Winter's Bite/history

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June 30, 2022

  • Winter's Bite: Damage multiplier increased from 1.25 to 1.8 in PvE only.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
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

February 25, 2020

  • Winter's Bite: 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.
    • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0. Increased bleeding stacks from 2 to 3.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
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: 458 (1.25)?
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

January 22, 2019

  • Winter's Bite: The weakness effect applied to the pet's next attack will now be removed if an attack fails to hit.

December 11, 2018

  • Winter's Bite: 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.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 458 (1.25)?
Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (12s): 528 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

— In-game description

March 27, 2018

  • Winter's Bite: Increased damage by 20% in PvP and WvW.
    • Increased the bleeding duration from 8 seconds to 12 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 458 (1.25)?
Damage.png Damage: 550 (1.5)?
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (12s): 528 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

December 12, 2017

  • Winter's Bite: Bleeding stacks have been adjusted from 3 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 8 seconds.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 458 (1.25)?
Bleeding.png2 Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

  • Winter's Bite: Unsplit this skill from PvP. The higher 150% damage will now be used in all game types.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 458 (1.25)?
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 20, 2017

  • Winter's Bite: The damage of this skill has been increased by 150%. (PvP only)
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 183 (0.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 458 (1.25)?
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

April 19, 2016

  • Winter's Bite: 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.
Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 168 (0.5)?
Bleeding.png3 Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

July 01, 2014

  • Winter's Bite: Fixed the description and icon of the pet buff to better match its skill functionality.

December 10, 2013

Winter's Bite.png

Winter's Bite

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand axe
 
Weapon slot 3
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 168 (0.5)?
Chilled.png Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 25, 2013

  • Winter's Bite:. Fixed an issue so that it now chills for 3 seconds (as listed in the tooltip) instead of 2 seconds.

May 14, 2013

Original version

0.5½ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Winter's Bite

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

Damage.png Damage: 168 (0.5)?
Chilled.png Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description