Black Powder/history

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Version history This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction.
Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists.

For the current version of this skill, see Black Powder.

October 18, 2022

  • Black Powder: Corrected this skill's tooltip to remove an unintentional stealth skill fact.
Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black-powder shot, blinding your target and nearby foes with smoke.

Damage.png Damage: 92 (0.25)?
Blinded.png Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Pulses: 3
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Interval.png Interval: 2 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

October 26, 2021

  • Black Powder: The blinding effect from this skill is now based off of an attack and will no longer directly apply through evading. The field portion of this skill is now unblockable.
Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black-powder shot, blinding your target and nearby foes with smoke.

Damage.png Damage: 92 (0.25)?
Blinded.png Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Stealth.png Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Pulses: 3
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Interval.png Interval: 2 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Black Powder: Increased the radius of the area of blinding and the smoke field around the thief from 120 to 180. Updated the description of this skill.
Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding your target and nearby foes with smoke.

Damage.png Damage: 92 (0.25)?
Blinded.png Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Pulses: 3
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Interval.png Interval: 2 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

September 09, 2014

  • Black Powder Increased the interval between pulses to 2 seconds.
    • Reduced the duration of blind to 2 seconds.
Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

Damage.png Damage: 92 (0.25)?
Blinded.png Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Pulses: 3
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Interval.png Interval: 2 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 120
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

July 01, 2014

  • Black Powder: Fixed a bug that prevented the bullet fired from this skill from bouncing when traited with Ricochet.

April 15, 2014

Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

Damage.png Damage: 92 (0.25)?
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Miscellaneous effect.png Pulses: 4
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 120
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

May 28, 2013

  • Black Powder skill: No longer fires its projectile backward while moving.
    • The field can still be generated.

Original version

Black Powder.png

Black Powder

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand pistol
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
“
0.5½ Activation time  6 Initiative  
Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

Damage.png Damage: 734 (2.0)?
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Combo.png Combo Field: Smoke
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

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