Flash Spark

Release a blinding burst of light from your holographic emitter. While above the heat threshold, gain light aura. — In-game description

Flash Spark

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Parent skill

  Spectrum Shield

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Game link

API

43176

“

25  

Flash Spark

Release a blinding burst of light from your holographic emitter. While above the heat threshold, gain light aura.

 Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Light Aura above 50% Heat (4s): -10% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

— In-game description

Related traits

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Inventions

• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Holosmith

• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit — Increases maximum heat capacity. While above 100% heat, periodically gain might. Some skills and traits gain additional heat tiers.

Notes

• With the trait Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit when above 100% heat this skill has 6 seconds light aura duration.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Reduced the cooldown from 40 seconds to 25 seconds.
November 29, 2022	This skill now grants additional light aura duration when used above 100% heat
October 26, 2021	Multiplicative damage reduction enhancements have been updated to display how much damage was reduced by rather than displaying how much the damage is multiplied by. For example, protection now displays "-33% Damage" instead of "67% damage." This is not a change to functionality; it is only a change to display the bonus in a more intuitively understandable way.
October 05, 2021	All effects that provide a percentage reduction to incoming damage have been standardized to stack multiplicatively.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Flash Spark has been added to the game.