Arcane Wave

Arcane. Blast foes in the target area with an energy wave for critical damage. — In-game description

Arcane Wave

 

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Arcane

Damage type

Lightning

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

5638, 22572

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Arcane Wave

Arcane. Blast foes in the target area with an energy wave for critical damage.

 Damage: 372 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 452 (1.7)^?

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 25 seconds

 Count Recharge: 30 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Air

• Stormsoul — Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Lightning Rod — Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Earth

• Diamond Skin — Remove conditions from yourself when you successfully combo a field with a leap finisher. Remove conditions from nearby allies when you successfully combo a field with a blast finisher.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.
• Arcane Lightning — Arcane skills grant increased ferocity and have additional effects.

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.
• Elemental Epitome — Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.
• Elemental Synergy — Gain a bonus effect when you finish a combo. Bonuses can trigger once per attunement per interval.

Notes

• The elementalist leaps towards the target area, inflicting the skill's damage and other effects when landing.
  • Unlike most leaps, it cannot be used to leap across chasms because the elementalist travels parallel to the ground.
• Underwater, the skill instead activates instantly and the elementalist doesn't move. The damage, blast finisher, etc. happen around the target. Can be used without a target to no effect.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	This skill now leaps to the targeted area before dealing damage and now dazes enemies that it strikes. Reduced the range from 900 to 600. Reduced the attack radius from 360 to 240. Increased the power coefficient from 0.6 to 1.7 in PvP and WvW. Reduced the ammunition recharge time from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.4 to 0.6.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now uses the ammo system. Ammo count has been set to 2, with a 30-second count recharge. There is a 2-second recharge between each use.
September 29, 2015	Added skill facts for the underwater version of this skill.
September 30, 2014	Updated the description to more accurately describe functionality.
September 09, 2014	Fixed a bug in which this skill would not trigger the Arcane Energy trait.
May 20, 2014	Added a skill fact for number targets: 5.
January 21, 2014	This skill is no longer ground-targeted while underwater and will now activate the area effect on the targeted enemy.
December 10, 2013	Can now be ground targeted.
October 15, 2013	This skill no longer applies conditions at an infinite range when traited with Elemental Surge.
June 25, 2013	This skill now hits 5 targets instead of 6.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Arcane Wave has been added to the game.