King of Fires

Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes. — In-game description

King of Fires

Specialization

Berserker (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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King of Fires

Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.

 Damage: 186 (0.7)^?

₃ Burning (3s): 1,179 Damage

 Fire Aura (5s): Enveloped in a fiery shield that burns foes, grants might each time you are struck (1-second cooldown per attacker).

 Duration Increase: 33%

 Duration Increase: 10%

 Radius: 240

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Fan of Fire — Longbow
•   Arcing Arrow — Longbow
•   Blaze Breaker — Torch
•   Flames of War — Torch

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blood Reckoning — Rage

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Outrage — Rage
•   Shattering Blow — Rage
•   Sundering Leap — Rage
•   Wild Blow — Rage

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Head Butt — Rage

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
•   Slicing Maelstrom — Dagger, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Arc Divider — Greatsword, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rampart Splitter — Staff, Primal Burst
•   Wild Throw — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst
•   Berserk — Rage

Notes

• "Berserker skills" that detonate and remove fire aura include primal burst, rage, and torch skills.
• The recharge time only applies to gaining fire aura when critically hitting an enemy.
• Comboing Sundering Leap with a fire field will detonate the fire aura created by the combo.
• If a fire aura is created by getting a critical hit with a Berserker skill, it will detonate immediately.
• Activating the detonation portion of this trait will not activate while in the air, but will activate immediately upon touching the ground.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced bonus burning duration from 33% to 10%.
July 16, 2019	Detonating a fire aura now deals damage in addition to burning.
October 18, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait's detonation from functioning with Head Butt.
January 26, 2016	This trait's functionalty has changed. It now gives fire shield on a critical hit (15-second internal cooldown). Using berserker skills detonates any fire shield currently applied, inflicting 3 stacks of burning for 3 seconds to nearby foes. Increases outgoing burning duration by 33%.
November 17, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from functioning while in the downed state.
November 04, 2015	The burn duration increase modifier has been increased from 20% to 33%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: King of Fires has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The name of this trait is likely a reference to the fighting game series King of Fighters.