Vulnerability

Vulnerability

Effect type

Condition

Stacking

Intensity

Game link

“

Damage and condition damage taken are increased; stacks intensity.

— In-game description

Vulnerability is a condition which increases damage the target takes by 1% for each stack, up to a maximum of 25 times.

Related skills

See also: Condition#Related skills

Skills that apply vulnerability

Weapon skills that apply vulnerability

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  Chains of Light — Scepter
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  Spear of Light — Spear
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  Detonate Light — Trident
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  Judgment of Light — Trident
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  Light Ball — Trident
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  Brutal Blade — Sword
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  Preparation Thrust — Sword
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  Shackling Wave — Sword
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  Rapid Assault — Spear
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  Mistsfire — Trident
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  Portal Fire — Trident
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  Reckoning Blast — Trident
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  Torrential Mists — Trident
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  Cyclone Axe — Axe
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  Counterblow — Mace
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  Crushing Blow — Mace
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  Greatsword Slice — Greatsword
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  Greatsword Swing — Greatsword
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  Aimed Shot — Rifle
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  Brutal Shot — Rifle
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  Puncture Shot — Harpoon gun
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  Bladestorm — Dagger
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  Jump Shot — Rifle
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  Scatter Mines — Harpoon gun
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  Equalizing Blow — Hammer
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  Negative Bash — Hammer
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  Shock Shield — Hammer
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  Thunderclap — Hammer
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  Sun Edge — Sword
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  Sun Ripper — Sword
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  Whirling Defense — Axe
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  Hunter's Call — Warhorn
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  Maul — Greatsword
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  Maul — Greatsword
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  Rapid Fire — Longbow
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  Feeding Frenzy — Harpoon gun
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  Deadly Delivery — Dagger
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  Groundwork Gouge — Dagger
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  Cloak and Dagger — Dagger
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  Body Shot — Pistol
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  Tactical Strike — Sword
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  Flanking Dive — Spear
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  Nine-Tailed Strike — Spear
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  Dust Strike — Staff
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  Punishing Strikes — Staff
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  Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword
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  Brutal Aim — Rifle
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  Deadly Aim — Rifle
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  Vapor Blade — Dagger, when attuned to water
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  Shatterstone — Scepter, when attuned to water
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  Ice Spike — Staff, when attuned to water
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  Electrocute — Trident, when attuned to air
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  Lightning Orb — Warhorn, when attuned to air
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  Fracturing Strike — Scepter, when attuned to fire and earth
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  Stone Tide — Scepter, when attuned to water and earth
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  Gale Strike — Sword, when attuned to air and earth
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  Natural Frenzy — Sword, when attuned to water and earth
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  Quantum Strike — Sword, when attuned to air
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  Plasmic Strike — Trident, when attuned to fire and air
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  Illusionary Leap — Sword
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  Mind Gash — Sword
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  Mind Slash — Sword
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  Phantasmal Warden — Focus
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  Mirror Blade — Greatsword
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  Phantasmal Berserker — Greatsword
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  Phantasmal Warlock — Staff
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  Blinding Tide — Trident
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  Split Surge — Greatsword
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  Ambush Assault — Spear
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  Rending Claws — Axe
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  Soul Grasp — Focus
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  Wicked Spiral — Spear
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  Frozen Abyss — Trident
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  Death Spiral — Greatsword

Bundle skills that apply vulnerability

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  Fumigate — Elixir Gun
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  Smack — Tool Kit
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  Whack — Tool Kit
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  Frost Volley — Frost Bow

Transform skills that apply vulnerability

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  Bash — Rampage
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  Corona Burst — Engage Photon Forge
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  Elemental Requiem — Tornado
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  Lich's Gaze — Lich Form

Utility skills that apply vulnerability

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  Sword of Justice — Spirit Weapon
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  Light's Judgment — Trap
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  Voice of Truth — Final Charge
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  Gaze of Darkness — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
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  Icerazor's Ire — Legendary Renegade Stance
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  "On My Mark!" — Shout
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  Sundering Leap — Rage
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  Automatic Fire
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  Launch Wall — Exceed
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  Storm Spirit — Spirit
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  Pitfall
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  Signet of Shadows — Signet
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  Skale Venom — Venom
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  Fist Flurry — Physical
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  Binding Shadow — Cantrip
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  Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph
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  Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph, when attuned to air
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  Lightning Storm — Glyph, when attuned to air
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  Signet of Air — Signet
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  Primordial Stance — Stance
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  Power Spike
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  Epidemic — Corruption
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  Signet of Spite — Signet
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  Well of Suffering — Well
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  "Nothing Can Save You!" — Shout

Elite skills that apply vulnerability

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  Jade Winds — Legendary Assassin Stance
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  Plaguelands — Corruption

Profession mechanic skills that apply vulnerability

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  Throw Wrench — Tool belt
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  Call Lightning
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  Frenzied Attack
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  Kick
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  Primal Cry — Beast
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  Swoop
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  Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill
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  Throw Coral Shard — Stolen skill
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  Throw Crystal Shard — Stolen skill
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  Throw Cursed Artifact — Stolen skill
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  Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
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  Throw Unstable Reagent — Stolen skill
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  Steal Durability — Stolen skill
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  Overload Air — Overload, when attuned to air

Pet skills that apply vulnerability

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  Call Lightning — Jacaranda
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  Frenzied Attack — Moa
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  Jacaranda's Embrace — Juvenile Jacaranda
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  Kick — Rock Gazelle
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  Slash — Feline
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  Swoop — Bird
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  Weakening Venom — Juvenile Cave Spider

