Timed Charge

Fire a timed charge at your target, damaging and burning nearby foes when it detonates. — In-game description

Timed Charge

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Harpoon gun

Game link

API

6149

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This skill is only available underwater and has no land replacement.

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Timed Charge

Fire a timed charge at your target, damaging and burning nearby foes when it detonates.

 Explosion Damage: 1,284 (3.5)^?

 Explosion Damage: 642 (1.75)^?

 Burning (10s): 1,310 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Timer: 3 seconds

 Radius: 180

 Explosion

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Incendiary Powder — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.

Notes

• The charge sticks to your target and will be displayed as a  Timed Charge effect on their bar. It detonates after a short period of time.
• This skill does not cause you to aggro your target until the charge explodes.
• This skill benefits from traits that improve explosions.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.75 to 3.5.
May 08, 2018	Reduced the recharge of this skill from 18 seconds to 15 seconds. The stacks of burning it inflicts have been reduced from 2 to 1, and the duration has been increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds. This skill now causes a blast finisher upon detonation rather than a projectile finisher.
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill now applies 2 stacks of burning for 4 seconds.
April 15, 2014	Changed this skill to allow it to benefit from traits that enhance explosive attacks.
December 14, 2012	This skill no longer does bleeding, but applies a three second burn. This skill is now a small projectile finisher with the rifled barrels trait equipped.
November 15, 2012	This skill is now a projectile combo finisher.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Timed Charge has been added to the game.