Arcing Slice

Burst. Deliver a circular attack to foes around you, and gain fury. Deal more damage to foes with low health. — In-game description

Arcing Slice

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Profession mechanic

Weapon

Greatsword

Type

Burst

Game link

API

14375, 14545, 14546, 14547

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0.5½  8  

Arcing Slice

Burst. Deliver a circular attack to foes around you, and gain fury. Deal more damage to foes with low health.

 Damage: 807 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 489 (1.213)^?

 Damage: 549 (1.36)^?

 Damage against foes under 50% health: 1,210 (3.0)^?

 Damage against foes under 50% health: 734 (1.82)^?

 Level 1 Adrenaline (8s): +25% Critical Chance

 Level 1 Adrenaline (8s): +20% Critical Chance

 Level 2 Adrenaline (12s): +25% Critical Chance

 Level 2 Adrenaline (12s): +20% Critical Chance

 Level 3 Adrenaline (16s): +25% Critical Chance

 Level 3 Adrenaline (16s): +20% Critical Chance

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 150

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.

Arms

• Furious Burst — Gain fury when you swap weapons. Fury gives an increased critical chance.
• Deep Strikes — Gain condition damage when you have fury. You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
• Sundering Burst — Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Burst Precision — Burst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Berserker

• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.

Spellbreaker

• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Magebane Tether — Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Notes

• Fury is only gained if an enemy is hit.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	Increased the power coefficient from 1.213 to 1.36 in PvP only. The power coefficient when striking a low-health target is unchanged.
September 13, 2022	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to do less damage than intended when used by spellbreakers.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.32 to 2. Damage multiplier against foes under 50% health increased from 1.98 to 3.
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
March 17, 2020	Fixed a bug that caused the spellbreaker version of this skill to do more damage than expected in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced base power coefficient from 1.32 to 1.213. Reduced bonus power coefficient from 1.98 to 1.82.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Rescaled fury gain from 5/10/15 seconds to 8/12/16 seconds, respectively, based on your adrenaline level.
September 29, 2015	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to benefit multiple times from the condition removal provided by Cleansing Ire.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Using a burst skill for your equipped weapon will now set the recharge of all adrenaline tiers of that burst skill. The recharge of all burst skills has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
February 10, 2015	Skill facts have been updated to reflect the recent 10% damage increase.
January 27, 2015	The damage from this skill has been increased by 10%.
September 09, 2014	Lowered base damage by 8%. Updated animation for this skill. Increased number of targets hit by this skill to 5. This skill now deals 50% more damage to foes below 50% health.
January 28, 2013	Updated this skill's description to correctly state the boon it applies.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Arcing Slice has been added to the game.