You redirect your enemy’s attack back upon itself.

With a vicious strike, you

You focus on targeting your enemy’s weakest spots.

When you make melee weapon attacks, you score critical hits on a roll of 19–20. If you already have a feature that increases the range of your critical hits, your critical hit range increases by 1 (maximum 17–20).

You deal one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee weapon attack.

You return a blow so quickly that your opponent is shocked.

A probing blow allows you to take the measure of your foe.

When you activate this maneuver, you take the Attack action and make a weapon attack, as well as any additional attacks granted by Extra Attack. Until the start of your next turn, when you deal damage to a creature you learn its current hit points, hit point maximum, immunities, resistances, and vulnerabilities. 

Your opponent’s blow is not simply turned away but re-oriented entirely, forced into inflicting a wound against a foe unfortunate enough to be nearby.

Bracing yourself with a controlled burst of adrenaline propels you into a state of superior awareness along with the energy to act with unnatural quickness.

You gain a number of reactions equal to exertion points spent. You must use these reactions before the start of your next turn.

You turn into a twisting leaf upon the wind of battle, turning every dodged strike into a sublime counterattack.