Derecho

Summon an intense windstorm that damages and dazes foes. — In-game description

Derecho

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Attunement

Air

Sequence

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Game link

API

73092

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0.75¾  

Derecho

Summon an intense windstorm that damages and dazes foes.

 Damage: 1,834 (5.0)^?

 Damage: 587 (1.6)^?

 Damage: 513 (1.4)^?

 Daze: 3 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Defiance Break: 300

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Air

• Stormsoul — Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Aeromancer's Training — Gain ferocity, and gain additional ferocity while attuned to air. Air weapon skills get a reduced recharge time.
• Lightning Rod — Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.

Trivia

• As with all the Etchings, Etching: Derecho is related to a real life phenomenon, Derecho; A windstorm that causes hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and flash floods.

• This Etching has New Krytan text in its symbol that contains the following:
  • Inner Ring: Its dark clouds will bind you don't look don't run.
  • Middle Ring: Flashing light cracks through the sky like emerging crystals under the sun.
  • Outer Ring: No fear an unstoppable force unpredictable taking those who can't move with it.
  • A singular letter K separately encased in a circle, which presumably signifies Kralkatorrik

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Derecho has been added to the game. Increased the power coefficient from 4 to 5 in PvE and from 1.4 to 1.6 in WvW. Fixed an issue that prevented the flipped version of spear slot 5 skills from being available when swapping out of a double-attuned state as a weaver.
June 27, 2024	Derecho was available during the Spear Beta Event.