Photon Blitz

Fire multiple piercing blasts at your target. — In-game description

Animation

Photon Blitz

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Parent skill

  Engage Photon Forge

Slot

Transform

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

45783

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10.5½  10  

Photon Blitz

Fire multiple piercing blasts at your target.

 Damage (8x): 2,000 (5.12)^?

 Damage (8x): 720 (1.84)^?

 Heat Gained: 2%

₈ Burning (3s): 3,144 Damage

₈ Burning (1s): 1,048 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pierces

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Incendiary Powder — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.

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  Skill animation (click to play)

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Increased the burning duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Increased the total damage coefficient from 1.6 to 1.84 in PvP and WvW.
September 26, 2023	Reduced burning duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvE only.
May 02, 2023	Increased burning duration from 1 second to 3 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.3 to 0.2.
November 07, 2017	This skill is now a 20% chance projectile finisher.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Photon Blitz has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The land attack animation depicts the player wielding dual pistols, whereas the underwater attack animation depicts the player wielding a rifle or harpoon gun.
  • The holographic pistols bear some resemblance to HOPE.
  • The holographic rifle bears some resemblance to Scarlet's Kiss.