You juke left and right, throw sand, whip out your cloak, or otherwise try to distract your opponent and make them vulnerable to attack.

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.

You snatch your enemy’s weapon and use it against them.