Galvanic Bomb/history

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June 24, 2025

  • Concussion Bomb: This skill has been reworked and renamed Galvanic Bomb. Set an explosive that electrocutes enemies, dazing them.
Galvanic Bomb.png

Galvanic Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  16 Recharge time  
Galvanic Bomb

Set an explosive that electrocutes nearby foes, dazing them.

Damage.png Damage: 888 (2.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 497 (1.4)?
Damage.png Damage: 604 (1.7)?
Confusion.png6 Confusion (8s): 876 Damage, 98 Damage on Skill Use
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240
Explosion.png Explosion
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  16 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set an explosive that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 213 (0.6)?
Confusion.png6 Confusion (8s): 876 Damage, 98 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png7 Confusion (3s): 383 Damage, 114 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240
Explosion.png Explosion

— In-game description

July 10, 2018

  • Concussion Bomb: Increased the stacks of confusion inflicted by this skill from 5 stacks to 6 stacks in PvE. Increased the stacks of confusion inflicted by this skill from 6 stacks to 7 stacks in other game modes. Increased the cooldown of this skill from 18 seconds to 20 seconds.
Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 213 (0.6)?
Confusion.png6 Confusion (8s): 876 Damage, 98 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png7 Confusion (3s): 383 Damage, 114 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240
Explosion.png Explosion

— In-game description

February 07, 2018

  • Concussion Bomb: Fixed a bug that caused confusion to be inflicted for a longer duration than intended.

February 06, 2018

  • Concussion Bomb: This skill has been split between game modes, inflicting 6 stacks for 3 seconds in PvP and WvW, and 5 stacks for 8 seconds in PvE.
Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  18 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 213 (0.6)?
Confusion.png5 Confusion (8s): 730 Damage, 81 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png6 Confusion (3s): 329 Damage, 98 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240
Explosion.png Explosion

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  18 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 213 (0.6)?
Confusion.png5 Confusion (8s): 730 Damage, 81 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240
Explosion.png Explosion

— In-game description

October 18, 2016

  • Concussion Bomb: Confusion duration has been increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds.
    • The physical damage of this ability has been increased by 20%.
Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  18 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 213 (0.6)?
Confusion.png5 Confusion (8s): 730 Damage, 81 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240

— In-game description

April 19, 2016

  • Bomb Kit: Fixed a bug that caused the explosions of this skill to behave oddly and not occur where the bomb was originally laid.

October 23, 2015

  • Bomb Kit: Fixed an effect issue so that placed bombs are now slightly offset in order to better match their animations.

August 25, 2015

Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  18 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Confusion.png5 Confusion (5s): 456 Damage, 81 Damage on Skill Use
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Fuse Time: 1 second
Radius.png Radius: 240

— In-game description

Original version

Galvanic Bomb.png

Concussion Bomb

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Bomb Kit.png Bomb Kit
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  18 Recharge time  
Concussion Bomb

Set a timed charge that causes confusion to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage: 163 (0.500)?
Confusion.png5 Confusion (5s): 456 Damage, 81 Damage on Skill Use
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description