Spike Trap

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Spike Trap

 0.5½  

45

20

 2   

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Trap

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This skill has an underwater replacement: Spike Trap (Underwater)

“

Trap. Set a trap that bleeds and launches foes.

  Damage: 53 (0.2)^?

  Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

 ₆ Bleeding (60.25¼s): 825 Damage

 ₁ Bleeding (1s): 22 Damage

  Launch: 0

  Number of Targets: 5

  Trap Radius: 180

  Damage Radius: 240

  Unblockable

— In-game description ^[?]

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Spike Trap.

Related traits

 Skirmishing

•  Trapper's Expertise — Boons and conditions caused by traps last longer. Traps recharge faster and offensive ones cause cripple.

Related equipment

•   Superior Rune of the Trapper — Gain 2 seconds of  superspeed and  stealth when using a trap skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.2 to 0.01. Adjusted bleeding from 6 stacks for 6.25 seconds to 1 stack for 1 second. Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
July 10, 2018	This skill can now be used underwater. The underwater version now stuns enemies instead of launching them.
February 22, 2017	The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All ranger traps now have a 0.5 second arming time. All ranger traps now have a trigger radius of 180 and an effect radius of 240. Now has a knockdown component on initial trap trigger. Bleeding stacks increased to 6 and duration increased to 6.25 seconds. Crippled duration increased to 2.66 seconds.
October 15, 2013	This skill's tooltip now appropriately displays when Trapper's Expertise is equipped. Updated the skill tooltips to include the immobilize condition that occurs.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Spike Trap has been added to the game.