Marauder Annihilation Basics Guide

Jumps to a distant target, dealing damage with the main-hand weapon, immobilizing the target for 2 seconds and interrupting the target's current action. Builds 3 rage. Cannot be used against targets in cover.

Jump to a faraway enemy.

Channels your hatred to restore your health. Cannot be used during combat.

Regain health out of battle.

Generates 2 rage and inflicts weapon damage with a series of quick melee attacks. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Generates 2 rage and inflicts weapon damage with a series of quick melee attacks. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Slashes the target for weapon damage. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Slashes the target for weapon damage. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Increases melee, ranged, Force and tech bonus damage and healing by 5%.

Increases melee, ranged, Force and tech bonus damage and healing by 5%.

Utilize a balanced lightsaber form, increasing all damage dealt and reducing all damage received by 3%.

Utilize a balanced lightsaber form, increasing all damage dealt and reducing all damage received by 3%.

Increases your movement speed by 15%.

Increases your movement speed by 15%.

Increases the critical strike damage of all attacks by 10% and the critical strike chance of Vicious Slash, Sweeping Slash, Vicious Throw, and Furious Strike by 5%.

Increases the critical strike damage of all attacks by 10% and the critical strike chance of Vicious Slash, Sweeping Slash, Vicious Throw, and Furious Strike by 5%.

Force Rend builds 1 additional rage.

Force Rend builds 1 additional rage.

Reduces the cooldown of Force Rend by 3 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Force Rend by 3 seconds.

Increases the direct damage dealt by Rupture by 5%.

Increases the direct damage dealt by Rupture by 5%.

Increases the critical strike damage of your bleed effects by 5%.

Increases the critical strike damage of your bleed effects by 5%.

Smashes up to 8 enemies within 5 meters with the Force, dealing kinetic damage. Stuns weak and standard enemies for 2 seconds.

Smashes up to 8 enemies within 5 meters with the Force, dealing kinetic damage. Stuns weak and standard enemies for 2 seconds.

Reduces all damage taken by 20% and deals energy damage to attackers. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Lasts 10 seconds. Cloak of Pain refreshes to its full duration when attacked, but this effect cannot last more than 30 seconds in total.

Reduces all damage taken by 20% and deals energy damage to attackers. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Lasts 10 seconds. Cloak of Pain refreshes to its full duration when attacked, but this effect cannot last more than 30 seconds in total.

Blasts the target with a Force-enhanced scream, dealing kinetic damage. In addition, standard and weak enemies are stunned for 4 seconds.

Blasts the target with a Force-enhanced scream, dealing kinetic damage. In addition, standard and weak enemies are stunned for 4 seconds.

Strikes the target multiple times with both lightsabers, dealing weapon damage and building 6 rage. Requires 2 lightsabers.

Strikes the target multiple times with both lightsabers, dealing weapon damage and building 6 rage. Requires 2 lightsabers.

Performs a series of lightsaber attacks that deal weapon damage. Strikes with both weapons if dual wielding.

Performs a series of lightsaber attacks that deal weapon damage. Strikes with both weapons if dual wielding.

Purges all incapacitating and movement-impairing effects.

If you are stunned and can’t move, you can use this ability to unstun yourself.

Slashes up to 8 enemies within 5 meters in front of you for weapon damage. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Slashes up to 8 enemies within 5 meters in front of you for weapon damage. Attacks with both weapons if dual wielding.

Requires and converts 30 stacks of Fury to enter a Berserk state, increasing the critical chance of your bleed attacks by 100% and causing the bleed damage you deal to heal your group for 1% of max health. Lasts for 6 charges.

Requires and converts 30 stacks of Fury to enter a Berserk state, increasing the critical chance of your bleed attacks by 100% and causing the bleed damage you deal to heal your group for 1% of max health. Lasts for 6 charges.

Raises a lightsaber ward, increasing melee and ranged defenses by 50% and absorbing 25% of the damage taken from Force and tech attacks. Lasts 12 seconds.

Raises a lightsaber ward, increasing melee and ranged defenses by 50% and absorbing 25% of the damage taken from Force and tech attacks. Lasts 12 seconds.

