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March 19, 2024

  • Blunderbuss: Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP only.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  
6 Recharge time
8 Recharge time
6 Recharge time
 
Blunderbuss

Fire several shards of shrapnel that inflict more damage the closer you are to foes. You and nearby allies gain might.

Damage.png Maximum Damage: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Maximum Damage: 553 (1.31)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 464 (1.10)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 367 (0.87)?
Bleeding.png3 Maximum Bleeding (9s): 594 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Minimum Bleeding (3s): 198 Damage
Might.png5 Might (8s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power
Might.png3 Might (5s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Boon Radius: 360
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 28, 2022

  • Blunderbuss: Moved from third to second in the Rifle sequence. Now additionally applies might to up to 5 allied targets within a range of 360. Might applied is 5 stacks for 8 seconds in PvE and 3 stacks for 5 seconds in PvP and WvW. Cooldown reduced from 9 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE and from 12 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased minimum power coefficient from 0.5 to 0.87 in PvP and WvW.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  
6 Recharge time
8 Recharge time
 
Blunderbuss

Fire several shards of shrapnel that inflict more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Maximum Damage: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Maximum Damage: 553 (1.31)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 464 (1.10)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 367 (0.87)?
Bleeding.png3 Maximum Bleeding (9s): 594 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Minimum Bleeding (3s): 198 Damage
Might.png Might (8s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Boon Radius: 360
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Blunderbuss: (Competitive split) Reduced minimum power coefficient from 1.1 to 0.5. Reduced maximum power coefficient from 1.76 to 1.31. Increased cooldown from 9 seconds to 12 seconds.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  
9 Recharge time
12 Recharge time
 
Blunderbuss

Fire several shards of shrapnel that inflict more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Maximum Damage: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Maximum Damage: 553 (1.31)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 464 (1.10)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 211 (0.5)?
Bleeding.png3 Maximum Bleeding (9s): 594 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Minimum Bleeding (3s): 198 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

July 16, 2019

April 23, 2019

  • Blunderbuss: Rather than inflicting between 1 and 4 stacks of bleeding for 7 seconds based on range, this skill now inflicts 3 stacks of bleeding with a duration of between 3 and 9 seconds based on range.
    • This skill has been reworked to scale damage dynamically based on distance rather than at various tiers so that closer is always better, not just when the engineer crosses a particular range threshold.
    • The range of this skill has been increased from 700 to 900.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire several shards of shrapnel that inflict more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Maximum Damage: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Minimum Damage: 464 (1.10)?
Bleeding.png3 Maximum Bleeding (9s): 594 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Minimum Bleeding (3s): 198 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

May 08, 2018

  • Blunderbuss: Reduced the recharge of this skill from 10 seconds to 9 seconds
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage within 0-250 Range: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Damage within 250-400 Range: 650 (1.54)?
Damage.png Damage within 400-550 Range: 557 (1.32)?
Damage.png Damage within 550-700 Range: 464 (1.1)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 0-250 Range (7s): 616 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 250-400 Range (7s): 462 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 400-550 Range (7s): 308 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding within 550-700 Range (7s): 154 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 700

— In-game description

December 12, 2017

  • Blunderbuss: Reduced the bleeding stacks inflicted at each tier by 1. Increased the duration of bleeding from 5 seconds to 7 seconds at all tiers.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage within 0-250 Range: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Damage within 250-400 Range: 650 (1.54)?
Damage.png Damage within 400-550 Range: 557 (1.32)?
Damage.png Damage within 550-700 Range: 464 (1.1)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 0-250 Range (7s): 616 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 250-400 Range (7s): 462 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 400-550 Range (7s): 308 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding within 550-700 Range (7s): 154 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 700

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

  • Blunderbuss: This skill has been unsplit from PvP and will now deal the higher (10%) damage values in all areas of the game.
    • Increased bleeding stacks from 1 – 4 to 2 – 5, based on range.
    • Increased bleeding duration from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage within 0-250 Range: 742 (1.76)?
Damage.png Damage within 250-400 Range: 650 (1.54)?
Damage.png Damage within 400-550 Range: 557 (1.32)?
Damage.png Damage within 550-700 Range: 464 (1.1)?
Bleeding.png5 Bleeding within 0-250 Range (5s): 550 Damage
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 250-400 Range (5s): 440 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 400-550 Range (5s): 330 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 550-700 Range (5s): 220 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 700

— In-game description

December 13, 2016

  • Blunderbuss: The damage of this ability has been increased by 10% at all range thresholds in PvP only.
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 0-250 Range (4s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 250-400 Range (4s): 264 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 400-550 Range (4s): 176 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding within 550-700 Range (4s): 88 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 700

— In-game description

July 28, 2015

Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage within 0-250 Range: 675 (1.6)?
Damage.png Damage within 250-400 Range: 591 (1.4)?
Damage.png Damage within 400-550 Range: 506 (1.2)?
Damage.png Damage within 550-700 Range: 422 (1.0)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 0-250 Range (4s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 250-400 Range (4s): 264 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 400-550 Range (4s): 176 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding within 550-700 Range (4s): 88 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 700

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage within 0-200 Range: 654 (1.6)?
Damage.png Damage within 200-300 Range: 572 (1.4)?
Damage.png Damage within 300-400 Range: 490 (1.2)?
Damage.png Damage within 400-500 Range: 409 (1.0)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding within 0-200 Range (4s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding within 200-300 Range (4s): 264 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding within 300-400 Range (4s): 176 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding within 400-500 Range (4s): 88 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 500

— In-game description

December 10, 2013

  • Blunderbuss: Increased the range of this skill from 400 to 500 (700 when traited with Rifled Barrels).
Blunderbuss.png

Blunderbuss

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage at 200 distance: 618 (1.600)?
Damage.png Damage at 400 distance: 386 (1.000)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding at 200 distance (4s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding at 400 distance (4s): 88 Damage
Range.png Range: 500

— In-game description

Original version

0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage.png Damage at 100 distance: 618 (1.600)?
Damage.png Damage at 400 distance: 386 (1.000)?
Bleeding.png4 Bleeding at 100 distance (4s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png Bleeding at 400 distance (4s): 88 Damage
Range.png Range: 400

— In-game description