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Shackling Wave

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Shackling Wave

Profession
Revenant icon small.png Revenant (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand sword
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Game link
API
28472
1 Activation time  10 Energy  15 Recharge time  
Shackling Wave

Slice through the air, sending a wave of energy from the Mists toward your foe and dealing rapid strikes. Immobilize duration is increased per target you strike.

Damage.png Initial Damage: 440 (1.2)?
Damage.png Additional Strikes (5x): 735 (2.0)?
Damage.png Initial Damage: 37 (0.1)?
Damage.png Additional Strikes (5x): 365 (1.0)?
Immobile.png Immobilize Duration per Target (1s): Unable to move.
Vulnerability.png8 Vulnerability (5s): +8% Incoming Damage, +8% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (5s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Range.png Range: 450

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Corruption Corruption

Salvation Salvation

Devastation Devastation

Notes[edit]

  • The additional strikes from this skill are single target, and are shared across all of the targets within range.
  • Most of the cast time is the windup, whereas the hits are backloaded into the last ~0.5 seconds.
  • Triggers Impossible Odds 3 times.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
November 29, 2022
  • (PvE only) Increased power coefficient of initial strike from 1.0 to 1.2. Increased power coefficient of additional strikes from 0.35 to 0.4.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced initial strike power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.1. Increased vulnerability stacks from 8 to 12.
July 16, 2019
  • Reduced the damage of secondary strikes by 20% in PvP and WvW.
March 05, 2019
  • Increased this skill's damage per each additional strike by 40% in PvE only.
December 11, 2018
  • The casting animation of this skill has been increased from just over 0.5 seconds to a little under 1 second to allow for better counterplay. Added a visual indicator to the skill's warm-up animation.
November 07, 2017
  • This skill has been reworked and will now deliver up to 5 strikes to random enemies in the area in addition to its initial impact.
  • Immobilize duration has been reduced to 1 second and is increased by 1 second to all targets per target struck.
  • Base damage of this skill has been reduced by 20%.
  • Bonus strikes are equal to 25% of the initial impact each.
  • The cooldown of this skill has been set at 15 seconds, while the energy cost is set at 10.
August 08, 2017 Path of Fire pre-patch:
  • Increased damage by 66%.
  • This attack now inflicts 8 stacks of vulnerability for 5 seconds.
  • The range has been increased from 300 to 450.
April 19, 2016
  • The immobilize duration has been increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
  • This skill is now available naturally during the course of Duelist's Preparation.
  • Blocking an attack will extend the availability of the skill beyond the blocking duration.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Shackling Wave has been added to the game.