Explosive Knuckle

Mech Command. Order your mech to dash at a target, punching with an explosive strike that weakens enemies near the point of impact. — In-game description

Explosive Knuckle

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Mechanist

Slot

Profession mechanic

Trait

 Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers

Type

Mech Command, Tool belt

Game link

API

63365

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0.5½  15  

Explosive Knuckle

Mech Command. Order your mech to dash at a target, punching with an explosive strike that weakens enemies near the point of impact.

 Damage: 2,992 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 1,030 (0.62)^?

 Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Inventions

• Automated Medical Response — Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill's associated tool belt skill.
• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Mechanist

• Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Explosive Knuckle. Your mech's attacks now generate might for allies within a radius. This effect may only occur once per interval. The mech does not count against the target count for this trait.
• Mech Core: Jade Dynamo — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Jade Mortar. Mech Command skills grant you quickness when used and have a reduced cooldown.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Explosive Knuckle has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Reduced power coefficient from 2.0 to 1.8 in PvE but the Mech's base power has been increased. The damage of the skill has been increased by 8% in PvE and 16% in PvP/WvW, approximately.
November 30, 2021	Explosive Knuckle was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
October 26, 2021	Explosive Knuckle was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.