Ride the Lightning/history
August 23, 2022
- Ride the Lightning: (PvE only) Recharge reduced from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
Ride the Lightning
- Profession
- Elementalist (skill list)
- Weapon
- Off hand dagger
- Attunement
- Air
- Movement
- Leap
- Game link
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
Damage: 367 (1.0)? Damage: 220 (0.6)?- Number of Targets: 5
- Radius: 180
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
March 29, 2022
- Ride the Lightning: Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Ride the Lightning
- Profession
- Elementalist (skill list)
- Weapon
- Off hand dagger
- Attunement
- Air
- Movement
- Leap
- Game link
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
Damage: 367 (1.0)? Damage: 220 (0.6)?- Number of Targets: 5
- Radius: 180
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 25, 2020
- Ride the Lightning: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.6.
Ride the Lightning
- Profession
- Elementalist (skill list)
- Weapon
- Off hand dagger
- Attunement
- Air
- Game link
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
Damage: 367 (1.0)? Damage: 220 (0.6)?- Number of Targets: 5
- Radius: 180
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 22, 2017
- Ride the Lightning: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
Ride the Lightning
- Profession
- Elementalist (skill list)
- Weapon
- Off hand dagger
- Attunement
- Air
- Game link
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
- Damage: 367 (1.0)?
- Number of Targets: 5
- Radius: 180
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
January 26, 2016
- Ride the Lightning: This ability is no longer able to be used in midair.
June 23, 2015
- Ride the Lightning: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
April 30, 2013
- Ride the Lightning skill:
- Recharge increased 20 seconds to 40 seconds.
- Recharge is now halved if the player strikes a foe.
- Reduced the range to 1200 from the previous (hidden) 1550.
- Distance is reduced by 40% while carrying the orb. (In Spirit Watch)
Ride the Lightning
- Profession
- Elementalist (skill list)
- Weapon
- Off hand dagger
- Attunement
- Air
- Game link
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
- Damage: 340 (1.00)?
- Number of Targets: 5
- Radius: 180
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 26, 2013
- Ride the Lightning: This ability's recharge has been increased to 20 seconds.
Ride the Lightning
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst.
— In-game description
December 16, 2012
- Ride the Lightning: This skill no longer resets attunement cooldowns.
November 15, 2012
- Ride the Lightning: This skill should now track moving enemies more reliably.
Original version
Ride the Lightning
“Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst.
— In-game description