Steam Surge

Dual Attack. Slide to an area, blasting foes with steam while healing nearby allies. — In-game description

Steam Surge

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Attunement

Fire, Water

Type

Dual Attack

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

42330

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0.75¾  18  

Steam Surge

Dual Attack. Slide to an area, blasting foes with steam while healing nearby allies.

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 427 (0.1)^?

 Healing: 213 (0.1)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Duration: 2 seconds

 Interval: 0.5½ seconds

 Radius: 240

 Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

 Combo Field: Water

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Water

• Flow like Water — Deal increased strike damage when your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.
• Aquamancer's Training — Increase healing to other allies. Water-weapon skills gain reduced recharge.

Weaver

• Superior Elements — Dual Attack skills weaken enemies. Attacks against weakened foes have increased critical chance.
• Elemental Refreshment — Grant barrier to yourself and nearby allies when using Dual Attack skills.
• Swift Revenge — Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
• Invigorating Strikes — Gain vigor when using a Dual Attack. Dodge rolling grants a barrier.

Notes

Bug:

While under the effects of Quickness, the Water Field occurs when the cast ends, instead of at the end of the slide, the field ending up a little bit behind.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0. Reduced field base heal from 427 to 213
May 08, 2018	The damage of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 50% damage increase in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Increased damage by 50% in PvP and WvW.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Steam Surge has been added to the game.