Prelude Lash

Beast. Pull foes toward you and bind them briefly. — In-game description

Prelude Lash

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Soulbeast

Slot

Profession mechanic

Archetype

 Versatile

Type

Beast

Game link

API

43375

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0.25¼  25  

Prelude Lash

Beast. Pull foes toward you and bind them briefly.

 Damage: 106 (0.4)^?

 Damage: 0.01 (0.4)^?

 Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

 Pull: 300

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 300

 Defiance Break: 150

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Moment of Clarity — Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Predator's Onslaught — You and your pet deal increased strike damage to disabled, defiant, or movement-impaired foes. Affected conditions are stun, taunt, daze, cripple, fear, immobilize, and chilled.

Wilderness Survival

• Carnivore — Steal 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 — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic

• Rejuvenation — Beast skills now grant regeneration around the ranger.
• Invigorating Bond — Beast skills heal allies around the ranger.

Beastmastery

• Go for the Eyes — Nearby foes are blinded by Beast abilities.
• Wilting Strike — Beast abilities inflict weakness on those struck. This effect will only occur once on each target struck by an ability.
• Two-Handed Training — Greatsword and underwater spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.
• Beastly Warden — Beast abilities taunt nearby foes.

Soulbeast

• Live Fast — Using a Beast ability grants you offensive boons.
• Twice as Vicious — Disabling a foe increases your damage and condition damage for a short duration.
• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• Your character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines upon using this skill:
  • Prepare yourself!
  • Ready for this?
  • All set.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the power coefficient from 0.4 to 0.01 in WvW and PvP.
September 12, 2023	Prelude Lash: This skill no longer immobilizes in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Prelude Lash has been added to the game.