Launch

Launch

Effect type

Control effect

Stacking

No

This article is about the game mechanic. For the skill available when using a Hylek Fire Turret, see Launch (turret).

Launch is a control effect that causes the affected target to be thrown backwards into air and remain stuck on the ground. It is mechanically similar to a combination of knockback and knockdown with these differences: affected targets are moved farther away from their original position and disabled for a longer period, it can affect downed players, and it can affect foes with resistance to knockback, such as Risen Abominations. Like any control effect, it can be countered by stability.

Related skills

Weapon skills that launch

•   Banish — Hammer
•   Spear Swipe — Spear
•   Overcharged Shot — Rifle
•   Roiling Skies — Spear
•   Updraft — Dagger, when attuned to air

Bundle skills that launch

•   Wind Blast — Lightning Hammer

Transform skills that launch

•   Holographic Shockwave — Engage Photon Forge
•   Dust Charge — Tornado

Utility skills that launch

•   Stomp — Physical
•   Detonate Cartridges
•   Personal Battering Ram — Gadget
•   Thump
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Shadow Gust — Cantrip

Elite skills that launch

•   Chaotic Release — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed
•   Uppercut
•   Tornado — Cantrip
•   Charge

Profession mechanic skills that launch

•   Big Ol' Bomb — Tool belt, Bomb Kit
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Crash Down
•   Sky Circus — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Slam
•   Wing Buffet
•   Branch Bash — Stolen skill
•   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill
•   Throw Enchanted Ice — Stolen skill

Pet skills that launch

•   Dimension Breach — Juvenile Aether Hunter
•   Head Toss — Juvenile Rock Gazelle
•   Lightning Assault — Juvenile Electric Wyvern
•   Slam — Turtle
•   Wing Buffet — Wyvern
•   Wing Buffet — Juvenile Phoenix

Downed skills that launch

•   Booby Trap

Racial skills that launch

•   Charge — Become the Bear
•   Howl — Become the Wolf

Common skills that launch

•   Bash — Overminer's Boomstick
•   Blazing Spear
•   Bomb Shell — Turtle Banner
•   Burst of Light — Spirit of Light
•   Chain Lightning — Asura Lightning Turret, Pact Lightning Cannon, Lightning Turret
•   Channeled Agony
•   Concussive Barrage — DERV (transformation)
•   Death From Above
•   Direct Lightning — Lightning Generator
•   Doll's Devastation
•   Dragon's Wings — Dragon Banner
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Dragonsblood Spear
•   Explosive Smash — Unstable Gifts
•   Fire
•   Fire — Cannon (Costume Brawl)
•   Fire — Winter Warband Festive Mortar
•   Fire Cannon — Hand Cannon, Seraph Cannon
•   Hammer Crush — Koda's Hammer
•   Hammer Spin — Hammer (bundle)
•   Hypernova Launch
•   Impact Slam — Flame Ram
•   Koda's Rebirth — Koda's Flame
•   Launch Whirlwind — Experimental Charrzooka
•   Level Up
•   Maul
•   Outrun a Centaur — Centaur Banner
•   Pillow Pounce — Dropped Items
•   Plank Buster — Wooden Plank, Plank (level 10 consumable), Pirate's Peg Leg, Pirate's Peg Leg (bundle), Plank (consumable), Plank (Supplier Mikal), Plank (Tactician Megill), Splintered Gate Piece, Training Plank
•   Roll Out
•   Shoot Rifle — Bombardment Target Marker, Dredge Rifle, Rifle (bundle)
•   Smack
•   Special Attack
•   Special Attack
•   Spinning Assault
•   Spirit Howl
•   Spirit Nova
•   Spirit Nova
•   Spirit Nova
•   Spirit Nova
•  File:Starfall skill.png Starfall
•   Steam Stomp — Steam Creature Transformation
•   Stomp
•   Stomp
•   Throw Explosive Boulder — Explosive Boulder
•   Throw Mine — Old Mine
•   Throw Unstable Bloodstone Fragment — Unstable Bloodstone Fragment
•   Tiger's Claw
•   Tornado Blast — Experimental Charrzooka
•   Vaccumagic Blowback — Vacuumagic Polarizer
•   Whirling Strike — Ancient Cudgel, Driftwood

Related traits

See also: Traits related to disable (Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.)

Traits that launch

• Gadgeteer (Tools) — Gadget skills are more powerful.

Traits that improve launch

• Dispelling Force (Spellbreaker) — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.

Notes

• Immobilize does not prevent being moved by Launch.
• Launch still affects downed characters, including both NPCs and players.

Version history

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	(Wiki notes) The icon has been changed slightly.
October 15, 2013	Stun breakers will now break launch effects.
April 30, 2013	Blowout effect: Renamed to Launch.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Blowout has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Prior to the April 30, 2013 update, some skills used the term blowout instead of launch.
• Activating a Box of Fun twice in quick succession will launch the player.

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