Aim-Assisted Rocket

Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown. — In-game description

Aim-Assisted Rocket

Specialization

Explosives (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Aim-Assisted Rocket

Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead.
This trait has an internal cooldown.

 Missiles Until Orbital Strike: 4

 Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Aim-Assisted Rocket (PvE)			Fire a seeking rocket at your foe.
Aim-Assisted Rocket (WvW, PvP)			Fire a seeking rocket at your foe.
Orbital Command Strike			Call down energy from the sky to blast an area.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Fragmentation Shot — Pistol
•   Poison Dart Volley — Pistol
•   Static Shot — Pistol
•   Glue Shot — Pistol
•   Throw Shield — Shield
•   Rifle Burst — Rifle
•   Net Shot — Rifle
•   Overcharged Shot — Rifle
•   Homing Torpedo — Harpoon gun
•   Scatter Mines — Harpoon gun
•   Capture Line — Harpoon gun
•   Timed Charge — Harpoon gun
•   Net Wall — Harpoon gun
•   Refraction Cutter Blade — Sword
•   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Tranquilizer Dart — Elixir Gun
•   Glob Shot — Elixir Gun
•   Super Elixir — Elixir Gun
•   Flame Blast — Flamethrower
•   Napalm — Flamethrower
•   Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Mortar Shot — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Poison Gas Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Endothermic Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Flash Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Elixir Shell — Elite Mortar Kit

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Light Strike — Engage Photon Forge
•   Photon Blitz — Engage Photon Forge

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Throw Mine — Gadget
•   Launch Wall — Exceed

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Toss Elixir X — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Toss Elixir B — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Toss Elixir C — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Toss Elixir R — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Toss Elixir S — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Toss Elixir U — Elixir, Tool belt
•   Grenade Barrage — Tool belt
•   Launch Personal Battering Ram — Tool belt
•   Net Attack — Tool belt
•   Rocket — Tool belt
•   Surprise Shot — Tool belt
•   Throw Napalm — Tool belt
•   Throw Wrench — Tool belt
•   Blade Burst — Tool belt
•   Particle Accelerator — Tool belt
•   Spark Revolver — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Jade Mortar — Tool belt, Mech Command

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Orbital Command Strike — Aim-Assisted Rocket

Notes

Anomaly:

Throwing nets to capture baby dolyaks during the Help Maxtar Rapidstep capture dolyaks renown heart will trigger the orbital strike but not the rockets.

• "Missile hits" refers to hits done by projectiles.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 21, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to begin its internal cooldown when a missile struck an ally.
October 04, 2022	Attacks performed by mechs will no longer trigger this trait.
August 02, 2022	This trait no longer has a minimum range. Instead, it only activates on hits from missile weapons. The mechanist's mech pet now triggers this trait at half the previous rate, with an internal cooldown of 6 seconds.
June 28, 2022	Minimum range threshold reduced from 450 to 150.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Rockets are now only fired on critical hits. Rocket recharge reduced from 10 seconds to 3 seconds. Rockets now require the engineer to be at least 450 distance from the target to fire. Every fifth rocket instead calls an Orbital Strike.
March 27, 2018	Reduced damage by 50% in PvP and WvW.
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
August 25, 2015	The rocket fired by this trait can now activate the effects of the trait Shrapnel.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Aim-Assisted Rocket has been added to the game.