Prime Light Beam/history

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August 20, 2024

  • Prime Light Beam: Reduced the field's number of targets from 5 to 3 in WvW only.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Training cost
25 Hero points
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

April 16, 2024

  • Fixed an issue that caused this skill to strike 10 targets instead of the intended 5.

June 27, 2023

  • Prime Light Beam: Fixed an issue that caused burning from this skill to be applied multiple times per pulse to larger enemies.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Training cost
25 Hero points
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

November 29, 2022

  • Prime Light Beam: This skill now gains additional field strike damage and burning duration when used above 100% heat, in addition to its previous effects.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Training cost
25 Hero points
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

October 04, 2022

Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Training cost
25 Hero points
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 266 (1.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Training cost
25 Hero points
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 3 (0.01)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Evade.png Defiance Break: 232
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Prime Light Beam: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 3.0 to 0.01. Reduced cooldown from 60 seconds to 40 seconds.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
40 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 3 (0.01)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

May 14, 2019

  • Prime Light Beam: The recharge time for this skill is now 60 seconds in all game modes.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

August 28, 2018

  • Prime Light Beam: The cooldown of this skill has been split between game modes. It has been increased from 60 seconds to 75 seconds in PvP only.
Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
60 Recharge time
75 Recharge time
 
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

Original version

Prime Light Beam.png

Prime Light Beam

Not available underwater  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Specialization
Holosmith icon small.png Holosmith
Slot
Elite
Type
Exceed
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Prime Light Beam

Exceed. Charge up and fire an explosive beam of light in front of you. When activated above the heat threshold, this attack leaves behind a burning holographic field.

Damage.png Damage: 798 (3.0)?
Damage.png Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
Heat.png Heat Threshold: 50
Burning.png Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
Launch.png Launch: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Miscellaneous effect.png Field Pulses: 10
Duration.png Field Duration: 10 seconds
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description