Flame Burst/history

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February 14, 2023

  • Flame Burst: This skill now inflicts blind in addition to burning.
Flame Burst.png

Flame Burst

Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 3
Attunement
Fire
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Flame Burst

Burn foes at the target location.

Damage.png Damage: 40 (0.1)?
Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Burning.png2 Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage
Burning.png3 Burning (6s): 2,358 Damage
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 240
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

August 23, 2022

  • Flame Burst: (PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 0.1 to 1.0. Burning stacks applied increased from 2 to 3.
Flame Burst.png

Flame Burst

Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 3
Attunement
Fire
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Flame Burst

Burn foes at the target location.

Damage.png Damage: 40 (0.1)?
Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Burning.png2 Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage
Burning.png3 Burning (6s): 2,358 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 240
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

August 28, 2018

  • Flame Burst: This skill will now report "Out of Range" when players target foes outside of the skill's maximum range.

July 10, 2018

  • Flame Burst: This skill will now be placed on an interrupt cooldown if elementalists attempt to cast it on an enemy behind them.

February 23, 2016

  • Flame Burst: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to go on interrupt recharge if it was attempted on an enemy outside the max range of the skill.

November 17, 2015

  • Flame Burst: This skill can no longer be activated without a target.

October 29, 2015

June 23, 2015

  • Flame Burst: This skill now applies 2 stacks of burning for 6 seconds.
Flame Burst.png

Flame Burst

Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 3
Attunement
Fire
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Flame Burst

Burn foes at the target location.

Damage.png Damage: 40 (0.1)?
Burning.png2 Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

October 01, 2012

  • Flame Burst: This skill will no longer fire if the target is behind the player.

Original version

10 Recharge time  
Flame Burst

Burn foes at the target location.

Burning.png Burning (5s): 655 Damage
Radius.png Radius: 180
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description