Blazing Barrage

Unleash a volley of blazing spears, damaging foes in the area. — In-game description

Blazing Barrage

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Attunement

Fire

Game link

API

73080

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0.5½  6  

Blazing Barrage

Unleash a volley of blazing spears, damaging foes in the area.

 Damage: 954 (2.6)^?

 Damage: 403 (1.1)^?

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Burning (5s): 655 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 180

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• This skill shoots its projectile from a slightly lower height than other skills. This causes it to hit terrain before reaching maximum range.

Related traits

Fire

• Burning Precision — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Pyromancer's Training — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Persisting Flames — Fire fields created by weapon skills last longer. Whenever your fire fields hit a foe or you inflict burning, gain increased strike damage for a duration.
• Pyromancer's Puissance — Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.
• Inferno — Burning you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

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.

Catalyst

• 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.

Evoker

• Fiery Might — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Increased the power coefficient from 2.2 to 2.6 in PvE only.
February 24, 2026	Reduced the damage coefficient from 1.2 to 1.1 in WvW only.
February 11, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 2.5 to 2.2 in PvE only. Increased the power coefficient from 1.05 to 1.2 in WvW only.
October 08, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 0.9 to 1.05 in WvW only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Blazing Barrage has been added to the game. Increased the power coefficient from 2.15 to 2.5 in PvE and from 1.3 to 1.5 in PvP.
June 27, 2024	Blazing Barrage was available during the Spear Beta Event.