Shredder Gyro

Well. Deploy a shredder gyro to attack foes near you and repeatedly use whirl finishers. — In-game description

Shredder Gyro

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Slot

Utility

Tool belt

  Spare Capacitor

Type

Well

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

29921

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Shredder Gyro

Well. Deploy a shredder gyro to attack foes near you and repeatedly use whirl finishers.

 Damage (12x): 1,272 (4.8)^?

 Duration: 6 seconds

 Strike Interval: 0.5½ seconds

 Combo Interval: 0.5½ seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

— In-game description

Related traits

Scrapper

• Gyroscopic Acceleration — Well abilities have an increased area of effect and grant superspeed to nearby allies on their first pulse. Your function gyro also grants superspeed to allies when cast.
• Kinetic Accelerators — Grant boons to nearby allies when you successfully combo a field with a blast, leap, or whirl finisher. Your function gyro is now a blast finisher. Whirl finishers can only trigger this trait once per interval.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 23, 2019	Reduced the casting time of this skill by 0.3 seconds, and increased the damage inflicted by 33%. Gyros can now be used underwater.
March 05, 2019	This skill has been reworked. The gyro now follows the engineer and performs a whirl finisher that inflicts damage on nearby enemies every second.
August 28, 2018	This skill now scales its damage with the engineer's attributes. The damage per strike has been reduced by 25%, and the number of strikes has increased from 6 to 12.
February 22, 2017	Increased damage by roughly 50%.
April 19, 2016	The damage caused by this skill has been increased by 600%. The duration has been reduced by 50%. Removed the initial strike.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Shredder Gyro has been added to the game.