Laser's Edge

While Photon Forge is active, your outgoing strike damage is increased based on your current heat. — In-game description

Laser's Edge

Specialization

Holosmith (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Minor

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Laser's Edge

While Photon Forge is active, your outgoing strike damage is increased based on your current heat.

 Maximum Damage Increase: 15%

 Maximum Damage Increase: 10%

— In-game description

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Holosmith

• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit — Increases maximum heat capacity. While above 100% heat, periodically gain might. Some skills and traits gain additional heat tiers.

Notes

• Damage bonus increases linearly at a rate of 0.15% damage per 1% heat.
• Damage bonus is multiplicative.
• Damage bonus increases to a maximum of 22.5% with the trait Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Reduced the maximum damage bonus from 15% to 10% in WvW only.
May 11, 2021	Reduced the maximum damage increase from 25% to 15% in PvE only. This matches the current value in PvP and WvW. Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
July 30, 2019	Increased the maximum damage from 15% to 25% in PvE only
July 16, 2019	The bonus damage from this trait is now calculated dynamically based on the amount of heat you have rather than activating after passing a specific heat threshold. Because of this change, the effect icon will no longer be displayed. Bonus damage is now multiplicative instead of additive.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Laser's Edge has been added to the game.