Vicious Slash, Sweeping Slash, Vicious Throw, Massacre, Annihilate, and Furious Strike refund 1 rage when used. In addition, Battering Assault beats down its target for 45 seconds. Beat down targets take 5% more damage from melee attacks.

Vicious Slash, Sweeping Slash, Vicious Throw, Massacre, Annihilate, and Furious Strike refund 1 rage when used. In addition, Battering Assault beats down its target for 45 seconds. Beat down targets take 5% more damage from melee attacks.

You build up to 30 Fury over the course of using Channel Hatred. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.

You build up to 30 Fury over the course of using Channel Hatred. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.

Activating an attack that spends rage and defeating opponents builds Fury. When 30 stacks of Fury are built, you become Furious, enabling the use of Berserk, Predation and Bloodthirst.

Activating an attack that spends rage and defeating opponents builds Fury. When 30 stacks of Fury are built, you become Furious, enabling the use of Berserk, Predation and Bloodthirst.

Summons dark Force power to build 4 rage and rend the target, causing it to bleed for internal damage over 9 seconds.

Summons dark Force power to build 4 rage and rend the target, causing it to bleed for internal damage over 9 seconds.

Utilize an aggressive lightsaber form, causing your melee attacks to increase all damage dealt by 1% for 30 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Replaces Shii-Cho Form.

Utilize an aggressive lightsaber form, causing your melee attacks to increase all damage dealt by 1% for 30 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Replaces Shii-Cho Form.

Smash into the target, disrupting its current action and preventing that ability from being used for the next 4 seconds.

Every class has an interrupt ability that allows them to interrupt an enemy while they are casting. Enemy castbars that fill up from left to right are called casts and can be interrupted and the ability will be stopped, but castbars that go from right to left deal damage the entire time they are channeling. Using your interrupt in combat is very useful as it can prevent the enemy from damaging you, or sometimes even prevent them from stunning you or knocking you back!

Reduces the cooldown of Smash by 9 seconds and the rage it consumes by 1. In addition, Smash deals 30% more damage and spreads your Rupture and Force Rend bleeds to the targets it hits, if it hits a target already affected by those bleeds.

Reduces the cooldown of Smash by 9 seconds and the rage it consumes by 1. In addition, Smash deals 30% more damage and spreads your Rupture and Force Rend bleeds to the targets it hits, if it hits a target already affected by those bleeds.

Force Rend immediately maxes out your Juyo stacks and generates 10 Fury.

Force Rend immediately maxes out your Juyo stacks and generates 10 Fury.

Force Rend deals twice its initial damage whenever it consumes a stack of Zen and heals you for 35% of the damage that it deals.

Force Rend deals twice its initial damage whenever it consumes a stack of Zen and heals you for 35% of the damage that it deals.

General Suggestion: This choice not only buffs Force Rend but also enables you to activate Berserk more often, which is always a great thing to do on a Marauder. Take by default.

While Force Rend is on a target, the critical hit chance of all your bleed attacks on that target are increased by 10%.

While Force Rend is on a target, the critical hit chance of all your bleed attacks on that target are increased by 10%.

Vicious Slash, Massacre and Ravage slow targets they hit by 50% for 10 seconds.

Vicious Slash, Massacre and Ravage slow targets they hit by 50% for 10 seconds.

Ravage immobilizes the target for 3 seconds and generates 1 rage.

Ravage immobilizes the target for 3 seconds and generates 1 rage.

Applies Predation to you and your group members within 40 meters, increasing movement speed by 80%, melee and ranged defense by 10%, and purges movement-impairing effects. Lasts 10 seconds.

Applies Predation to you and your group members within 40 meters, increasing movement speed by 80%, melee and ranged defense by 10%, and purges movement-impairing effects. Lasts 10 seconds.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: Predation is an extremely useful speed boost and slight defensive ability, and since nobody can take it for you when playing solo, you must take it yourself!

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Predation is an extremely useful speed boost and slight defensive ability, and since nobody can take it for you when playing solo, you must take it yourself!

Flashpoint Suggestion: Predation is an extremely useful speed boost and slight defensive ability, This is a great buff to share with your group members during movement-heavy fights or just for going from point A to point B faster. Only consider a different choice if someone else is already using Transcendence/Predation.

