Light Strike—Storm

Launch an arc of light at your foe. — In-game description

Light Strike—Storm

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Parent skill

  Engage Photon Forge

Slot

Transform

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

44260

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Light Strike—Storm

Launch an arc of light at your foe.

 Damage: 391 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 156 (0.4)^?

 Heat Gained: 3%

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 180

 Explosion

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Holosmith

• Crystal Configuration: Storm — Photon Forge skill 1 now fires explosive projectiles, but generates extra heat.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.4
March 05, 2019	Projectiles fired by this trait no longer deal reduced damage. Fixed a bug that caused this skill to display incorrect damage in PvP when a trait is equipped with Crystal Configuration: Storm.
March 27, 2018	Reduced damage by 40% in PvP only.
November 07, 2017	Crystal Configuration: Storm: Projectiles fired by this trait are now 20% chance projectile finishers.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Light Strike—Storm has been added to the game.

See also

•   Light Strike — Unmodified attack