Grinding Stones

Dual Attack. Shred foes with a storm of stones. Take reduced damage while the storm is active. — In-game description

Grinding Stones

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Attunement

Air, Earth

Type

Dual Attack

Game link

API

40963

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Grinding Stones

Dual Attack. Shred foes with a storm of stones. Take reduced damage while the storm is active.

 Damage (6x): 606 (1.65)^?

 Stability (5s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Damage Reduced: 25%

₆ Bleeding (6s): 792 Damage

 Grinding Stones (3s): -25% Incoming Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Interval: 0.5½ seconds

 Radius: 180

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Serrated Stones — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.

Arcane

• Bountiful Power — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Weaver

• Superior Elements — Dual Attack skills weaken enemies. Attacks against weakened foes have increased critical chance.
• Elemental Refreshment — Grant barrier to yourself when using Dual Attack skills.
• Swift Revenge — Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
• Invigorating Strikes — Gain vigor when using a Dual Attack. Dodge rolling grants a barrier.

Notes

• When mentioning damage reduced, it refers to strike damage.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 26, 2021	Multiplicative damage reduction enhancements have been updated to display how much damage was reduced by rather than displaying how much the damage is multiplied by. For example, protection now displays "-33% Damage" instead of "67% damage." This is not a change to functionality; it is only a change to display the bonus in a more intuitively understandable way.
October 05, 2021	All effects that provide a percentage reduction to incoming damage have been standardized to stack multiplicatively.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This skill now grants stability for 5 seconds in PvE and 3 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 28, 2018	This skill now reduces incoming physical damage by 25% while active, in addition to its other effects. Increased the cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Grinding Stones has been added to the game.