Arcing Arrow

Shoot a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact. — In-game description

Animation

Arcing Arrow

 

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Longbow

Game link

API

14381

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Arcing Arrow

Shoot a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact.

 Damage: 963 (2.5)^?

 Damage: 578 (1.5)^?

 Burning (5s): 655 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 8 seconds

 Count Recharge: 10 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Berserker

• King of Fires — Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes.

Bladesworn

• Unshakable Mountain — Using the final round of ammo on an ammunition skill grants barrier.
• Fierce as Fire — Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
• Lush Forest — Using the first round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all warrior skills. Does not affect the recharge of Unsheathe Gunsaber, Sheathe Gunsaber, and Dragon Trigger.
• Guns and Glory — Gain ferocity for a short duration when you hit with an explosion. The effect stacks duration.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	(Undocumented) Increased power coefficient from 2.0 to 2.5 in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced ammunition recharge time from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in PvE only.
August 23, 2022	(All game modes) The aftercast animation duration before another skill can be used has been reduced by 0.5 seconds. (PvE only) Increased ammunition count to 2. Now applies 5 seconds of burning on hit.
June 28, 2022	Increased ammunition count from 1 to 2 in PvP and WvW.
September 21, 2021	(Undocumented) This skill now triggers an explosion.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.0 to 1.5.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Longbow weapon skill range has been increased to 1200.
April 15, 2014	The damage of this skill has been reduced by 15%. Fixed a bug with the skill's damage fact that displayed a much lower damage amount when traited with Burning Arrows.
September 09, 2014	Fixed an issue that caused the combo interact to incorrectly display at the start of the ability.
April 30, 2013	Added a radius skill fact. Removed the burning skill fact on the traited version because it did not actually burn.
December 14, 2012	Increased the velocity of arrows fired from Longbow skills by 30%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Arcing Arrow has been added to the game.