Box of Piranhas

Release piranhas that bleed and cripple foes. The first pulse of this skill will immobilize foes who are movement impaired or disabled. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. — In-game description

Box of Piranhas

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Tool Kit

Game link

API

6175

This skill is the underwater replacement for: Box of Nails

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0.75¾  0.25¼  2  

Box of Piranhas

Release piranhas that bleed and cripple foes. The first pulse of this skill will immobilize foes who are movement impaired or disabled. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

 Bleeding (2s): 44 Damage

 Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

 Immobilize (10.5½s): Unable to move.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 5

 Duration: 4 seconds

 Count Recharge: 10 seconds

 Radius: 240

— In-game description

Related traits

Firearms

• Serrated Steel — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding. Bleeding you inflict gains increased duration.
• Sanguine Array — Gain might when you inflict bleeding on a foe.
• Hematic Focus — Gain fury when you inflict bleeding on an enemy. Fury gives an increased critical-strike chance.
• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Sharpshooter — Bleeding you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Notes

Anomaly:

The tooltip states "This skill is unique per game mode", however in PvE and WvW, the only formats where underwater combat is available, this skill is the same in both game modes.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	The first pulse of this skill will now immobilize enemies affected by crowd control or a movement-impairing condition. Increased ammunition from 1 to 2.
April 15, 2014	Reduced the cast time from 1 second to .75 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Box of Piranhas has been added to the game.