Cannon

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Disambig icon.png This article is about the World vs World siege weapon. For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation).

Cannon

Cannon (WvW).jpg

Location
World versus World
Type
Siege weapon
Interact
Yes
Destructible
Yes

Cannons are defensive siege weapons. Cannon attacks can hit up to 50 targets. Max impact range 3750.

Skills[edit]

# Skill Activation time Recharge time Description
1 Fire (Cannon).png Fire 3 Fire an exploding cannon ball at the target location.
1 Redirect Arrow.pngFire (Cannon).png Improved Shot 3 Fire an exploding cannonball at the target location. Removes boons. (Replaces Fire for players with rank 1 in Cannon Mastery)
1 Redirect Arrow.pngFire (Cannon).png Disheartening Shot 3 Fire an exploding cannonball. Increases damage and removes boons (Replaces Fire for players with at least rank 2 in Cannon Mastery)
1 Redirect Arrow.pngFire (Cannon).png Devastating Shot 3 Fire an exploding cannonball at the target location. Improves damage, increases impact radius removes boons (Replaces Fire for players with at least rank 4 in Cannon Mastery)
2 Fire Grapeshot.png Fire Grapeshot 10 Fire grapeshot to bleed foes.
2 Redirect Arrow.pngFire Grapeshot.png Improved Grapeshot 10 Fire grapeshot to bleed foes. Increases damage. (Replaces Fire Grapeshot for players with rank 2 in Cannon Mastery)
2 Redirect Arrow.pngFire Grapeshot.png Piercing Grapeshot 10 Fire grapeshot to bleed foes. Increases damage and condition damage (Replaces Fire Grapeshot for players with rank 3 in Cannon Mastery)
2 Redirect Arrow.pngFire Grapeshot.png Shredding Grapeshot 10 Fire grapeshot to bleed foes. Increases radius, damage, and condition damage (Replaces Fire Grapeshot for players with at least rank 4 in Cannon Mastery)
3 Ice Shot.png Ice Shot 20 Fire an ice grenade to freeze foes at the target point.
3 Redirect Arrow.pngIce Shot.png Improved Ice Shot 20 Fire an ice shell to freeze foes at the target point. Increases damage. (Replaces Ice Shot for players with at least rank 2 in Cannon Mastery)
3 Redirect Arrow.pngIce Shot.png Debilitating Ice Shot 20 Fire an ice shell to freeze foes at the target point. Increases damage and radius. (Replaces Ice Shot for players with rank 4 in Cannon Mastery)
3 Redirect Arrow.pngIce Shot.png Bone-shattering Ice Shot 20 Fire an ice shell to freeze foes at the target point. Increases duration and radius damage. (Replaces Ice Shot for players with rank 5 in Cannon Mastery)

Related world abilities[edit]

Upgrade Rank Ability Cost
Cannon Mastery.png
Cannon Mastery
Total Cost: 60 World Ability Point

Improve cannon use
1 Basic fire removes boons World Ability Point
2 Increases cannon damage by 27% World Ability Point
3 Grapeshot does more bleed damage 10 World Ability Point
4 Increases all blast radii 15 World Ability Point
5 Increases chill duration 25 World Ability Point
  • Rank 1 enhances basic fire such that each shot removes one boon.
  • Rank 2 increases cannon damage by 22% although the description says 27%.
  • Rank 3 doubles the Bleeding.png Bleeding stacks on Grapeshot, Bleeding.png10 Bleeding (10s) instead of Bleeding.png5 Bleeding (10s).
  • Rank 4 increases the radius of canon skills by 11% (from 360 to 400).
  • Rank 5 doubles the Chilled.png Chilled duration from Ice Shot from 2 to 4 seconds.
See also: Siege weapon#Related world abilities

Variants[edit]

Cannons[edit]

Regular Cannons are located inside towers, keeps and Stonemist Castle once the structure reaches the first objective upgrade tier.

Master Cannons[edit]

Master Cannon are located at the five Ruins of Power. They do twice as much damage as regular cannons. It requires exactly 10 supply to build, so it can be built by one player. Others are able to help build it.

Gallery[edit]