Arcane Wave

Arcane. Blast foes in the target area with an energy wave for critical damage. — In-game description

Arcane Wave

2  2    

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Arcane

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

API

“

Arcane. Blast foes in the target area with an energy wave for critical damage.

  Damage: 372 (1.4)^?

  Damage: 160 (0.6)^?

  Number of Targets: 5

  Maximum Count: 2

  Count Recharge: 30 seconds

  Radius: 360

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Arcane

• Elemental Surge — Arcane skills gain reduced recharge, grant increased ferocity, and inflict a condition based on your attunement.

Notes

• This skill has an instant cast time and may be cast during other skill channels.
• This skill can be activated while in the air.

Bug:

As of April 2016 this skill no longer acts as a blast underwater despite the tooltip description.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.4 to 0.6.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now uses the ammo system. Ammo count has been set to 2, with a 30-second count recharge. There is a 2-second recharge between each use.
September 29, 2015	Added skill facts for the underwater version of this skill.
September 30, 2014	Updated the description to more accurately describe functionality.
September 09, 2014	Fixed a bug in which this skill would not trigger the Arcane Energy trait.
May 20, 2014	Added a skill fact for number targets: 5.
January 21, 2014	This skill is no longer ground-targeted while underwater and will now activate the area effect on the targeted enemy.
December 10, 2013	Can now be ground targeted.
October 15, 2013	This skill no longer applies conditions at an infinite range when traited with Elemental Surge.
June 25, 2013	This skill now hits 5 targets instead of 6.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Arcane Wave has been added to the game.