Katabatic Wind

Dual Attack. Release a frigid wind that damages foes. — In-game description

Katabatic Wind

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Attunement

Water, Air

Type

Dual Attack

Game link

API

46140

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Katabatic Wind

Dual Attack. Release a frigid wind that damages foes.

 Damage: 323 (0.88)^?

 Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

 Regen (4s): 520 Heal

 Daze: 10.5½ seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Defiance Break: 150

— 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.
• Lightning Rod — Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Water

• Cleansing Water — Cleanse conditions from allies you grant regeneration to.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.
• 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 Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.
• 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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
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.
March 27, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to grant an improper version of the regeneration boon to allies.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Katabatic Wind has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A katabatic wind, also called a fall wind, is a frigid wind falling from high elevation to low elevation, generally down the slope of a mountain.