Fiery Whirl

Advance forward, slashing foes in your way. — In-game description

Fiery Whirl

0.25¼  5  

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Parent skill

  Conjure Fiery Greatsword

Bundle

Fiery Greatsword

Movement

Leap

Game link

External links

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Advance forward, slashing foes in your way.

  Damage: 308 (0.688)^?

  Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Impacts: 8

  Number of Targets: 3

  Radius: 130

  Evade: 10.25¼ seconds

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Water

• Flow like Water — Deal increased strike damage when your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.

Weaver

• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.

Catalyst

• Evasive Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and vigor while evading an attack.

Notes

• Fiery Whirl will try to hit 4 times on its path, inflicting cripple on every hit.
  • A stationary enemy on its path will be hit 2-4 times depending on their size and distance from the starting point. Starting in melee range (130 units), player characters and smaller enemies will be hit 2-3 times, while bigger creatures will be hit all 4 times. The size of a creature usually matches their selection circle.
  • Used against an obstacle in an angle that prevents advance or while immobilized will allow you to deliver all 4 hits to enemies in range.

Bugs:

Tooltip damage displays ~5.8% higher than actual damage dealt.

  Damage: 231 (0.65)^?

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
June 03, 2014	Added number of targets and number of impacts skill facts.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Fiery Whirl has been added to the game.