Arcane Lightning/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 trait that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this trait, see Arcane Lightning. |
March 19, 2024
- This trait has been renamed to Arcane Lightning. This trait no longer causes arcane skills to inflict conditions and instead enhances each arcane skill as follows:
- Arcane Brilliance: Grants protection to the user.
- Arcane Wave: Immobilizes enemies that it strikes.
- Arcane Shield: Grants stability to the user when the shield expires.
- Arcane Power: Grants additional critical-strike stacks to the user.
- Arcane Blast: Blinds enemies that it strikes.
“Arcane LightningArcane skills grant increased ferocity and have additional effects.
Protection (3½s): -33% Incoming Damage
Immobilize (1½s): Unable to move.
Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
2 Stability (4s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
2 Arcane Power (5s): Attacks do critical damage.
Arcane Lightning (15s): Increases your ferocity.
Ferocity: +150
— In-game description
June 27, 2023
- Elemental Surge: This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of arcane skills.
“Arcane LightningArcane skills grant increased ferocity and inflict a condition based on your attunement.
Burning (4s): 524 Damage
Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
— In-game description
February 25, 2020
- Elemental Surge: (Competitive split) Reduced immobilize duration from 2 seconds to 1 second.
“Arcane LightningArcane skills gain reduced recharge, grant increased ferocity, and inflict a condition based on your attunement.
Recharge Reduced: 20%
— In-game description
May 18, 2017
- Elemental Surge: The burn duration from this skill has been reduced to 4 seconds from 5 seconds.
“Arcane LightningBased on your attunement, arcane skills inflict a condition on foes. Gain more ferocity when you use an arcane skill. Arcane skills recharge faster.
Attribute Adjust: 150
Recharge Reduced: 20%
— In-game description
May 17, 2017
- Elemental Surge: When used with Arcane Power, this trait now considers the caster of the ability as the source when dealing conditions and will apply them based on the caster's current attunement.
October 18, 2016
- Elemental Surge: Immobilize duration has been increased from 1 second to 2 seconds.
“Arcane LightningBased on your attunement, arcane skills inflict a condition on foes. Gain more ferocity when you use an arcane skill. Arcane skills recharge faster.
— In-game description
June 23, 2015
- Elemental Surge: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
- Added: Gain 150 more ferocity for 15 seconds when you use an arcane skill.
- Added: Arcane abilities recharge 20% faster.
“Arcane LightningBased on your attunement, arcane skills inflict a condition on foes. Gain more ferocity when you use an arcane skill. Arcane skills recharge faster.
— In-game description
May 28, 2013
- Elemental Surge: Now functions correctly with the Arcane Shield while the player is attuned to air.
Original version
“Arcane LightningBased on your current attunement, arcane skills cause a condition to foes that they hit.
— In-game description
