Haboob

Unleash a devastating dust storm that damages and debilitates enemies. — In-game description

Haboob

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Attunement

Earth

Sequence

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Game link

API

73017

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0.75¾  

Haboob

Unleash a devastating dust storm that damages and debilitates enemies.

 Damage: 1,559 (4.25)^?

 Damage: 440 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

 Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

₅ Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Geomancer's Training — Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.

Water

• Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

Weaver

• Superior Elements — Dual Attack skills weaken enemies. Attacks against weakened foes have increased critical chance.
• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.

Trivia

• As with all the Etchings, Etching: Haboob is named for a real-life phenomenon. Haboobs are intense dust storms or sandstorms found in dry regions.
• This Etching has New Krytan text in its symbol that contains the following:
  • Inner Ring: Moving mountains is as simple as thinking. Life is in eternal motion. It's simple.
  • Middle Ring: Adapt. Thrive. Crumble. The Eternal Cycle. If all things have limits, where are mine?
  • Outer Ring: I am the curator of eternity's refuse. All things come back to me. I can wait for you.
  • Two letters M and Z each separately encased in circles, which presumably signify Mordremoth and Zhaitan

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 1.33 to 1.5 in WvW only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Haboob has been added to the game. Fixed an issue that prevented the flipped version of spear slot 5 skills from being available when swapping out of a double-attuned state as a weaver. Increased the power coefficient from 3.5 to 4.25 in PvE and from 1.2 to 1.33 in WvW.
June 27, 2024	Haboob was available during the Spear Beta Event.