Bomb

Set an explosive that damages nearby foes. — In-game description

Bomb

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Bomb Kit

Game link

API

5842

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0.5½  

Bomb

Set an explosive that damages nearby foes.

 Damage: 426 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 249 (0.7)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Fuse Time: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Notes

• Actual attack speed is approximately 0.86 seconds per attack for placing the bomb plus approximately the same time until it explodes.
• Under water the actual attack speed is approximately 0.71 seconds per attack for placing the bomb plus approximately 0.86 seconds until it explodes. This is probably caused due another animation with less aftercast.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 01, 2020	Reduced power coefficient from 0.85 to 0.7 in WvW only.
April 28, 2020	(Bomb Kit Skill 1): Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.85 in WvW only
February 06, 2018	Reduced damage by 4%.
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.
April 19, 2016	Bomb Kit: Fixed a bug that caused the explosions of this skill to behave oddly and not occur where the bomb was originally laid.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Bomb Kit: Fixed an effect issue so that placed bombs are now slightly offset in order to better match their animations.
August 25, 2015	Bombs: Increased the radius of bomb skills with a radius of 180 to 240. This change includes bombs created by the traits Evasive Powder Keg and Autodefense Bomb Dispenser.
October 15, 2013	Increased the base radius from 120 to 180. Increased the radius to 240 when traited with Forceful Explosives.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Bomb has been added to the game.

See also

• Bomb (bundle)