Arc Lightning

Cast an arc of electricity at your foe. — In-game description

Arc Lightning

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Scepter

Attunement

Air

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

5526

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30.5½  

Arc Lightning

Cast an arc of electricity at your foe.

 Stage 1 Damage (3x): 441 (1.2)^?

 Stage 1 Damage (3x): 111 (0.3)^?

 Stage 2 Damage (3x): 495 (1.35)^?

 Stage 2 Damage (3x): 219 (0.6)^?

 Stage 3 Damage (4x): 552 (1.5)^?

 Stage 3 Damage (4x): 440 (1.2)^?

 Number of Targets: 3

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Notes

• The arc will hit up to two additional foes on its line of effect, prioritising enemies closer to the elementalist.
• The channel will deal 10 attacks over its duration. Attacks 1-3 use stage 1 damage, attacks 4-6 use stage 2 damage, and attacks 7-10 use stage 3 damage.
  • Attack rate is one full channel per 3.95 seconds, for a total coefficient of 4.05 in PvE and 2.1 in PvP and WvW.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased the power coefficient per stage from 0.15/0.3/0.449 to 0.4/0.45/0.5 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficients per strike from 0.15/0.3/0.449 to 0.1/0.2/0.3.
February 22, 2017	This skill has been unsplit from PvP and will now deal the higher damage values (25%) in all areas of the game.
December 13, 2016	The damage of this ability has been increased by 25% in PvP only.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug in which the lightning effects attached to incorrect areas.
April 19, 2016	The damage of this skill at all levels has been increased by 33%.
June 03, 2014	Updated the skill facts to show the number of hits per stage.
March 26, 2013	Now strikes enemies that it passes through.
January 28, 2013	Fixed a bug which would cause this skill's animation effects to continue playing after the skill ended.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Arc Lightning has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.