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August 22, 2023

  • Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in WvW only.
Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
25 Recharge time
30 Recharge time
20 Recharge time
 
Grasping Darkness

Conjure claws of darkness from the shadows to attack foes, applying a condition to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 10%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

November 29, 2022

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Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
25 Recharge time
20 Recharge time
 
Grasping Darkness

Conjure claws of darkness from the shadows to attack foes, applying a condition to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 10%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 28, 2022

Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
25 Recharge time
20 Recharge time
 
Grasping Darkness

Conjure claws of darkness from the shadows to attack foes, applying a condition to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 4%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Grasping Darkness

Conjure claws of darkness from the shadows to attack foes, applying a condition to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 4 (0.01)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 4%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

October 01, 2019

  • Grasping Darkness: Fixed an issue that could cause the claw effect to pop out of existence before the skill completed. Removed misleading legendary projectile effects from this skill due to it not being a projectile.

September 17, 2019

  • Grasping Darkness: This skill will now attempt to make the player face the target when activated instead of immediately failing when used on targets behind the player.

April 23, 2019

  • Grasping Darkness: Increased the range from 750 to 900 to make the range a standard multiple of 60.
    • Fixed issues that caused this skill to unexpectedly fail when hitting some objects.
    • This skill will no longer be stopped by projectile blocking or reflecting.
Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Grasping Darkness

Conjure claws of darkness from the shadows to attack foes, applying a condition to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 4%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

  • Grasping Darkness: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
    • Increased damage by 30%.
Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Grasping Darkness

Toss spectral scythes at foes in front of you, applying chill to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 524 (1.3)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 4%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 750

— In-game description

Original version

Grasping Darkness.png

Grasping Darkness

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Specialization
Reaper icon small.png Reaper
Weapon
Greatsword
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Grasping Darkness

Toss spectral scythes at foes in front of you, applying chill to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

Damage.png Damage: 403 (1.0)?
Chilled.png Chilled (4s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Miscellaneous effect.png Life Force: 4%
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Range.png Range: 750

— In-game description