Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers

Unlocks the Mech Command skill Explosive Knuckle. Your mech's attacks now generate might for allies within a radius. This effect may only occur once per interval. The mech does not count against the target count for this trait. — In-game description

Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers

Specialization

Mechanist (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

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Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers

Unlocks the Mech Command skill Explosive Knuckle. Your mech's attacks now generate might for allies within a radius. This effect may only occur once per interval.
The mech does not count against the target count for this trait.

 Might on Hit (10s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might on Hit (6s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Number of Targets: 5

 Interval: 1 second

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Explosive Knuckle (PvE)	0.5½	15	Mech Command. Order your mech to dash at a target, punching with an explosive strike that weakens enemies near the point of impact.
Explosive Knuckle (WvW, PvP)	0.5½	15	Mech Command. Order your mech to dash at a target, punching with an explosive strike that weakens enemies near the point of impact.

Mechanics

• Changes the Jade Mech CJ-1 basic attacks to:

#	Skill			Description
	Hard Strike	0.25¼		Strikes foes in front of you.
	Heavy Smash	0.5½		Perform a second, powerful strike.
	Twin Strike	0.5½		Strikes foes in front of you.

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Firearms

• Juggernaut — Gain might and stability while wielding a flamethrower. Might applied to you gains increased duration.

Alchemy

• Compounding Chemicals — Heal yourself when you grant yourself a boon. Remove a condition from yourself when you use an elixir skill. Gain increased concentration.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 30, 2022	Damage multiplier reduced from 0.6 to 0.45 in PvE. The damage multiplier of the final strike has been reduced from 1.2 to 0.8 in PvE only. Wiki note: This changes are related to the three autoattack skills Hard Strike, Heavy Smash and the final strike Twin Strike.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Clarified the description to show that the Mech does not count towards the target limit of this trait.
November 30, 2021	Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Fixed a bug causing applied might to have unlimited duration in when PvP and WvW.
October 26, 2021	Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.