Chemical Field

Generate a poison cloud. — In-game description

Chemical Field

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Parent skill

  Purge Gyro

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Game link

API

30279

“

0.25¼  20  

Chemical Field

Generate a poison cloud.

 Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 4

 Duration: 6 seconds

 Radius: 300

 Combo Field: Poison

— In-game description

Related traits

Firearms

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

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.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Notes

• This skill is unblockable.
• This skill has no listed activation time.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
December 03, 2019	Purge Gyro's toolbelt skill has been changed from Detection Pulse to Chemical Field.
October 01, 2019	This skill has been replaced by Detection Pulse as the tool belt skill for Purge Gyro.
December 12, 2017	Number of poison stacks reduced from 2 to 1 per application. Duration of poison increased from 4 to 8 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Chemical Field has been added to the game.