Assault

This article is about the combat ability. For the minigame, see Barbarian Assault.

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Assault
Release								20 November 2012 (Update)
Members								No
Skill								Melee
Level								3
Type								Enhanced
Target								Single-target
Adrenaline								-25%
Equipment								Any
Average damage								560% (720% with 4 )
Cooldown								6 seconds (10 ticks)
Revolution								Yes
Description
Strike at the target multiple times. 130%-150% Melee damage per hit every 1.2s. 4 hits. Channeled. Bloodlust (consumes 4 Bloodlust stacks) Deals 170%-190% Melee damage per hit every 1.2s. Damage is 75% effective in PvP. Can move while channeling.
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Struct ID								14704
Links								Struct14704

Assault is a channelled enhanced melee ability. It requires level 3 Attack to use. When activated, the player will proceed to hit their target four times, hitting once every 1.2 second with each hit dealing 130-150% ability damage for a total of 520-600% ability damage, or an average of 560% ability damage.

Assault can be empowered if the player has 4 or more Bloodlust stacks when it is cast. This will consume 4 Bloodlust stacks and increase the damage to 170-190% ability damage per hit for a total of 680-760% ability damage, or an average of 720% ability damage.

Like all melee channelled abilities, Assault can be channelled while moving as long as the player stays within attack range of their target.

Hit timings

Assault hits 1 tick after it was cast, and deals subsequent hits every 2 ticks (1.2 seconds) afterwards:

Hit timings on target for Assault

Cast	Hit 1	Hit 2	Hit 3	Hit 4
0	1	3	5	7

Comparison with Flurry

Without bloodlust, Flurry (or Greater Flurry) will always deal less damage than Assault. When bloodlusted, this can change.

Total damage

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Damage increase

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Flurry will deal more damage than Assault if the target is below 61% life points, but Flurry will gain more damage so long as the target is below 70% life points. Therefore if intending to use both abilities, then the bloodlust should be spent on Flurry when the target is below 70% life points. However if there is only enough time or adrenaline for one ability, then it should only be flurry if the target is below 61% life points. This does not take into account the effect of Greater Flurry on extending the duration of Berserk.

Monsters that use Assault

• Ahoeitu the Chef
• Armadylean myrmidon
• Armadylean warrior
• Bandit Brawler
• Bandosian ambusher
• Bandosian reaver
• Black Knight (Invasion of Falador)
• Crystal Shapeshifter
• Donny the Lad
• Dragon-hunter warrior
• Eastern mercenary
• Eastern soldier
• Elite Sotapanna
• Enlightened Sotapanna
• Godless ambusher
• Gu ronin
• Hein (Skulls champion)
• Imperial warrior akh
• Iorwerth guard
• Iorwerth scout
• Iorwerth scout (Faction PvP)
• JMod clone
• Jade the Unruly
• Menaphite guard captain
• Monkey warrior
• New Varrock guard
• New Varrock guard captain
• Ninja cabbage
• Renegade Menaphite soldier
• Saradominist enforcer
• Saradominist gatherer
• Saradominist minelayer
• Saradominist rogue
• Sarkhan the Serpentspeaker
• Sir Leye
• Skulls bosun
• Skulls mercenary (Uncharted Isles)
• Skulls press-ganger
• Skulls scout
• Sotapanna
• Stone clone
• Temple Knight (Battle of the Monolith)
• The Violet Lotus
• Ulthven Keith
• Unnatural Trahaearn titan
• Vengeance (NPC)
• Warrior cabbage
• White Knight (Invasion of Falador)
• Xiang the Water-shaper
• Yukimura of Hanto
• Zamorakian blackguard
• Zamorakian footsoldier
• Zamorakian gatherer
• Zamorakian minelayer
• Zamorakian rogue

Cosmetic overrides

Name	Animation	Release Date	Source
Fungal Assault		24 August 2023	Academy of Heroes
Chaotic Assault		7 March 2024	Academy of Heroes

Gallery

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  Two-handed weapon animation

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Update history

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• update 9 March 2026 (Update):
  • Damage range without Bloodlust: 145%–175% (160% average) → 130%–150% (140% average)
  • Damage range with Bloodlust: 185%–215% (200% average) → 170%–190% (180% average)

• update 2 March 2026 (Update):
  • Changed from Strength ability to Melee ability.
  • Changed from 55 Strength to 3 Attack to use.
  • Adrenaline cost: 15% → 25%
  • Average damage per hit: 140% → 160% (average total damage: 560% → 640% total)
  • Now deals 200% average damage per hit while Bloodlusted (800% total).
  • Cooldown: 30 seconds → 6 seconds

• update 4 March 2024 (Update):
  • Damage range: 43.8-219% → 125-155%.
  • Adjusted hit timings.
  • Added Chaotic Assault override.

• patch 8 February 2021 (Update):
  • Player movement will no longer be delayed when trying to move during a channelled combat ability.

• patch 13 July 2020 (Update):
  • 'Destroy' and 'Assault' Strength skills now use their correct animations while following up the 'Greater Barge' Attack skill.

• ninja 25 September 2017 (Update):
  • The Assault ability description within the Powers interface has been updated to improve clarity.

• patch 24 August 2015 (Update):
  • The animation for assault is now synchronised to the players movement.

• patch 9 March 2015 (Update):
  • Tooltips for the abilities 'Assault' and 'Fury' have been corrected.

• patch 9 April 2013 (Update):
  • An issue with Assault that allowed extra damage to be applied to the enemy has been fixed.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.