Cauterizing Strike

Stab your foe with full force, dealing bonus damage against burning enemies. — In-game description

Cauterizing Strike

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand sword

Attunement

Fire

Game link

API

44451

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0.75¾  15  

Cauterizing Strike

Stab your foe with full force, dealing bonus damage against burning enemies.

 Damage vs. Burning: 1,027 (2.8)^?

 Damage vs. Burning: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 642 (1.75)^?

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Burning (8s): 1,048 Damage

₂ Burning (8s): 2,096 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 180

— In-game description

Related traits

Fire

• Burning Precision — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Pyromancer's Training — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Persisting Flames — Fire fields created by weapon skills last longer. Whenever your fire fields hit a foe or you inflict burning, gain increased strike damage for a duration.
• Pyromancer's Puissance — Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.
• Inferno — Burning you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased the power coefficient against burning enemies from 1.6 to 1.8 in PvP and WvW. Increased the angle of this skill's hit box.
June 27, 2023	Increased burning stacks from 1 to 2 in PvP only.
February 14, 2023	Increased power coefficient against burning enemies from 2.33 to 2.8 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced base power coefficient from 1.75 to 1.0. Reduced power coefficient against burning foes from 2.33 to 1.6.
July 10, 2018	The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by 0.25 seconds. Base damage has been increased by 17%, with damage to burning enemies being improved by the same amount.
December 12, 2017	Burning has been adjusted from 2 stacks for 4 seconds to 1 stack for 8 seconds.
November 07, 2017	Increased the base physical damage of this skill by 20%. Increased the damage against burning foes by 14%.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Cauterizing Strike has been added to the game.