Whirling Light

Physical. Lunge forward and perform a whirlwind kick, weakening and burning any foes left in your wake. — In-game description

Whirling Light

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Willbender

Slot

Utility

Type

Physical

Activ. type

Channeled

Movement

Leap

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

62565

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10.25¼  15  

Whirling Light

Physical. Lunge forward and perform a whirlwind kick, weakening and burning any foes left in your wake.

 Damage (4x): 1,064 (4.0)^?

 Damage (4x): 708 (2.67)^?

 Damage (4x): 612 (2.3)^?

 Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Weakness (10.5½s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Burning (3s): 393 Damage

 Burning (2s): 262 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Applies weakness and burning, as well as a whirl finisher, on each of the four hits.
• Despite the description, this skill doesn't actually cause the Willbender to lunge forward. Instead, the effect is channeled around the character like a whirlwind and allows moving freely during its activation.

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.

Radiance

• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Trivia

• The character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines upon using this skill:
  • Whirling light!

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 19, 2024	Reduced the damage multiplier from 0.6675 to 0.575 in PvP and WvW.
November 28, 2023	Increased the power coefficient per hit from 0.75 to 1.0 in PvE only.
April 19, 2022	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to only hit the arc in front of the player instead of in a full 360-degree radius.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Whirling Light has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Reduced burning duration from 4 to 3 seconds in PvE.
November 30, 2021	Whirling Light was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. You may now move while executing this ability. While active, this ability now grants a 50% movement speed increase while active and is affected by both movement speed and animation timescales. Attack radius has been increased from 170 to 240. Added a radius fact. Reduced cooldown from 20 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 17, 2021	Whirling Light was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.