Electrocute

Charge the water around your foe with electricity. Enemies currently using an ability are dazed. — In-game description

Electrocute

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Trident

Attunement

Air

Game link

API

5655

This skill is only available underwater and has no land replacement.

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Electrocute

Charge the water around your foe with electricity. Enemies currently using an ability are dazed.

 Damage: 880 (2.4)^?

 Damage: 440 (1.2)^?

₅ Vulnerability (6s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

 Daze: 1 second

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Defiance Break: 100

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Air

• Stormsoul — Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Aeromancer's Training — Gain ferocity, and gain additional ferocity while attuned to air. Air weapon skills get a reduced recharge time.
• Lightning Rod — Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Water

• Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.2 to 2.4.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
May 08, 2018	The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. It now dazes enemies if they are currently using a skill.
June 25, 2013	Increased the damage by 50%. Increased the recharge from 5 seconds to 12 seconds. This skill now applies 5 stacks of vulnerability for 6 seconds.
December 03, 2012	This skill now has a maximum range and line of sight requirement.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Electrocute has been added to the game.