Lightning Breath

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Lightning Breath

Not available underwater  
Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Pet
River Drake
Slot
Pet (skill list)
Attack My TargetWeapon slot filled tango.pngReturn to MeSwap pets
Type
Beast
Game link
API
12698
Not available underwater This skill has an underwater replacement: Electrocute (river drake)
10.5½ Activation time  
20 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
 
Lightning Breath

Beast. Breathe bolts of lightning that bounce to nearby foes.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 685 (0.33)?
Damage.png Damage (5x): 570 (0.275)?
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 3
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Wilderness Survival Wilderness Survival

  • Carnivore CarnivoreSteal health from enemies when you or your pet disable them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
  • Poison Master Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic Nature Magic

Beastmastery Beastmastery

Soulbeast Soulbeast

Notes[edit]

  • After this skill's initial cast time, the attack itself is channeled over 1.5 seconds.
  • Fires 5 bolts over the full duration of the channel; each bolt bounces up to 2 times and is capable of hitting the same target multiple times.
  • Each bolt is treated as a projectile and can be reflected or blocked.
  • Each bounce has a maximum range of roughly 400 units.
This skill's tooltip is missing multiple skill facts.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
November 28, 2023
  • Reduced the cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE and from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in WvW and PvP. Reduced the power coefficient from 0.33 to 0.275 in WvW and PvP.
June 25, 2013
  • Reduced the damage by 17%.
April 30, 2013
  • Reduced cast time from 2.7 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
  • The lightning from this attack no longer tracks targets.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Lightning Breath has been added to the game.