Whirling Wrath

Spin in place and swing your greatsword while hurling powerful projectiles. — In-game description

Whirling Wrath

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Greatsword

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

9081

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0.75¾  8  

Whirling Wrath

Spin in place and swing your greatsword while hurling powerful projectiles.

 Damage (7x): 1,274 (3.15)^?

 Damage (7x): 1,127 (2.8)^?

 Projectile Damage: 151 (0.375)^?

 Projectile Damage: 40 (0.1)^?

 Number of Impacts: 7

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 130

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

General

• Coefficient: 3.15 for primary strikes (0.45 each * 7) and 2.625 for secondary projectiles (0.375 each * 7), for a total coefficient of 5.775.
• This skill will only make up to 4 whirl finishers despite making up to 7 hits.

Projectiles

• Both the spin and the projectiles deal damage. Projectiles fly out in random directions, so not all will connect with smaller targets.
• The projectiles do not pierce.
• Disabling the "Melee Attack Assist" option in the General Options, which prevents the character from moving into the hitbox of enemies, will allow you to use this skill from the inside of an enemy. This makes all projectiles hit the enemy from the inside, resulting in a substantial increase in total damage to the target.
• The projectile(s) from this skill keeps to the ground, meaning that it can be aimed only horizontally; its path vertically is always along the ground. It also means that targets cannot be hit if there is a gap or large elevation in the ground between the target and the caster (e.g., harpy jumping puzzle in Uncategorized Fractal).
• The projectiles have a damage type of Lightning and will cause the appropriate death animation.

Related traits

Zeal

• Zealous Blade — Your power is increased. Gain additional power while wielding a greatsword. Your greatsword skills have reduced recharge.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from creating Combo Finisher: Whirl the correct number of times.
February 14, 2023	This skill no longer reduces the user's movement speed.
July 07, 2020	Increased melee strike power coefficient from 0.3 to 0.4 in PvP and WvW. Reduced projectile power coefficient from 0.25 to 0.1 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.3 in PvP and WvW. (Competitive split) Reduced projectile power coefficient from 0.375 to 0.25 in PvP and WvW. Fixed a bug in which the projectiles fired by this skill did less damage than expected.
February 22, 2017	Reduced recharge from 10 seconds to 8 seconds. Increased damage by 20%. Projectile damage is now listed separately from melee damage.
July 01, 2014	Added number of impacts and radius skill facts. Fixed a bug that caused the damage skill fact to display 9 hits instead of 7.
October 07, 2012	Reorganized guardian greatsword skills to the following: Skill 2: Whirling Wrath (10 second recharge) Skill 3: Leap of Faith (15 second recharge) Skill 4: Symbol of Wrath (20 second recharge)
August 28, 2012	Game release: Whirling Wrath has been added to the game.