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Dust Strike

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Dust Strike

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Specialization
Daredevil icon small.png Daredevil
Weapon
Staff
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Game link
API
30775
0.75¾ Activation time  4 Initiative  
Dust Strike

Spin your staff in the air, creating a vortex of dust around you that blinds enemies and reflects projectiles.

Damage.png Damage: 726 (1.8)?
Damage.png Damage: 424 (1.05)?
Blinded.png Blindness (1s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Hits: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 1 second
Miscellaneous effect.png Reflect Missiles
Radius.png Radius: 180

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Deadly Arts Deadly Arts

Shadow Arts Shadow Arts

Acrobatics Acrobatics

Trickery Trickery

Daredevil Daredevil

Notes[edit]

  • The damage seems to be based on 3 total hits of 0.6 power coefficient each, whereas the 1 second of blindness is actually applied 3 times.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
October 08, 2024
  • Increased the power coefficient per hit from 0.2 to 0.35 in PvP and WvW.
November 28, 2023
  • This skill now reflects projectiles and strikes foes in a circular area instead of in a frontal cone. Increased the total power coefficient from 0.6 to 1.8 in PvE only.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Increased vulnerability stacks from 5 to 8.
April 19, 2016
  • This skill now applies 5 stacks of vulnerability per hit.
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to strike more than once.
  • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to blind for only 3 seconds instead of the full 5 seconds.
October 23, 2015 Heart of Thorns release:
  • Dust Strike has been added to the game.