Lightning Reflexes

This article is about the Ranger skill. For the achievement, see Lightning Reflexes (achievement).

Survival. Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor. — In-game description

Lightning Reflexes

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Survival

Movement

Retreat

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

12494

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24

 

Lightning Reflexes

Survival. Evade back with a crack of lightning, dealing damage and gaining vigor.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 27 (0.1)^?

 Vigor (10s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Condition Removed

 Number of Targets: 3

 Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Skirmishing

• Primal Reflexes — When you successfully evade an attack, gain vigor.

Wilderness Survival

• Wilderness Knowledge — Survival skills grant fury and remove conditions.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Notes

• This skill can be used during other actions and will cancel them.
• The rollback's maximum range is roughly 700 units.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 24 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.1.
May 08, 2018	The cooldown of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 30-second cooldown in all modes.
February 22, 2017	The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
April 15, 2014	This skill now removes immobilize.
June 25, 2013	The travel distance for this skill has been halved when underwater.
April 30, 2013	Reduced cooldown from 45 seconds to 40 seconds. Reduced evade duration from 1.25 seconds to 0.75 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Lightning Reflexes has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.