Barrier Blast

Smash your target with a final heavy strike, inflicting additional confusion. You, your mech, and allies near you gain barrier. — In-game description

Barrier Blast

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Mechanist

Weapon

Main hand mace

Sequence

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Game link

API

API

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0.75¾  

Smash your target with a final heavy strike, inflicting additional confusion. You, your mech, and allies near you gain barrier.

  Damage: 513 (1.4)^?

  Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

  Barrier: 260 (0.29)^?

 ₃ Confusion (5s): 165 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use

 ₂ Confusion (2s): 44 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use

  Number of Targets: 3

  Barrier Targets: 5

  Barrier Radius: 240

  Explosion

  Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Mechanist

• Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Crisis Zone. When you or your mech apply barrier, also grant alacrity to the affected target. Your mech gains a greater percentage of your concentration and healing power stats.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Base barrier value reduced from 434 to 260.
March 15, 2022	Duration of applied confusion stacks increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds in PvE only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Barrier Blast has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Barrier Blast is now an Explosion in addition to its previous effects. Confusion duration has been reduced from 5 to 4 seconds, and the number of stacks has been increased from 2 to 3.
November 30, 2021	Barrier Blast was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Damage coefficient increased from 1.0 to 1.4. Confusion duration reduced from 6s to 5s. Cast time increased by approximately 0.2 seconds. Fixed a bug causing this skill to not properly apply barrier to allies in the area.
October 26, 2021	Barrier Blast was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.