Photonic Blasting Module

Overheat now blasts damage to nearby foes and no longer deals its initial damage to you. The tool belt recharge penalty for Overheat is reduced. Heat can only be lost after overheating. Damage over time from Overheat is still applied. — In-game description

Photonic Blasting Module

Specialization

Holosmith (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Photonic Blasting Module

Overheat now blasts damage to nearby foes and no longer deals its initial damage to you. The tool belt recharge penalty for Overheat is reduced. Heat can only be lost after overheating.
Damage over time from Overheat is still applied.

 Damage: 1,329 (5.0)^?

 Damage: 665 (2.5)^?

₇ Burning (6s): 5,502 Damage

₂ Burning (2s): 524 Damage

 Recharge Penalty Reduction: 10 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

 Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Incendiary Powder — Burning you inflict lasts longer, and your critical hits inflict burning.

Holosmith

• Heat Therapy — Gain health per unit of heat lost. This trait does not function while cooling due to an overheat unless Photonic Blasting Module is equipped.

Notes

•  Laser's Edge is applied until all heat is lost.
• The explosion occurs after a short delay after reaching maximum heat. The delay is the same as the normal delay before taking damage from overheating.
• This trait reduces the tool belt recharge penalty by 10 seconds, changing it from 15 seconds to 5 seconds.
• This trait will let you benefit from  Heat Therapy even after Overheating.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 16, 2024	Reduced the damage coefficient from 3.5 to 2.5 in WvW only.
May 02, 2023	Increased burning from 5 stacks for 4 seconds to 7 stacks for 6 seconds in PvE only. Reduced power coefficient from 5.0 to 3.5 in WvW only.
November 29, 2022	Increased burning from 2 stacks for 2 seconds to 5 stacks for 4 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: When this trait is equipped, the additional recharge penalty from overheating is reduced from 15 seconds to 5 seconds.
November 07, 2017	Increased damage by 25%.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Photonic Blasting Module has been added to the game.