Quantum Strike

Strike your foe, charging them with static and causing lightning to strike repeatedly for a short period of time. — In-game description

Quantum Strike

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand sword

Attunement

Air

Game link

API

43803

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Quantum Strike

Strike your foe, charging them with static and causing lightning to strike repeatedly for a short period of time.

 Initial Attack: 183 (0.5)^?

 Initial Attack: 37 (0.1)^?

 Lightning Strike Damage (8x): 1,248 (3.4)^?

 Lightning Strike Damage (8x): 736 (2.0)^?

₉ Vulnerability (8s): +9% Incoming Damage, +9% Incoming Condition Damage

₉ Vulnerability (6s): +9% Incoming Damage, +9% Incoming Condition Damage

 Range: 180

— 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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 16 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased the angle of this skill's hit box.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced initial strike damage from 0.5 to 0.1. Reduced lightning strike damage per hit from 0.425 to 0.25. Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Increased cooldown from 16 seconds to 18 seconds.
August 28, 2018	Lightning-strike damage has been increased by 29%.
July 10, 2018	Increased lightning bolt damage by 20%. Recharge time has been reduced from 18 seconds to 16 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Quantum Strike has been added to the game.