Operation Suggestion: Predation is an extremely useful speed boost and slight defensive ability, This is a great buff to share with your group members during movement-heavy fights or just for going from point A to point B faster. Only consider a different choice if someone else is already using Transcendence/Predation.

Obscures yourself with the Force, removing all cleansable effects and becoming difficult to detect. Reduces your threat towards all enemies and all damage taken by 50%, grants immunity to controlling effects and increases movement speed by 50%. Lasts 6 seconds. Dealing direct damage ends the effect prematurely.

Camouflage is a type of temporary stealth that doe not remove you from combat, but does protect you, reduce your threat and cleanse you.

Stabs the target for weapon damage and causes it to bleed for internal damage over 9 seconds. Requires two lightsabers.

Stabs the target for weapon damage and causes it to bleed for internal damage over 9 seconds. Requires two lightsabers.

Your Rupture, Deadly Saber, and Force Rend bleeds heal you for 15% of the damage they deal.

Your Rupture, Deadly Saber, and Force Rend bleeds heal you for 15% of the damage they deal.

Your bleed effects have a 20% chance to build 1 rage when dealing damage. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Your Rupture, Deadly Saber, and Force Rend bleeds heal you for 15% of the damage they deal.

Your bleed effects have a 20% chance to build 1 rage when dealing damage. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. Your Rupture, Deadly Saber, and Force Rend bleeds heal you for 15% of the damage they deal.

Dealing damage with Rupture sends a wave out from your primary target, causing any of your bleeds on nearby targets to deal damage.

Dealing damage with Rupture sends a wave out from your primary target, causing any of your bleeds on nearby targets to deal damage.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Excellent passive AoE choice that doesn't take much effort. Just spread your DoTs out from the highest health target and watch the group fall over.

Lashes out a target with the power of the force, dealing energy damage and an additional internal damage for each of your periodic bleed effects on the target. Replaces Rupture.

Lashes out a target with the power of the force, dealing energy damage and an additional internal damage for each of your periodic bleed effects on the target. Replaces Rupture.

Rupture applies trauma and refunds its rage when used while Berserk is active. Trauma reduces the healing received by 20% for 10 seconds.

Rupture applies trauma and refunds its rage when used while Berserk is active. Trauma reduces the healing received by 20% for 10 seconds.

General Suggestion: Annihilation can be very Rage-hungry when played properly. This choice's refund keeps the rotation going smoothly.

Enters a furious frenzy, immediately building 30 stacks of Fury.

Enters a furious frenzy, immediately building 30 stacks of Fury.

Your bleed effects deal 1% more damage and are 2% more likely to critically hit per stack of Juyo Form.

Your bleed effects deal 1% more damage and are 2% more likely to critically hit per stack of Juyo Form.

Consumes all ability charges of Furious Power and applies that many Furious Power stacks to you for 15 seconds. Each stack increases your next direct single target melee attack by 25% and is consumed whenever you deal damage with these attacks. Recharges 1 ability charge every 15 seconds to a maximum of 4 charges.

Consumes all ability charges of Furious Power and applies that many Furious Power stacks to you for 15 seconds. Each stack increases your next direct single target melee attack by 25% and is consumed whenever you deal damage with these attacks. Recharges 1 ability charge every 15 seconds to a maximum of 4 charges.

Activating Berserk immediately builds 4 Rage and critically hitting with periodic bleed damage builds 2 Fury, even during Berserk. This effect cannot occur more than once every 2 seconds.

Activating Berserk immediately builds 4 Rage and critically hitting with periodic bleed damage builds 2 Fury, even during Berserk. This effect cannot occur more than once every 2 seconds.

General Suggestion: Works in the background to increase Berserk uptime dramatically for free. Best choice by far.

All melee damage attacks deal additional bleed damage while Berserk is active. This damage does not consume a charge of Berserk and cannot occur more than once per second.

All melee damage attacks deal additional bleed damage while Berserk is active. This damage does not consume a charge of Berserk and cannot occur more than once per second.

Throws the main-hand lightsaber at a target, dealing weapon damage. Only usable on targets at or below 30% max health.

Throws the main-hand lightsaber at a target, dealing weapon damage. Only usable on targets at or below 30% max health.

