Refraction Cutter

This article is about holosmith version. For the skill variant available with Weaponmaster Training, see Refraction Cutter (non-holosmith).

Strike at foes in front of you and launch a blade of light at your target. Launch extra blades based on your heat level. Each blade inflicts conditions. — In-game description

Refraction Cutter

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Holosmith

Weapon

Main hand sword

Game link

API

44110

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Refraction Cutter

Strike at foes in front of you and launch a blade of light at your target. Launch extra blades based on your heat level. Each blade inflicts conditions.

 Damage: 513 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 275 (0.75)^?

 Projectile Damage: 147 (0.4)^?

 Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Additional Blades over 50% heat: 2

 Projectile Range: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Firearms

• Sanguine Array — Gain might when you inflict bleeding on a foe.
• Hematic Focus — You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
• Serrated Steel — Bleeding you inflict gains increased duration.
• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Holosmith

• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit — Increases maximum heat capacity. While above 100% heat, periodically gain might. Some skills and traits gain additional heat tiers.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 21, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused some players to use the engineer version of certain sword weapon skills instead of the holosmith version, even when the holosmith elite specialization was equipped.
March 19, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 9 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Increased projectile power coefficient from 0.275 to 0.4 in PvE only.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1 to 1.4.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced strike power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.75.
February 06, 2018	Increased bleeding duration from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Increased damage by 10%. Fixed a tooltip error that reflected the projectile damage incorrectly.
November 07, 2017	Increased blade projectile damage by 25%. Projectiles fired by this skill are considered projectile finishers. Increased projectile width and effect size.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Refraction Cutter has been added to the game.