Crescent Wind

Summon a projectile of air that circles around you, damaging foes. While this projectile is active, your chance to critically strike is increased. Summoning a circular projectile refreshes the duration of all other circular projectiles. — In-game description

Crescent Wind

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Catalyst

Weapon

Hammer

Attunement

Air

Sequence

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Game link

API

62887

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Crescent Wind

Summon a projectile of air that circles around you, damaging foes. While this projectile is active, your chance to critically strike is increased. Summoning a circular projectile refreshes the duration of all other circular projectiles.

 Damage: 1 (0.001)^?

 Damage: 61 (0.15)^?

 Crescent Wind (15s): +15% Critical Chance

 Crescent Wind (8s): +12% Critical Chance

 Weakness (10.5½s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Weakness (1s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Number of Targets: 2

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Notes

• This skill doesn't count as a projectile anymore but as a spell area effect and isn't affected by blocking, invulnerability, Aegis, or skills that block projectiles.
  • If the projectile vanishes, the bonus still lingers but no longer sends a projectile out for   Grand Finale. This is relevant only during the final fight in Bastion of the Penitent against Deimos, where being teleported to or from the Demonic Realm makes the projectiles disappear.
• The recharge begins immediately upon use, rather than after expiry or use of Grand Finale.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased the critical strike chance bonus from 10% to 15% in PvE only.
December 13, 2022	Reduced power coefficient from 0.1 to 0.001 in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	This skill now strikes enemies once per second instead of using a projectile. Increased power coefficient from 0.001 to 0.1 in PvE only.
March 29, 2022	Damage coefficient reduced from 0.1 to 0.001 in PvE only. Duration increased from 5 seconds to 15 seconds in PvE only. Critical Chance bonus while active increased from 7% to 10% in PvE only. Increased projectile duration from 5 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased critical chance bonus from 7% to 12% in PvP and WvW.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Crescent Wind has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Weakness duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds in PvE. Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.25 to 0.1 in PvE.
November 30, 2021	Crescent Wind was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. These skills now activate instantly. Reduced circle radius from 200 to 130 to better align with melee spacing. Reduced power coefficient from 0.35 to 0.25 to compensate for a faster orbit. Fixed a bug where these projectiles would last much longer than expected when becoming downed or defeated.
September 21, 2021	Crescent Wind was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 2.

See also

•   Flame Wheel
•   Icy Coil
•   Rocky Loop