Fireball

This article is about the elementalist skill. For the Skyscale's skill, see Fireball (skyscale).

Cast a fireball that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes. — In-game description

Fireball

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Attunement

Fire

Game link

API

5491

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Fireball

Cast a fireball that explodes on impact and hits multiple foes.

 Damage: 565 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 269 (0.666)^?

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 180

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Fire

• Burning Precision — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Pyromancer's Training — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Pyromancer's Puissance — Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.
• Blinding Ashes — Inflict blindness on foes you burn. This trait can only affect the same enemy once per interval.

Notes

• Attack speed is 1 attack per 1.4 seconds, or .714 attacks per second.
• The projectile flies in a small arc and then explodes, so it can hit targets from further than maximum range, and occasionally ones behind (small) obstructions

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.4. Now also inflicts 1 stack of burning with a 1-second duration.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.666.
April 19, 2016	The effect of this skill has been returned to its previous state. The damage of this skill has been increased by 17%.
November 17, 2015	Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Blasting Staff: The effects of this trait have been added to all staff-skill area attacks by default.
September 09, 2014	Added a Number of Targets: 3 skill fact.
June 03, 2014	Added a skill fact for the maximum number of targets (3).
October 15, 2013	Increased the base radius to 120. Increased the radius to 180 when traited with Blasting Staff.
December 14, 2012	The Fireball tooltip has been updated to display the correct radius.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Fireball has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.