Flame Blast

Fire a napalm ball that rolls through foes and explodes. — In-game description

Flame Blast

 

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Flamethrower

Game link

API

5931

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0.5½  6  

Flame Blast

Fire a napalm ball that rolls through foes and explodes.

 Damage: 89 (0.25)^?

 Projectile Burning (4s): 524 Damage

 Projectile Burning (6s): 786 Damage

₂ Explosion Burning (4s): 1,048 Damage

₂ Explosion Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Blast Radius: 240

 Pierces

 Explosion

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Notes

Anomaly:

The skill description contains a chain skill "Detonate Flame Blast" that can not be used.

• Also used by the Flamethrowers found at Frostwalk Tundra.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Increased burning duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP only.
July 07, 2020	Increased burning duration from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
March 31, 2020	This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.
April 09, 2019	Updated the tooltip to reflect previous changes.
March 05, 2019	This skill now targets the ground and will explode automatically when it hits the targeted location.
February 22, 2017	Reduced the base damage of this skill by 66%. This skill now inflicts burning for 3 seconds.
March 26, 2013	No longer double-detonates when the projectile expires naturally. Turns off Detonate after the flame blast ball is gone.
February 26, 2013	This ability is now able to be detonated by a secondary ability.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Flame Blast has been added to the game.