Winter's Bite/history
June 30, 2022
- Winter's Bite: Damage multiplier increased from 1.25 to 1.8 in PvE only.
Winter's Bite
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill the area around your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
Damage: 660 (1.8)? Damage: 367 (1.0)?- Bleeding (12s): 792 Damage
3- Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Range: 900
- Blast Radius: 240
- 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill the area around your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
Damage: 458 (1.25)? Damage: 367 (1.0)?- Bleeding (12s): 792 Damage
3- Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Range: 900
- Blast Radius: 240
- 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“— 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“— 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
- Damage: 458 (1.25)?
- Bleeding (8s): 352 Damage
2- Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
- Damage: 458 (1.25)?
- Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage
3- Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“— 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
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
- Damage: 168 (0.5)?
- Bleeding (5s): 330 Damage
3- Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 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: Added a weakness skill fact.
Winter's Bite
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Main hand axe
- Game link
“Throw an axe to chill your foe. Your pet's next attack inflicts weakness.
- Damage: 168 (0.5)?
- Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
- Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 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
- 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.