Dhuumfire

This article is about the trait. For the Death Shroud skill, see Dhuumfire (death shroud skill).

Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target. — In-game description

Dhuumfire

Specialization

Soul Reaping (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Dhuumfire

Shroud skill 1 inflicts burning on your target.

 Burning (3s): 393 Damage

— In-game description

Elite specializations split

The functionality of this trait is changed if the following elite specializations are equipped:

• When Scourge is equipped:

 Burning (2s): 262 Damage

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Recharge Time: 1 second

 Recharge Time: 5 seconds

• When Harbinger is equipped:

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Burning (3s): 393 Damage

Mechanics

• This trait replaces the Death Shroud skill Life Blast with the skill Dhuumfire and the Death Shroud underwater skill Plague Blast with the underwater skill Dhuumfire.
• When used with the Scourge elite specialization, this trait:
  • Has a per-target cooldown of 1 second in PvE and 5 seconds in PvP and WvW.
  • Applies 3 seconds of burning in PvE and 1 second in PvP and WvW.
  • Will cause all shade skills to inflict Burning, due to shade skills causing Manifest Sand Shade to strike when cast.
• When used with the Harbinger elite specialization, this trait applies 1 second of burning in all game modes.

Notes

Bug:

Despite the description, while the Harbinger elite specialization is equipped this trait only applies 1s of burning in PvP and WvW.

Related skills

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Life Blast — Death Shroud
•   Plague Blast — Death Shroud
•   Life Rend — Reaper's Shroud
•   Life Slash — Reaper's Shroud
•   Life Reap — Reaper's Shroud
•   Tainted Bolts — Harbinger Shroud

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Manifest Sand Shade — Shade

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dhuumfire — Dhuumfire

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	Reduced burning duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds when the scourge elite specialization is equipped in PvE only.
August 17, 2021	Fixed a bug that could cause this trait to activate multiple times without triggering its internal cooldown when used with scourge specialization skills.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) When using the scourge elite specialization, burning duration has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second.
July 11, 2018	The scourge's internal cooldown for this skill has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second in PvE only.
July 10, 2018	This trait now has a cooldown when used in conjunction with the scourge specialization. This cooldown is set at 5 seconds in PvP and WvW and 3 seconds in PvE.
December 12, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from inflicting burning when multiple scourge profession skills were activated at the same time.
November 07, 2017	Fixed a bug that was preventing this trait from properly inflicting burning on use of scourge shroud skills.
July 07, 2015	Fixed a bug with this trait that caused the skill facts on shroud skill 1 to omit the damage within a range of 600. Corrected an issue in which the Dhuumfire version of shroud skill 1 would deal less damage than intended. Fixed a bug in which Dhuumfire was a shorter range than shroud skill 1.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Soul Reaping Grandmaster tier. Removed internal cooldown. Traits that previously referred to specific skills available while in Death Shroud now refer to specific skills as Shroud Skill 1, Shroud Skill 4, etc.
April 15, 2014	This trait has been changed so that it will make Life Blast inflict 3 seconds of burning with a 10-second recharge. This trait is no longer split between PvP and PvE.
July 26, 2013	In competitive PvP only, burning duration caused by this trait has been reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds. Burning duration is still 4 seconds in other areas of the game.
June 25, 2013	Dhuumfire has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill is named after Dhuum.
• Possibly a reference to hellfire.