Prime Light Beam/history
August 20, 2024
- Prime Light Beam: Reduced the field's number of targets from 5 to 3 in WvW only.
Prime Light Beam
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Training cost
- 25 Hero points
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 266 (1.0)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Defiance Break: 232
- Range: 1,200
- 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
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Training cost
- 25 Hero points
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 266 (1.0)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Defiance Break: 232
- Range: 1,200
- 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
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Training cost
- 25 Hero points
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 266 (1.0)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Defiance Break: 232
- Range: 1,200
- Unblockable
— In-game description
October 04, 2022
- Prime Light Beam: Increased power coefficient from 0.01 to 1.0 in PvP and WvW.
Prime Light Beam
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Training cost
- 25 Hero points
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 266 (1.0)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Defiance Break: 232
- Range: 1,200
- Unblockable
— In-game description
February 28, 2022
- (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Prime Light Beam
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Training cost
- 25 Hero points
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 3 (0.01)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Defiance Break: 232
- Range: 1,200
- 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
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)? Damage: 3 (0.01)?- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Range: 1,200
- 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
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)?
- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Range: 1,200
- 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
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)?
- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Range: 1,200
- Unblockable
— In-game description
Original version
Prime Light Beam
- Profession
- Engineer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Holosmith
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Exceed
- Game link
“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: 798 (3.0)?
- Field Damage: 133 (0.5)?
- Heat Threshold: 50
- Field Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Launch: 240
- Number of Targets: 5
- : 10
Field Pulses- Field Duration: 10 seconds
- Explosion
- Range: 1,200
- Unblockable
— In-game description