Inferno/history

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April 14, 2026

  • Inferno: Reduced the power scaling from 10% to 7.5% in PvE only.
Inferno.png

Inferno

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Inferno

Burning you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Miscellaneous effect.png Power Converted to Burning Damage: 7.5%
Miscellaneous effect.png Power Converted to Burning Damage: 6%
Burning.png Burning: 131 Damage

— In-game description

June 24, 2025

  • This trait has been reworked and renamed Inferno. Burning now scales with power instead of condition damage, but at a reduced rate.
Inferno.png

Inferno

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
8 Recharge time
Inferno

Burning you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Miscellaneous effect.png Power Converted to Burning Damage: 10%
Miscellaneous effect.png Power Converted to Burning Damage: 6%
Burning.png Burning: 131 Damage

— In-game description

December 03, 2019

  • Blinding Ashes: The cooldown on this trait is now determined on a per-target basis.
Inferno.png

Blinding Ashes

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
8 Recharge time
Blinding Ashes

Inflict blindness on foes you burn.
This trait can only affect the same enemy once per interval.

Blinded.png Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Interval.png Interval: 8 seconds

— In-game description

September 29, 2015

  • Blinding Ashes: Increased the recharge of this trait from 5 seconds to 8 seconds.
Inferno.png

Blinding Ashes

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
8 Recharge time
Blinding Ashes

Blind foes that you burn.

Blinded.png Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Blinding Ashes: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
Inferno.png

Blinding Ashes

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
5 Recharge time
Blinding Ashes

Blind foes that you burn.

Blinded.png Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.

— In-game description

September 09, 2014

  • Blinding Ashes: This trait now properly blinds all affected targets when used with skills that inflict burning in an area.
    • Fixed a bug that allowed players to blind themselves in a scenario where they also apply burning to themselves.

Original version

Trait XIII.png

Blinding Ashes

Specialization
Elementalist icon small.png Fire
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
5 Recharge time
Blinding Ashes

Blind foes that you burn.

Blinded.png Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.

— In-game description