Bulwark Gyro

Well. Deploy a bulwark gyro to grant barrier to allies in the area. — In-game description

Bulwark Gyro

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Slot

Utility

Tool belt

  Defense Field

Type

Well

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

30101

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Bulwark Gyro

Well. Deploy a bulwark gyro to grant barrier to allies in the area.

 Initial Barrier: 1,620 (0.8)^?

 Initial Barrier: 1,140 (0.5)^?

 Pulse Barrier: 810 (0.4)^?

 Pulse Barrier: 560 (0.25)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Interval: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Lightning

— In-game description

Related traits

Scrapper

• Gyroscopic Acceleration — Well abilities have an increased area of effect and grant superspeed to nearby allies on their first pulse. Your function gyro also grants superspeed to allies when cast.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 16, 2024	(Competitive split) Increased the cooldown from 20 seconds to 30 seconds in WvW only. Reduced the base initial barrier from 1,620 to 1,140 and the base pulsing barrier from 810 to 560 in WvW only. Reduced the initial barrier healing power coefficient from 0.8 to 0.5 and the pulse barrier healing power coefficient from 0.4 to 0.25 in WvW only.
January 30, 2024	This skill no longer redirects damage from nearby allies to the user, and it now grants barrier to nearby allies upon activation and on each pulse.
February 23, 2021	Reduced base barrier pulse from 726 to 508 in PvP only.
October 13, 2020	Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
November 19, 2019	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from properly redirecting damage to the scrapper.
July 16, 2019	This skill now scales the initial personal barrier it grants with the number of allies you are redirecting damage from. The base barrier granted has been reduced to account for the higher potential initial gain. Barrier amount is no longer split by game mode as a result. Fixed a bug with an incorrect skill fact for barrier amount.
April 23, 2019	Gyros can now be used underwater.
March 28, 2019	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to grant more barrier than intended.
March 26, 2019	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to redirect damage from inanimate objects. Reduced the barrier granted by this skill by 33% in PvP.
March 05, 2019	This skill has been reworked. The gyro now creates a lightning field that follows the engineer while it grants them barrier every second and redirects some damage from nearby allies to the engineer.
May 16, 2017	The cooldown of this skill has been increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.
July 26, 2016	The damage reduction of this skill has been reduced from 50% to 33%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Bulwark Gyro has been added to the game.