Strikes the target with both lightsabers for weapon damage. Each use of this ability grants Annihilator for 30 seconds, lowering the cooldown of your next Annihilate by 1.5 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times. Requires two lightsabers.

Strikes the target with both lightsabers for weapon damage. Each use of this ability grants Annihilator for 30 seconds, lowering the cooldown of your next Annihilate by 1.5 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times. Requires two lightsabers.

You generate 4 rage when stunned, immobilized, put to sleep, or knocked around. Additionally, the cooldown of Unleash is reduced by 30 seconds.

You generate 4 rage when stunned, immobilized, put to sleep, or knocked around. Additionally, the cooldown of Unleash is reduced by 30 seconds.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: Lots of difficult fights to solo in SWTOR can be made more maneageable if you can break out of Stuns more often. If damage is the bigger issue, take Steel Self and keep Predation handy for some Area Reduction.

Force Charge gets an additional charge and builds 2 Fury when activated.

Force Charge gets an additional charge and builds 2 Fury when activated.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Jumping around from group to group of enemies can make the leveling process much faster, and the boost of Fury will help keep Berserk going without pausing between each pack.

Increases internal and elemental damage reduction by 3%. In addition, Activating Bloodthirst, Cloak of Pain, or Predation reduces the damage you take from area effects by 30% for 10 seconds.

Increases internal and elemental damage reduction by 3%. In addition, Activating Bloodthirst, Cloak of Pain, or Predation reduces the damage you take from area effects by 30% for 10 seconds.

Flashpoint Suggestion: Bloodthirst should be saved as a cooldown for you group when they want it, but Cloak of Pain and Predation can be kept in your pocket for moments of large, group-wide damage you'd like to survive.

Operation Suggestion: Bloodthirst should be saved as a cooldown for you group when they want it, but Cloak of Pain and Predation can be kept in your pocket for moments of large, group-wide damage you'd like to survive.

Your direct damage attacks that hit a bleeding target build 1 rage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds. In addition, Annihilate makes its target assailable for 45 seconds. Assailable targets take 7% more elemental and internal damage.

Your direct damage attacks that hit a bleeding target build 1 rage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds. In addition, Annihilate makes its target assailable for 45 seconds. Assailable targets take 7% more elemental and internal damage.

Requires and converts 30 stacks of Fury to issue Bloodthirst to you and your Operation group members within 40 meters, increasing all damage and healing done by 10%. Lasts 10 seconds. Those affected by Bloodthirst become Satiated and cannot regain Bloodthirst for 5 minutes.

Requires and converts 30 stacks of Fury to issue Bloodthirst to you and your Operation group members within 40 meters, increasing all damage and healing done by 10%. Lasts 10 seconds. Those affected by Bloodthirst become Satiated and cannot regain Bloodthirst for 5 minutes.

Throws both lightsabers in a straight line towards the target, dealing weapon damage to up to 8 enemies directly in front of you up to 30 meters away. Affected enemies are slowed by 50% for 6 seconds. Requires two lightsabers.

Throws both lightsabers in a straight line towards the target, dealing weapon damage to up to 8 enemies directly in front of you up to 30 meters away. Affected enemies are slowed by 50% for 6 seconds. Requires two lightsabers.

Increases the amount of Fury built by 2 when activating abilities that consume rage, and reduces the cooldown of Frenzy by 30 seconds.

Increases the amount of Fury built by 2 when activating abilities that consume rage, and reduces the cooldown of Frenzy by 30 seconds.

Charges your lightsabers with deadly energy for 15 seconds, causing your next 3 successful melee attacks to make the target bleed for internal damage over 6 seconds. This effect cannot be applied more than once per second and stacks up to 3 times.

Charges your lightsabers with deadly energy for 15 seconds, causing your next 3 successful melee attacks to make the target bleed for internal damage over 6 seconds. This effect cannot be applied more than once per second and stacks up to 3 times.

Your bleeding effects have a 30% chance to grant Pulverize which increases the damage of your next Dual Saber Throw by 100% and resets its cooldown. This effect can only occur once every 18 seconds.

Your bleeding effects have a 30% chance to grant Pulverize which increases the damage of your next Dual Saber Throw by 100% and resets its cooldown. This effect can only occur once every 18 seconds.

