Ice Spike/history

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June 28, 2022

  • Ice Spike: Increased power coefficient from 0.91 to 1.13 in PvP and WvW.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  6 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 456 (1.13)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

  • Ice Spike: Reduced cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  6 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (0.91)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Ice Spike: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 0.91. Adjusted vulnerability duration from 5 stacks for 10 seconds to 12 stacks for 6 seconds. Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
6 Recharge time
8 Recharge time
 
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (0.91)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Vulnerability.png12 Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

December 11, 2018

  • Ice Spike: This skill now strikes first before applying vulnerability.

June 20, 2017

  • Ice Spike: The cooldown of this skill has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds and now causes a blast finisher when the spike lands.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  6 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

October 18, 2016

  • Ice Spike: The casting time for this ability has been reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.
    • Aftercast of this ability has been reduced by 0.5 seconds.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  4 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

July 26, 2016

  • Ice Spike: Fixed a bug in which the animation became unsynchronized when this skill was used under the effects of quickness or slow.

June 23, 2015

  • Blasting Staff: The effects of this trait have been added to all staff-skill area attacks by default.
    • Increased radius by 60.
Ice Spike.png

Ice Spike

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 2
Attunement
Water
Game link
1 Activation time  4 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 605 (1.5)?
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 300
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

  • Ice Spike: Fixed a bug that allowed the spell effects to continue even if the skill was canceled early.

January 28, 2013

  • Ice Spikes [sic]: This skill now appropriately displays area-of-effect rings.

November 15, 2012

  • Ice Spike: This skill's tooltip now states the correct amount of vulnerability when traited.

Original version

1 Activation time  4 Recharge time  
Ice Spike

Drop a giant ice spike on foes to make them vulnerable.

Damage.png Damage: 554
Vulnerability.png5 Vulnerability (10s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage
Radius.png Radius: 240
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description