Glue Bomb

Set an explosive that explodes into a puddle of glue, immobilizing foes caught in the explosion and crippling foes in the puddle. — In-game description

Glue Bomb

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Bomb Kit

Game link

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0.5½  20  

Glue Bomb

Set an explosive that explodes into a puddle of glue, immobilizing foes caught in the explosion and crippling foes in the puddle.

 Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

 Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Fuse Time: 1 second

 Puddle of Glue Duration: 3 seconds

 Interval: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

 Explosives

•  Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
•  Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
•  Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
•  Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

 Firearms

•  Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Notes

• Immobilized for 2 seconds on contact.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. Fixed an issue that caused the visuals for this skill to appear larger than the effect radius.
August 28, 2018	This skill now counts as an explosion when used with related traits.
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact. Skills that do not hit the enemy, such as Smoke Bomb and Magnetic Bomb, are no longer considered explosions for combat clarity reasons.
February 22, 2017	Immobilize duration of this skill has been increased from 1 second to 2 seconds. Skills that do not hit the enemy, such as Smoke Bomb and Magnetic Bomb, are no longer considered explosions for combat clarity reasons.
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	Heart of Thorns release: Bomb Kit: Fixed an effect issue so that placed bombs are now slightly offset in order to better match their animations.
October 15, 2013	Decreased the radius from 360 to 300 when traited with Forceful Explosives. Added an unblockable skill fact.
May 29, 2013	Glue Bomb now only applies immobilize on detonation.
May 28, 2013	The radius of the effects is now consistent - 240 units for all effects when untraited, 360 units for all effects when traited.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Glue Bomb has been added to the game.