Double Arc

Rip your blade through your foe twice, inflicting heavy bleeding. Your pet's next two strikes inflict poison. — In-game description

Double Arc

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Soulbeast

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Game link

API

43536

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Double Arc

Rip your blade through your foe twice, inflicting heavy bleeding. Your pet's next two strikes inflict poison.

 Damage (2x): 586 (1.6)^?

 Damage (2x): 366 (1.0)^?

₆ Bleeding (6s): 792 Damage

₄ Bleeding (9s): 792 Damage

 Poison (6s): 201 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Hidden Barbs — Bleeding you inflict is more dangerous.
• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Wilderness Survival

• Ambidexterity — Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch, dagger, or mace. Torch and dagger skills recharge faster.
• Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Soulbeast

• Predator's Cunning — When you apply poison to a foe, steal some health from them.
• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• When used, the pet will receive two stacks of the  Poisonous Strikes effect for 7 seconds.
• While in  Beastmode, the player's next attacks inflict poison.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 7 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP and WvW.
June 30, 2022	Damage multiplier per hit increased from 0.5 to 0.8 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Adjusted bleeding per hit from 3 stacks for 6 seconds to 2 stacks for 9 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Double Arc has been added to the game.