Aim-Assisted Rocket

Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown — In-game description

Aim-Assisted Rocket

3

Specialization

Explosives (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

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Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown

  Missiles Until Orbital Strike: 4

  Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Aim-Assisted Rocket (PvE)			Fire a seeking rocket at your foe.
Aim-Assisted Rocket (WvW, PvP)			Fire a seeking rocket at your foe.
Orbital Command Strike			Call down energy from the sky to blast an area.

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Mechanist

• Mech Arms: Jade Cannons — Melee attacks become ranged, have an increased chance to critically hit, and apply vulnerability. Unlocks the Mech Command skill Spark Revolver. If you have the Explosives trait Aim-Assisted Rocket, your mech also gains the effect of that trait.

Notes

Anomaly:

Throwing nets to capture baby dolyaks during the Help Maxtar Rapidstep capture dolyaks renown heart will trigger the orbital strike but not the rockets.

• "Missile hits" refers to hits done by projectiles.
• For Mechanists mech pets the interval is increased to 6 seconds.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 02, 2022	This trait no longer has a minimum range. Instead, it only activates on hits from missile weapons. The mechanist's mech pet now triggers this trait at half the previous rate, with an internal cooldown of 6 seconds.
June 28, 2022	Minimum range threshold reduced from 450 to 150.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Rockets are now only fired on critical hits. Rocket recharge reduced from 10 seconds to 3 seconds. Rockets now require the engineer to be at least 450 distance from the target to fire. Every fifth rocket instead calls an Orbital Strike.
March 27, 2018	Reduced damage by 50% in PvP and WvW.
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
August 25, 2015	The rocket fired by this trait can now activate the effects of the trait Shrapnel.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Aim-Assisted Rocket has been added to the game.