Lightning Orb

Launch an orb of lightning that fires projectiles at nearby foes. — In-game description

Lightning Orb

 

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Tempest

Weapon

Warhorn

Attunement

Air

Game link

API

30795

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0.5½  25  

Lightning Orb

Launch an orb of lightning that fires projectiles at nearby foes.

 Damage: 330 (1.0)^?

 Minimum Damage: 16 (0.05)^?

 Damage Reduction per Hit: 10%

 Vulnerability (10s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Vulnerability (6s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Missile Launch Interval: 0.25¼ seconds

 Radius: 360

 Range: 1,200

— 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.

Gallery

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  Appearance.

Notes

• Can be used off of some cliffs/ledges, and will traverse through the air at a 45-degree angle until it reaches a level surface or the attack is completed.
• On an average-sized target, Lightning Orb will hit 14 times on average.
• The maximum times it can hit is 21 times.
• The orb can only hit one target at a time.
• The orb's projectiles are blocked by skills such as Swirling Winds but the orb itself is not destroyed.
• The orb travels at 200 units per second.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from targeting large bosses such as Conjured Amalgamate.
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Reduced the number of projectiles fired per interval from 2 to 1. Increased power coefficient from 0.36 to 1.0. This skill now deals 10% less damage on each subsequent hit against the same target, down to a minimum power coefficient of 0.05.
May 11, 2021	Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.36 in PvE. This matches the existing power coefficient in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.36. Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
September 23, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from attacking valid targets.
January 26, 2016	Updated the skill fact to indicate the correct damage per strike. Increased the launch radius for missiles from 300 to 360.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Lightning Orb has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.