Big Ol' Bomb

Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes. — In-game description

Big Ol' Bomb

0.5½  20  

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Parent skill

  Bomb Kit

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

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Set a timed charge with a big blast that launches nearby foes.

  Damage: 658 (2.475)^?

  Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

  Launch: 400

  Number of Targets: 5

  Fuse Time: 3 seconds

  Radius: 300

  Explosion

  Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

 Explosives

•  Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
•  Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
•  Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.

 Tools

•  Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
•  Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
•  Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge.

Notes

• This skill causes 332 Defiance bar damage.
• The bomb has detonation delay of about 3 seconds.
• As long as Fire Bomb or Smoke Bomb are used immediately before or after this skill, the blast finisher will activate the respective combo field.
• Damage value is shown without equipped weapon or kit and should not be used for power coefficient calculations.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.475 to 0.01.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Increased damage by 10%.
February 22, 2017	This skill is now affected by Short Fuse. The visual size of this bomb has been increased by 33%. Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
October 18, 2016	The knockdown duration of this ability has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Recharge reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
October 07, 2012	This skill has been updated to be a blast finisher.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Big Ol' Bomb has been added to the game.