Piercing Shards

Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water. — In-game description

Piercing Shards

Specialization

Water (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Piercing Shards

Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase: 5%

 Vulnerability Duration Increased: 33%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Vapor Blade — Dagger, when attuned to water
•   Elemental Explosion — Pistol
•   Electric Exposure — Pistol, when attuned to air
•   Dazing Discharge — Pistol, when attuned to air
•   Lightning Strike — Scepter, when attuned to air
•   Ice Spike — Staff, when attuned to water
•   Lightning Javelin — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Fulgor — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Twister — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Haboob — Spear, when attuned to earth
•   Electrocute — Trident, when attuned to air
•   Lightning Orb — Warhorn, when attuned to air
•   Frostfire Flurry — Pistol, when attuned to fire and water
•   Purblinding Plasma — Pistol, when attuned to fire and air
•   Fracturing Strike — Scepter, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Stone Tide — Scepter, when attuned to water and earth
•   Quantum Strike — Sword, when attuned to air
•   Natural Frenzy — Sword, when attuned to water and earth
•   Gale Strike — Sword, when attuned to air and earth
•   Dual Orbits: Fire and Water — Hammer, when attuned to fire and water
•   Dual Orbits: Water and Air — Hammer, when attuned to air and water
•   Dual Orbits: Water and Earth — Hammer, when attuned to water and earth
•   Plasmic Strike — Trident, when attuned to fire and air
•   Grand Finale — Hammer
•   Icy Coil — Hammer, when attuned to water
•   Hurricane of Pain — Hammer, when attuned to air

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Frost Volley — Frost Bow

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Elemental Requiem — Tornado

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph, when attuned to air
•   Lightning Storm — Glyph, when attuned to air
•   Signet of Air — Signet
•   Primordial Stance — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Water Attunement — Attunement
•   Overload Air — Overload, when attuned to air

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Discharge Lightning

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Air

• Electric Discharge — Strike your target with a bolt of lightning when attuning to air. Also triggers on overload skills.

Arcane

• Arcane Precision — Your critical strikes have a chance to inflict a condition based on your attunement.

Notes

• The damage increase bonus also applies to equipped bundles and conjured weapons as long as the player remains in water attunement.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	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.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced bonus damage from 10% to 5%.
July 16, 2019	This trait now grants half its 20% bonus damage to vulnerable foes when not attuned to water. The full bonus damage is still applied while attuned to water.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Vulnerability lasts 33% longer.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Piercing Shards has been added to the game.