Winter's Bite

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Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Game link
API
12490
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

Throw an axe to chill the area around your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.

Damage.png Damage: 660 (1.8)?
Damage.png Damage: 367 (1.0)?
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (12s): 792 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Weakness.png Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900
Radius.png Blast Radius: 240
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Marksmanship Marksmanship

Skirmishing Skirmishing

Beastmastery Beastmastery

  • Honed Axes Honed Axes — You and your pet gain ferocity. Axe skills gain reduced recharge, and you gain additional ferocity while wielding an axe.

Soulbeast Soulbeast

Notes[edit]

  • When you use this skill your pet is buffed with Enfeebling Strike for 15 seconds.
  • The pet effect is applied when you throw the axe, you don't need to hit a target.
  • While in beastmode, the player's next attack applies weakness.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
June 30, 2022
  • Damage multiplier increased from 1.25 to 1.8 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0. Increased bleeding stacks from 2 to 3.
  • This skill is now always an area-of-effect skill even when not traited with Honed Axes. Increased bleeding stacks in PvE from 2 to 3, and increased bleeding duration in PvE from 8 seconds to 12 seconds to match the competitive mode version.
January 22, 2019
  • The weakness effect applied to the pet's next attack will now be removed if an attack fails to hit.
December 11, 2018
  • The duration of weakness that this skill grants has been split between game modes. It now inflicts 4 seconds of weakness in PvP and WvW while keeping a 10-second duration in PvE.
March 27, 2018
  • Increased damage by 20% in PvP and WvW.
  • Increased the bleeding duration from 8 seconds to 12 seconds in PvP and WvW.
December 12, 2017
  • Bleeding stacks have been adjusted from 3 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 8 seconds.
August 08, 2017 Path of Fire pre-patch:
  • Unsplit this skill from PvP. The higher 150% damage will now be used in all game types.
June 20, 2017
  • The damage of this skill has been increased by 150%. (PvP only)
April 19, 2016
  • The chill duration of this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds and now also applies 3 stacks of bleeding for 5 seconds.
  • The aftercast delay has been reduced by 0.32 seconds.
July 01, 2014
  • Fixed the description and icon of the pet buff to better match its skill functionality.
December 10, 2013
  • Added a weakness skill fact.
June 25, 2013
  • Fixed an issue so that it now chills for 3 seconds (as listed in the tooltip) instead of 2 seconds.
May 14, 2013
  • Fixed a bug that caused the projectile speed of the following axe skills to be 75% of their intended speed: Ricochet, Splitblade, Winter's Bite, Path of Scars.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Winter's Bite has been added to the game.