Flamestrike

Strike your foe with flame. — In-game description

Flamestrike

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Scepter

Attunement

Fire

Damage type

Fire

Game link

API

5508

“

0.75¾  

Flamestrike

Strike your foe with flame.

 Damage: 183 (0.5)^?

 Damage: 68 (0.185)^?

 Secondary Strike: 257 (0.7)^?

 Secondary Strike: 103 (0.28)^?

 Burning (10.5½s): 197 Damage

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Secondary Burning (20.5½s): 328 Damage

 Secondary Burning (10.5½s): 197 Damage

 Secondary Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 180

 Range: 900

— In-game description

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.

Evoker

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

Notes

• Attack speed is approximately 1.33 attacks per second, or 1 attack per 0.75 seconds.
• The secondary strike detonates during the second half of the cast.
• Previous notes that may no longer be entirely correct due to Scepter balance changes:
  • The skill description does not specify if the (detonation) spell area is left on the ground or on the enemy.
  • The secondary strike spell is left on the ground from the initial strike and creates a visual effect which looks like a column of flames.
  • The secondary strike has a radius of 90.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased the first-hit power coefficient from 0.225 to 0.5 and the second-hit power coefficient from 0.375 to 0.7 in PvE only.
July 19, 2023	The first strike of this skill no longer inflicts burning in PvP only. Reduced the secondary burning duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second in PvP only.
July 18, 2023	Reduced initial burning duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second and the secondary burning duration from 2.5 seconds to 1.5 seconds in PvP and WvW.
November 30, 2022	Fixed an issue that allowed this skill to be used when the elementalist's line of sight was obstructed.
November 29, 2022	(Undocumented) Reduced power coefficient of the first strike from 0.45 to 0.225 in PvE and to 0.185 in PvP and WvW. Increased power coefficient of the second strike from 0.15 to 0.375 in PvE and to 0.28 in PvP and WvW. Reduced burning duration of the first strike from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds. Increased burning duration of the second strike from 1 second to 2.5 seconds.
May 11, 2021	Total casting time reduced by 25%.
July 26, 2016	Upon successfully hitting an enemy, this skill now leaves behind a spell that detonates 1 second later. This detonation has a radius of 90 and deals one-third of the strike damage and burning duration.
April 19, 2016	The cast point of this skill has been reduced by 0.2 seconds. The aftercast delay of this ability has been reduced by 0.38 seconds.
September 29, 2015	Increased the damage by 33%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Increased the burning duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
September 25, 2012	Fixed bugs with Flamestrike and Ice Shards so they can't be fired behind the player.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Flamestrike has been added to the game.