Gleam Saber

This article is about holosmith version. For the skill variant available with Weaponmaster Training, see Gleam Saber (non-holosmith).

Unleash a burst of stored energy with your sword and recharge your other sword skills. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level. — In-game description

Gleam Saber

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Weapon

Main hand sword

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

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Game link

API

45979

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0.75¾  

Gleam Saber

Unleash a burst of stored energy with your sword and recharge your other sword skills. This attack deals more damage based on your heat level.

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Damage Increase above 50% Heat: 20%

 Damage Increase above 50% Heat: 10%

 Recharge Time Reduced: 1 second

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

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

• The recharge time reduction is always 1 seconds, regardless of how many enemies are hit, and it does not happen if all enemies hit are Invulnerable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 21, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused some players to use the engineer version of certain sword weapon skills instead of the holosmith version, even when the holosmith elite specialization was equipped.
March 19, 2024	Reduced the cooldown reduction from 3 seconds to 1 second.
November 29, 2022	(PvE only) Increased damage bonus while above 50% heat from 10% to 20%. Increased damage bonus while above 100% heat from 20% to 30%.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0.
November 07, 2017	Removed heat bonuses that increased critical-hit chance. Added a new heat bonus that increases damage by 10% while above 50 heat and 20% while above 100 heat. Increased damage by 10%.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Gleam Saber has been added to the game.