Cleansing Fire

Cantrip. Cure conditions and burn foes. Gain might for each condition removed. — In-game description

Cleansing Fire

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Cantrip

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

5535

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Cleansing Fire

Cantrip. Cure conditions and burn foes. Gain might for each condition removed.

₂ Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage

 Burning (6s): 786 Damage

₃ Might (9s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

₂ Might (9s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

 Conditions Removed: 5

 Conditions Removed: 4

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Fire

• Burning Precision — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Power Overwhelming — While at or above the might threshold, gain increased power. Power bonuses are doubled while attuned to fire.
• 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.
• Inferno — Burning you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Water

• Soothing Disruption — Cantrips grant boons.

Arcane

• Bountiful Power — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Notes

• This skill can be activated while in the air.
• Will grant  Fury if the  Soothing Disruption trait is selected.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	This skill now breaks stun. Reduced ammunition count from 2 to 1. Increased the number of conditions removed from 3 to 4 in PvP and WvW. (Undocumented) Recharge reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	This skill is now an ammunition skill and grants the caster might for each condition it removes. Ammunition recharge time is 25 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced number of conditions cleansed from 5 to 3. Reduced burning stacks from 2 to 1. Reduced cooldown from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
August 28, 2018	The number of conditions cleansed has been increased from 3 to 5.
December 12, 2017	Burning has been adjusted from 4 stacks for 3 seconds to 2 stacks for 6 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill now applies 3 stacks of burning for 4 seconds.
May 20, 2014	Added skill facts for conditions removed (3) and number of targets (5).
July 23, 2013	Removed the hidden stun-break functionality from this skill.
June 25, 2013	This skill is no longer a stun breaker. Decreased the recharge to 40 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Cleansing Fire has been added to the game.