Downed skills that apply vulnerability

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  Discharge Lightning

Trait skills that apply vulnerability

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  Call of the Assassin — Song of the Mists
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  Controlled Analysis — Lock On
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  Invisible Analysis — Lock On

Racial skills that apply vulnerability

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  Oakheart Swipe
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  Brutal Swipe

Common skills that apply vulnerability

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  Centaur Dash — Centaur Banner
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  Charged Shot — Ghost Destructor Rifle
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  Coagulation Touch — Essence Coagulator
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  Debilitating Trap — Debilitating Trap
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  Devastating Shattering Shot — Ballista
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  Dragonsblood Bolt — Ballista (Thunderhead Keep)
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  Dragonsblood Spear
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  Dragonsblood Spear
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  Dragonsblood Spear
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  Eerie Whisper
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  Experimental Laser Blast — Experimental Laser Weapon Variant VL-992, Experimental Laser Weapon Variant VL-992 (bundle)
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  Explosive Leap
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  Fire Shattering Bolt — Ballista
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  Fire Shattering Bolt — Ballista (Silverwastes)
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  Greater Shattering Bolt — Ballista
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  Improved Shattering Bolt — Ballista
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  Lunge
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  Lunge
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  Overload Gun — Solvent Sprayer
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  Pliable Shot — Enchanted Armor
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  Poison Spray — Solvent Sprayer
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  Pummel — Dredge Suit
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  Reaper's Touch — Seneschal's Keystaff
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  Reel It In — Harpoon Guns
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  Rush
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  Shoot Rifle — Bombardment Target Marker, Dredge Rifle, Rifle (bundle)
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  Soul Link
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  Spot Weakness
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  Steam Stomp — Steam Creature Transformation
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  Throw Branded Shard — Branded Shard (bundle)
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  Throw Branded Shard — Branded Shard (bundle)
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  Throw Coral Shard — Coral Shard
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  Throw Coral Shard — Coral Shard
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  Throw Crystal Shard — Depleted Power Crystal, Rat Cache, Crystal Shard (bundle)
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  Throw Crystal Shard — Branded Crystals, Crystal Shard (bundle), Inquest Research Data
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  Tranquilizer Dart — Tranquilizer Rifle
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  Vine Pull — Mossheart form
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  Weaken Armor — Golem (Short Fuse)

Skills that benefit from vulnerability

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   Fierce Shot — Rifle, gains extra adrenaline
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   Ghastly Claws — Axe, deals bonus damage per stack

Related traits

See also: Condition#Related traits

Traits that apply vulnerability

•  Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Damage to vulnerable foes is increased.
•  Binding Jeopardy — Immobilizing or blinding a foe also applies vulnerability to them.
•  Big Game Hunter — Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases damage dealt. Tether duration is increased.
•  Dulled Senses — Enemies you knock back are crippled. Enemies you cripple are also inflicted with vulnerability.
•  Expose Defenses — Your first attack when entering combat applies vulnerability. This ability is refreshed when you use an elite skill.
•  Ashen Demeanor — Disabling a foe cripples your enemy, which leaves them vulnerable and inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
•  Sundering Burst — Burst 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.
•  Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
•  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.
•  Expert Examination — Stunning or dazing a foe applies vulnerability and weakness to them.
•  Opening Strike — You and your pet inflict vulnerability with your first strike when entering combat.
•  Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
•  Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.
•  Electric Discharge — Strike your target with a bolt of lightning when attuning to air. Also triggers on overload skills.
•  Arcane Precision — Your critical strikes have a chance to inflict a condition based on your attunement.
•  Illusion of Vulnerability — Inflict vulnerability when you interrupt a foe. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
•  Dazzling — Dazing or stunning a foe also applies vulnerability.
•  Rending Shatter — Shatter skills inflict vulnerability on hit.
•  Dread — Inflicting fear on a foe applies vulnerability. Deal increased damage to foes inflicted with fear.
•  Death's Embrace — Inflict vulnerability when you strike a foe below the health threshold. Deal more damage while downed.
•  Bitter Chill — Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability.
•  Unyielding Blast — Shroud skill 1 inflicts vulnerability.

Traits that benefit from vulnerability on foes

•  Focused Siphoning — When you strike foes that have vulnerability, siphon life from them.
•  Targeted Destruction — Deal increased damage to targets based on their vulnerability stacks.
•  Shaped Charge — Deal more damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.
•  Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.
•  Fragility — Deal more damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.
•  Decimate Defenses — Striking a foe with vulnerability increases your critical hit chance.

Traits that improve vulnerability

•  Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

Related Equipment

See also: Condition#Related equipment

Upgrade components that affect vulnerability on foes

Sigils

• Sigil of Peril (increases duration)

Upgrade components that apply vulnerability on foes

Sigils

• Sigil of Frailty (on hit)
• Sigil of Rending (on interrupt)

Player chatter

• When vulnerability is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	I am exposed!	Structural integrity... compromised.
Charr	I feel so... vulnerable...	Too vulnerable like this!
Human	I feel so... vulnerable...	So...vulnerable...
Norn	Feeling vulnerable!	This... is going to hurt.
Sylvari	I need cover!	I'm exposed.

Version history

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This condition was changed so that it not only increases direct damage, it also increases condition damage. Each stack will increase direct damage by 1% and condition damage by 1%. Boon to Condition Conversion: Protection converts to 3 stacks of vulnerability for 10 seconds (+2 stacks).
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vulnerability has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A similar mechanic exists in the original Guild Wars, known as Cracked Armor.
• This condition was changed to increase damage from conditions in the June 23, 2015 game update.

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Effects (stacking)