfect dodges and the red-light counter both drain the bar and also produce a separate stagger effect

• Parries and heavy skills likely apply larger posture damage, though specific values are not published

Posture Break State

17173's quote on the break state: "BOSS会直接倒地陷入长时间的'破势状态'，这时候你打它伤害更高" ("The boss will be knocked down directly and enter a long 'break state', during which attacks on it deal higher damage"). The duration is described as "long" (长时间) but no specific duration in seconds is published. The damage amplification during the break is also not quantified in launch-window sources.

Execution Finisher (处决)

During the break window, landing enough damage triggers the execution (处决) finisher. Per 17173: "如果你在这期间打得够猛，还能触发'处决'，一下超高爆发的伤害" ("If you hit hard enough during this period, you can also trigger the execution for a single burst of extremely high damage"). No specific damage threshold, cinematic details, or trigger input is published. The execution is a burst damage event rather than a guaranteed kill.

Scope

Launch-window coverage only references the posture break system in the context of boss fights. No source confirms whether trash mobs or elite enemies have a posture bar. Treat the mechanic as boss-and-elite-only pending further evidence.

Part Destruction and Weak Points

Boss fights also use a separate weak-point and part-destruction mechanic that works alongside posture break. Per 17173: "很多BOSS身上有可以破坏的部位和弱点，盯着这些地方打，能直接打断BOSS的攻击节奏，让你获得宝贵的输出时间" ("Many bosses have destroyable parts and weak points; focusing attacks on them directly interrupts the boss's attack rhythm and gives you valuable damage windows"). 17173 cites Bi Fang as an example: during Bi Fang's grab attack, the party can focus-fire the giant claw to break it and rescue the grabbed teammate. NetEase's overview confirms this as a global boss-side mechanic: "弱点设计让每个角色或敌人都拥有独特的弱点区域" ("weak-point design gives each character or enemy unique weak-point zones").

Not Publicly Confirmed

• Exact posture damage values per action

• Duration of the break state in seconds

• Damage amplification multiplier during the break window

• Execution finisher damage threshold and trigger input

• Whether posture break has a cooldown before the bar regenerates

• UI location of the posture bar on screen

Sources

• 17173 launch combat guide (primary source for 破势 / 处决 quotes and Bi Fang example): https://news.17173.com/content/04072026/161348935.shtml

• NetEase Cloud Gaming HoKW combat overview (toughness bar synonym and weak-point framing): https://cg.163.com/static/content/69d46cb25a4185cfc935f110

• IT之家 combat mechanics feature: https://www.ithome.com/0/936/251.htm