Magnetic Surge

Unleash a magnetic force, surging at your opponent and dazing them, while gaining magnetic aura. — In-game description

Magnetic Surge

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Parent skill

  Conjure Earth Shield

Bundle

Magnetic Shield

Game link

API

5547

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0.75¾  

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Magnetic Surge

Unleash a magnetic force, surging at your opponent and dazing them, while gaining magnetic aura.

 Damage: 355 (1.0)^?

 Magnetic Aura (4s): Reflect projectiles with magnetic energy.

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Number of Targets: 3

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Immediately grants  Magnetic Aura, meaning it will always grant the aura regardless of being interrupted.
• Does not require a target to cast, thus allowing it to be used as a movement skill.

Related traits

Fire

• Smothering Auras — Fire auras have increased duration. Applying auras to allies removes conditions, and transmuting auras removes conditions from nearby allies.

Air

• Zephyr's Boon — Grant boons to allies you grant auras to.
• 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.

Earth

• Elemental Shielding — Auras you grant to allies also grant protection.

Water

• Powerful Aura — Any aura you grant yourself is granted to nearby allies.

Arcane

• Elemental Lockdown — When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.

Tempest

• Invigorating Torrents — Auras you grant also grant regeneration and vigor.
• Elemental Bastion — Heal allies you grant an aura to. Grant frost aura to nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.

Catalyst

• Hardened Auras — Damage reduction is increased when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.
• Empowering Auras — Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
• Elemental Epitome — Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.
• Staunch Auras — Gain stability when you grant yourself an aura.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP only.
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.
November 07, 2017	The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 100%. In addition to its current effects, the beginning of this skill now grants Magnetic Aura to the user for 4 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
October 15, 2013	This skill can now hit up to 3 targets.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Magnetic Surge has been added to the game.