Thunderclap

This article is about the engineer skill. For the ranger downed skill, see Thunderclap (ranger skill). For the Lightning Hammer skill, see Thunderclap (Lightning Hammer skill).

Ionize an area, bringing down the power of lightning to stun foes and damage them over its duration. — In-game description

Thunderclap

 

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Weapon

Hammer

Game link

API

30713

Gallery
Appearance when choosing where to target.

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0.75¾  20  

Thunderclap

Ionize an area, bringing down the power of lightning to stun foes and damage them over its duration.

 Damage (5x): 1,615 (4.0)^?

 Damage (5x): 910 (2.25)^?

 Vulnerability (8s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Vulnerability (6s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Stun: 1 second

 Pulses: 6

 Interval: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Lightning

 Defiance Break: 100

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Shaped Charge — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Inventions

• Bunker Down — Create a proximity mine at your target's location and a med kit at your location when you disable an enemy.

Tools

• Lock On — Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Scrapper

• System Shocker — Disabling a foe grants barrier to nearby allies. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

• Stuns and does no damage on the initial tick, followed by 5 damage pulses.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.8 to 0.45. Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
October 01, 2019	Increased damage by 6%. Reduced recharge from 24 seconds to 20 seconds.
July 26, 2016	This skill no longer deals damage on initial impact, but it still stuns enemies. Damage for all pulses has been increased by 26%, for an overall damage increase of 5%.
February 23, 2016	Updated the area-of-effect rings to show combo rings to allies and red rings to enemies.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Thunderclap has been added to the game.