Momentum

Momentum is a basic ability associated with the Constitution skill. When activated, auto-attack damage is dramatically increased by approximately 20% and basic abilities of the relevant combat style will be triggered automatically until the ability is deactivated. However, triggering any other abilities manually will end the effect. The abilities bar may be minimized to discourage ending the effect whether deliberate or not. Additionally, auto-attacks and basic abilities made with Momentum in effect will not generate any adrenaline. Like Incite, Momentum is persistent between log-ins, and you will only need to activate it once for it to last until it is cancelled.

The basic abilities triggered are limited. For melee, only Slice, Dismember, Punish and Sever apparently have a chance of being randomly performed. For ranged, Piercing Shot, Binding Shot and Fragmentation Shot are randomly performed. For mage, it appears that only Impact, Wrack, and Combust are randomly used. The damage of random abilities are not boosted. In addition, any basic abilities in melee or ranged that you meet the requirements for can also be randomly performed. For example, dual wielding two swords enables you to use the ability Havoc. It is worth noting that Momentum will not trigger any basic defence abilities such as Resonance or Anticipate even if a shield is equipped, regardless of combat style.

Momentum was added to the game during the beta stage of the Evolution of Combat in a response to players' need for "a less input-intensive way to grind through long Slayer tasks". In essence, it is aimed to give the 'old-style' combat a place in EoC.



Trivia

 * The icon for Momentum appears to be an image of a werewolf.
 * The tooltip for this ability does not tell the player about the lack of adrenaline gain when moused-over.
 * The animation is the same with the Skyjump teleport animation, but a lot shorter and the jump is excluded.
 * Momentum used to be an Ultimate ability that ran out after 20 minutes, but was changed to a Basic ability on March 18th, 2013.