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Disambig icon.png This article is about the warrior skill. For the book, see Scorched Earth (book).

Scorched Earth.png

Scorched Earth

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Specialization
Berserker icon small.png Berserker
Slot
Profession mechanic
Weapon
Longbow
Weapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Type
Primal Burst
Game link
API
29923
0.5½ Activation time  5 Recharge time  
Scorched Earth

Primal Burst. Fire a burning shot into the ground that creates a trail of flaming destruction.

Damage.png Damage (3x): 579 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 486 (1.26)?
Burning.png3 Burning (20.5½s): 983 Damage
Burning.png3 Burning (4s): 1,572 Damage
Duration.png Duration: 4 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 120
Pierces.png Pierces
Combo.png Combo Field: Fire
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Strength Strength

Arms Arms

  • Sundering Burst Sundering BurstBurst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
  • Burst Precision Burst PrecisionBurst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense Defense

Tactics Tactics

Discipline Discipline

Berserker Berserker

Notes[edit]

  • Enemies are able to be struck by this skill only once every 0.5 seconds.
  • Can hit 5 enemies per burning section for a total of 25 targets.
    • Number of enemies hit is reduced to 3 per section in WvW, totaling 15 targets.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
April 16, 2024
  • Reduced the number of targets from 5 to 3 in WvW only.
September 26, 2023
  • Reduced burning duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds in PvE only.
November 29, 2022
  • Increased power coefficient from 0.35 to 0.42 in WvW only.
June 28, 2022
  • Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.5 to 0.35 in WvW only.
December 11, 2018
  • The burning duration of this skill has been reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
July 10, 2018
  • Increased the travel speed of the projectile fired by this skill by 200%.
August 08, 2017 Path of Fire pre-patch:
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to fail to hit some gates in WvW.
June 01, 2016
  • Fixed a bug that caused Cleansing Ire to activate more than once.
February 09, 2016
  • Fixed an issue that prevented multiple players from being able to hit the same target simultaneously when using this skill.
January 26, 2016
  • Enemies are now able to be struck by this skill only once every 0.5 seconds.
November 04, 2015
  • Updated skill facts to show the correct number of hits.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Scorched Earth has been added to the game.