Buffs & Debuffs

A comprehensive list of the rend , weaken, empower & fortify each weapon can apply

Rend

Rending enemies is one of the most essential de buffs you can use, it is very important to have as much rend , close to 100% uptime & from as many sources as possible as it gives everyone who attacks that enemy a flat damage increase, There is a soft cap of 70% rend - Mutation bosses now have an effective cap of up to 280% due to the new debuff resistance

Fortify

Fortifying is a powerful buff that scales off your armor rating, the % of fortify you are buffed with will increase your base physical & elemental armor by that percentage, because of this you will see higher returns at Heavy armor than Light armor

Weaken

Weakening enemies is one of the most essential de buffs you can use, it is very important to have as much weaken as possible , close to 100% uptime, Weaken reduces the damage output from the affected enemy by the %of weaken, there is a soft cap of 50%weaken but it is on the same table and empowerment, this means if the enemy has 25% empower the weaken cap would effectively be 75%.

Empower

Empower is the opposite scale which gives you a damage increase based on a percentage, there is also a soft cap of 50% empower above a base line of 0, so if you are weakened by 30% that moves that soft empower cap to 80%

    9x5 Table
    
            Weapon
             Rend 
            Fortify 
            Weaken
            Empower
        
            Flail
            
                You've got Flail - 15% 
            
                Defensive rush 30% 

                Failure to launch 20%

                Warding bludgeon 50%

                Ironclad Superiority 30% 

                Inpairment 10% up to 3 stacks

                Defelcting frailty up to 15%
            
                Arcane vortex 10%

                Leader of the pack 5%

                Best friends 15% 
            
            Great Sword
            
                Skyward Slash up to 15%

                Faultless Defender up to 15%
            
            Defiance Stance  15%

                Perfect Vigilance 20%

                Roaring Rupture 10%

                Roaring rupture 10%
            
                Step & Strike 10%

                Relentless power 10%

                Onslaught Stance 15%"
        
            Hammer
            
                Armor Breaker 30%

                Sundering Shockwave 10-15%

                Sundering Cleaout 10-25%
            
                Wrecking Ball 20%

                Clearout 20%    

                Outnumbered 20%
            
                Frailty 10%
            
                Hammer time 20%
            
            Hatchet
            
                Rending Throw 20%
            
                None you will use
            
                Infected Throw 10%
            
                Persistence Hindrance- 12%

                Exploitation 10%

                Against all odds 10% x5 max
            
            Ice Gauntlet
            
                Frigid Showers 10%
            
                Defiant freeze 20%

                Strengthened tomb 25%
            
                N/A
            
                N/A
            
            Spear
            
                Perforate 5-30%
            
                Fortifying perforate weapon perk 10-75%
            
                Perforate 30%

                Enfeebling Skewer 23-43%
            
                Follow through 20%

                Exploited weakness up to 30%
            
             Sword & Shield
            
                Whirling Blade 15%

                Achilles heel 15%
            
                Defenders resolve 30%
            
                Improved Rush 20%
            
                Leadership 10% (global)

                Empowered stab 30%
            
            Void Gauntlet
            
                Disintegrate 30%
            
                Fortifying echos 30%
            
                Withering Oblivion 15%
            
                Oblivion (aoe) 15%

                Empowering proximity 30%