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Flames of War (warrior skill)

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Disambig icon.png This article is about the warrior skill. For the legendary weapon, see Flames of War.

Flames of War (warrior skill).png

Flames of War

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Weapon
Torch
No related skill available in slot 1No related skill available in slot 2No related skill available in slot 3Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.png
Game link
API
29940
0.5½ Activation time  
20 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
 
Flames of War

Cleanse conditions and become a mobile fire field that burns nearby foes. When the field expires, it explodes, damaging foes and burning them again.

Damage.png Damage: 330 (1.0)?
Burning.png Burning (2s): 262 Damage
Burning.png2 Final Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 5 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Fire

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Tactics Tactics

Berserker Berserker

Notes[edit]

  • The Fire field granted by this skill stays active even after swapping weapons.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
September 26, 2023
  • Fixed an issue that caused this skill's pulses to inflict an additional stack of burning for 1 second in PvE.
June 27, 2023
  • Reduced the cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
October 04, 2022
  • Increased the number of conditions removed from 2 to 3 in PvP and WvW.
December 12, 2017
  • Burning has been adjusted from 4 stacks for 3 seconds to 2 stacks for 6 seconds.
August 08, 2017 Path of Fire pre-patch:
  • This skill has been unsplit from PvP and now uses the higher burn duration and burning stack values in all game modes.
June 20, 2017
  • The burning duration applied each pulse has been increased from 1 second to 2 seconds, in PvP only.
  • The number of burn stacks applied by the final explosion have been increased from 2 to 4, in PvP only.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Flames of War has been added to the game.