Concussion Bomb

Set an explosive that causes confusion to nearby foes. — In-game description

Concussion Bomb

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Bomb Kit

Game link

API

5822

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0.5½  16  

Concussion Bomb

Set an explosive that causes confusion to nearby foes.

 Damage: 213 (0.6)^?

₆ Confusion (8s): 528 Damage, 297 Damage on Skill Use

₇ Confusion (3s): 231 Damage, 346 Damage on Skill Use

 Number of Targets: 5

 Fuse Time: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

— In-game description

Related traits

 Explosives

Traits that affect bombs

•  Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.

Traits that affect all explosives

•  Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
•  Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced recharge from 20 seconds to 16 seconds.
July 10, 2018	Increased the stacks of confusion inflicted by this skill from 5 stacks to 6 stacks in PvE. Increased the stacks of confusion inflicted by this skill from 6 stacks to 7 stacks in other game modes. Increased the cooldown of this skill from 18 seconds to 20 seconds.
February 07, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused confusion to be inflicted for a longer duration than intended.
February 06, 2018	This skill has been split between game modes, inflicting 6 stacks for 3 seconds in PvP and WvW, and 5 stacks for 8 seconds in PvE.
February 22, 2017	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	Confusion duration has been increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds. The physical damage of this ability has been increased by 20%.
April 19, 2016	Bomb Kit: Fixed a bug that caused the explosions of this skill to behave oddly and not occur where the bomb was originally laid.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Bomb Kit: Fixed an effect issue so that placed bombs are now slightly offset in order to better match their animations.
August 25, 2015	Bombs: Increased the radius of bomb skills with a radius of 180 to 240. This change includes bombs created by the traits Evasive Powder Keg and Autodefense Bomb Dispenser.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Concussion Bomb has been added to the game.