Lightning Strike

This article is about the elementalist weapon skill. For the attack from a Sigil of Air, see Lightning Strike (Sigil).

Strike your foes with lightning. — In-game description

Lightning Strike

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Scepter

Attunement

Air

Damage type

Lightning

Game link

API

5561

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5  

Lightning Strike

Strike your foes with lightning.

 Damage: 440 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 220 (0.6)^?

₅ Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

₅ Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 180

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Air

• Aeromancer's Training — Gain ferocity, and gain additional ferocity while attuned to air. Air weapon skills get a reduced recharge time.

Water

• Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

Notes

• This skill is instant-cast and will not interrupt the activation of other skills.
• All versions of Sigil of Air will cause a variant of this skill to activate.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.2 in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	This skill now strikes up to 2 additional enemies near the target and inflicts vulnerability. Increased power coefficient from 1.2 to 1.5 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.6.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Lightning Strike has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.