Ether Bolt

Shoot a bolt of energy at your target. — In-game description

Ether Bolt

0.5½  

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Scepter

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

API

“

Chain. Shoot a bolt of energy at your target.

  Damage: 183 (0.5)^?

  Damage: 122 (0.333)^?

  Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

  Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Illusions

• Malicious Sorcery — Increases attack speed while wielding a scepter. Reduces recharge on scepter skills.

Notes

• Unlike most chain skills, Ether Bolt and all other skills in the chain can be chained without hitting a target.
• Can hit targets at ~1100 range.
• When autocasting, the next skill in the chain will not start until the projectile actually hits. Accordingly, attack speed is faster the closer you are to the target. However, Malicious Sorcery and Quickness seem to ignore this behavior. The attack speed is still faster in melee, yet multiple bolts can be in mid air at the same time.
• The whole sequence takes 2.95 sec at max range and 2.55 sec at melee.
• With Malicious Sorcery it takes 2.45 sec at max range and 2.15 sec at melee.
• Under the effect of Quickness it takes 2.10 sec at max range and 1.80 sec at melee, regardless of Malicious Sorcery, since Quickness is the attack speed cap.
• Fires projectiles, but is not a projectile finisher.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Autoattack Chain: Reduced power coefficients from 0.5/0.5/0.75 to 0.333/0.333/0.5.
April 19, 2016	Reduced the aftercast delay by 0.16 seconds.
September 09, 2014	This skill now inflicts 2 seconds of torment on hit. This change also affects mesmer scepter clones that use Ether Bolt.
October 22, 2012	Projectile skills for the scepter have had their velocity increased by 33%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Ether Bolt has been added to the game.