Arc Divider

Primal Burst. Spin to create a violent shock wave that damages nearby foes. — In-game description

Arc Divider

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Specialization

Berserker

Slot

Profession mechanic

Weapon

Greatsword

Type

Primal Burst

Game link

API

29852

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0.75¾  5  

Arc Divider

Primal Burst. Spin to create a violent shock wave that damages nearby foes.

 Damage: 1,412 (3.5)^?

 Damage: 545 (1.35)^?

 Damage: 734 (1.82)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 360

 Range: 450[sic]

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.

Arms

• Sundering Burst — Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Burst Precision — Burst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Berserker

• Primal Rage — Gain access to berserk mode and primal bursts.
• Smash Brawler — When you hit with a Primal Burst skill, extend the duration of your berserk. Critical-hit chance is increased while berserk.
• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.
• King of Fires — Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.

Notes

Anomaly:

Listed range is left over from original version of the skill and should be ignored

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 15, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.35 in WvW only.
October 17, 2023	Reduced the power coefficient from 1.8 to 1.5 in WvW only.
July 18, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 2.5 to 3.5 in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced the number of strikes from 3 to 1. Reduced the casting time from 1.86 seconds to 0.8 seconds. Reduced total power coefficient from 5.1 to 2.5 in PvE and from 2.112 to 1.82 in PvP.
May 02, 2023	Increased power coefficient per strike from 1.5 to 1.7 in PvE only. Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.705 to 0.6 in WvW only.
February 14, 2023	Increased power coefficient per strike from 1.4 to 1.5 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced power coefficient per strike in PvP and WvW from 1.05 to 0.704.
May 14, 2019	Reduced damage in PvP and WvW by 25%. Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to trigger Sundering Burst more than once per target.
April 23, 2019	This skill has been reworked. It no longer deals bonus damage to low-health targets. Instead, it now spins and strikes 3 times. Each strike increases in radius.
May 16, 2017	The casting time of this skill has been increased by 0.25 seconds.
July 26, 2016	Removed an incorrect listing of a fire combo field from the tool tips.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Arc Divider has been added to the game.