Combustive Shot

Burst. Ignite target area, burning nearby foes. Effect increases with adrenaline level. — In-game description

Combustive Shot

 

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Profession mechanic

Weapon

Longbow

Type

Burst

Game link

API

14506, 14520, 14521, 14522, 42803

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Combustive Shot

Burst. Ignite target area, burning nearby foes. Effect increases with adrenaline level.

 Damage (2x): 386 (1.0)^?

₂ Burning (5s): 1,310 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Combo Field: Fire

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Does damage immediately upon igniting the area, and every 3 seconds after.
• The level 0 skill (and the wiki) descriptions only show the effects for usage at adrenaline level 1. Higher adrenaline levels cause the field to last longer, resulting in more pulses of damage and conditions:
  • Level 1: 3 seconds (2 pulses)
  • Level 2: 6 seconds (3 pulses)
  • Level 3: 9 seconds (4 pulses)
• Traits that require a burst skill to hit an enemy will activate upon the area being ignited, regardless of whether an enemy was hit.

Bug:

The radius indicators at level 1 and 2 show a smaller area, but all three levels have the same size when used.

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.

Arms

• Sundering Burst — Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Burst Precision — Burst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Berserker

• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.

Spellbreaker

• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Magebane Tether — Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 07, 2023	(Undocumented) Previous change has been reverted.
September 26, 2023	(Undocumented) Increased power coefficient from 1.0 to 1.05 in PvE only.
September 28, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have an incorrect radius and decal when used with the spellbreaker specialization.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug that caused the projectile created by this skill to be destroyed without creating the damaging area when fired at enemy gates in WvW.
February 22, 2017	This skill now has a radius of 360 at all adrenaline levels.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have a smaller radius than intended.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Increased the burning duration from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Using a burst skill for your equipped weapon will now set the recharge of all adrenaline tiers of that burst skill. The recharge of all burst skills has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
January 13, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused the Damage skill fact to display a lower amount than the actual damage when Burst Mastery was equipped.
September 09, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused the field to be created at the maximum range of the ability rather than at the point which the missile landed.
July 29, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused the damage skill fact to display a lower amount than the actual damage when traited with Burst Mastery.
December 10, 2013	Increased the pulse duration to 3 seconds. Increased the burn duration per pulse to 3 seconds. Normalized the damage per pulse. Updated the pulses per adrenaline tier to 2, 3, and 4 respectively for adrenaline levels 1, 2, and 3. Fixed an issue that caused the field to be created at incorrect locations when the warrior moved out of range of their initial target. Fixed the skill facts to indicate the damage increase when Burst Mastery is traited.
October 15, 2013	Updated the effects and skill facts to reflect the radius of the actual attack (240). Rank 1 of this ability now attacks at a 180 radius, down from 240.
May 28, 2013	Now displays damage facts appropriately throughout all adrenaline levels.
December 14, 2012	Increased the velocity of arrows fired from Longbow skills by 30%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Combustive Shot has been added to the game.