Each use of Assault and Battering Assault reduces the active cooldown of Cloak of Pain by 3 seconds. While Cloak of Pain is active, it generates 1 rage whenever you are attacked. This effect cannot occur more than once every 2 seconds.

Each use of Assault and Battering Assault reduces the active cooldown of Cloak of Pain by 3 seconds. While Cloak of Pain is active, it generates 1 rage whenever you are attacked. This effect cannot occur more than once every 2 seconds.

Sweeping Slash deals 15% more damage.

Sweeping Slash deals 15% more damage.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Decent AoE boost for easy content where you can pull lots.

Activating Saber Ward grants immunity to stun, sleep, lift, and incapacitating effects for 6 seconds, and getting attacked while Saber Ward is active heals you for 3% of your maxiumum health. This healing effect cannot occur more than once every second.

Activating Saber Ward grants immunity to stun, sleep, lift, and incapacitating effects for 6 seconds, and getting attacked while Saber Ward is active heals you for 3% of your maxiumum health. This healing effect cannot occur more than once every second.

General Suggestion: Blood Ward is a great defensive as it kind of turns Saber Ward into a mini-Enraged Defense with the heal per attack component!

Chokes the target, stunning it for 4 seconds and generating moderate threat. Deals kinetic damage and builds 3 rage over the duration. This ability can be channeled while moving.

You can use your short stun on weaker enemies to stop them from running around, from casting abilities, to stop them from damaging you, or just to keep them out of the fight in general.

Quickly rush forward 20 meters, dealing weapon damage to enemies in your path and increasing your defense chance by 100% while dashing. Can be used while immobilized and purges movement-impairing effects when activated.

Quickly rush forward 20 meters, dealing weapon damage to enemies in your path and increasing your defense chance by 100% while dashing. Can be used while immobilized and purges movement-impairing effects when activated.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: It doesn't exactly do impressive AoE damage, but if you're just clearing hallways of trash quickly, Mad Dashing through is probably the best choice.

Reduces the damage you take by 99% for 6 seconds.

Reduces the damage you take by 99% for 6 seconds.

General Suggestion: 6 seconds may not sound like a lot of time but taking virtually no damage for that long can be the difference between clearing a hard piece of content in the game and dying. Make a habit of using it quickly if you see you suddenly get aggro. For content where the target is susceptible to stuns, Force Choke can serve as an extra interrupt and Mad Dash is a great additional movement ability, but if those aren't needed definitely keep Undying Rage as your default skill.

Dealing bleed damage to a target increases your damage reduction by 5% for 3 seconds.

Dealing bleed damage to a target increases your damage reduction by 5% for 3 seconds.

Bloodthirst generates 12 rage when activated, and you heal for 1% of your maximum health whenever you activate an ability that consumes rage.

Bloodthirst generates 12 rage when activated, and you heal for 1% of your maximum health whenever you activate an ability that consumes rage.

General Suggestion: Even if you're forgetting to use Bloodthirst in most content, the passive 1% heal every time you use a Rage spender alone makes this choice the best in the tier. Default to this for sure.

Force Charge, Force Rend, Devastating Blast, and Obliterate snare the target, reducing its movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Force Charge, Force Rend, Devastating Blast, and Obliterate snare the target, reducing its movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Increases your damage reduction by 2%, and you build 2 Fury when attacked. This Fury building effect cannot occur more than once every 1.5 seconds.

Increases your damage reduction by 2%, and you build 2 Fury when attacked. This Fury building effect cannot occur more than once every 1.5 seconds.

Juyo Form now stacks up to 6 times and Annihilate now stacks up to 4 times and builds two stacks at a time. In addition, Vicious Throw deals 10% more damage.

Juyo Form now stacks up to 6 times and Annihilate now stacks up to 4 times and builds two stacks at a time. In addition, Vicious Throw deals 10% more damage.

Juyo Form now stacks up to 6 times and Annihilate now stacks up to 4 times in total.

Juyo Form now stacks up to 6 times and Annihilate now stacks up to 4 times in total.

Annihilate increases the bleed damage you deal by 5% for 6 seconds after use.

Annihilate increases the bleed damage you deal by 5% for 6 seconds after use.