Exploding Spores

Cantrip. Create a ring of spores around yourself that explodes after a short duration. Enemies hit by all spores are knocked down. — In-game description

Exploding Spores

 

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Untamed

Slot

Utility

Type

Cantrip

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

63157

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0.25¼  25  

Exploding Spores

Cantrip. Create a ring of spores around yourself that explodes after a short duration. Enemies hit by all spores are knocked down.

 Damage (6x): 930 (3.498)^?

 Damage (6x): 702 (2.64)^?

₈ Might (10s): 240 Condition Damage, 240 Power

₅ Might (8s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

 Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Poison (5s): 168 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Knockdown: 2 seconds

 Radius: 120

 Defiance Break: 200

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Moment of Clarity — Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Wilderness Survival

• Rugged Growth — You and your pet recover health while affected by protection.
• Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Beastmastery

• Two-Handed Training — Greatsword and underwater spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.

Untamed

• Debilitating Blows — Disabling a foe applies conditions to that foe based on your current state. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Nature's Shield — Cantrips grant barrier to you and your pet.
• Enhancing Impact — Disabling a foe grants you boons based on your current state. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

• Ingame tooltip lists total damage of all 6 spores hit, not per strike damage. The skill hits up to 6 times as each spore hits once.
• Your character may occasionally shout one of the following lines when activating this skill:
  • Breathe it in.
  • Breathe deeply.
  • Feeling ill?
  • Heh, you sick?
  • You sick?

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Exploding Spores has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Exploding Spores was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. This skill now inflicts Poison instead of Cripple. This skill now grants Might if the player is unleashed, and grants Protection if the player is not unleashed.
October 26, 2021	Exploding Spores was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• This skill was used during the battle with Urgoz in the final chamber of Urgoz’s Warren.