Ricochet

Bounce your axe between multiple foes, gaining might for each enemy struck. — In-game description

Ricochet

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand axe

Game link

API

12466

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0.25¼  

Ricochet

Bounce your axe between multiple foes, gaining might for each enemy struck.

 Damage: 330 (0.9)^?

 Damage: 195 (0.533)^?

 Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Maximum Targets: 2

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Notes

• The visual of this skill will show the generic Axe model being thrown instead the axe equipped by the character.
• If you're using Frostfang or Astralaria, its model will replace the generic model when this skill is used.
• Attack speed is noticeably slower than the tooltip suggests, at approximately 0.88 seconds per attack.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 30, 2022	Damage multiplier increased from 0.8 to 0.9 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.8 to 0.533. Reduced might duration from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
May 08, 2018	The damage of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 15% damage increase in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Increased damage by 14% in PvP and WvW. Increased might duration from 5 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP and WvW.
July 26, 2016	The number of times the axe can bounce has been reduced from 2 to 1. Base damage has been increased by 40%.
April 19, 2016	Might duration applied by this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Increased the cast point by 0.1 seconds. The aftercast delay has been reduced by 0.16 seconds.
September 09, 2014	This skill now grants 3 seconds of might on hit.
May 14, 2013	Fixed a bug that caused the projectile speed of the following axe skills to be 75% of their intended speed: Ricochet, Splitblade, Winter's Bite, Path of Scars.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Ricochet has been added to the game.