Big Ol' Bomb

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

Big Ol' Bomb

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Parent skill

  Bomb Kit

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Game link

API

API

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0.5½  20  

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

  Defiance Break: 232[sic]

— 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.

Inventions

• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.

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. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Lock On — Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum,[sic] charges gain a burst of speed.

Scrapper

• System Shocker — Disabling a foe grants you barrier. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

Bug:

The Defiance Break displays 232 instead of 332.

• 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 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
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.