Rocket Kick

Use your rocket boots to do an explosive kick that burns foes. — In-game description

Rocket Kick

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Parent skill

  Rocket Boots

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

5983

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0.5½  15  

Rocket Kick

Use your rocket boots to do an explosive kick that burns foes.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

₂ Burning (8s): 2,096 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Related traits

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.

Inventions

• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Notes

• The Engineer lunges forward a short distance while performing this attack. It can hit multiple opponents.
• This skill inflicts the longest duration burn in the engineer's arsenal together with Blowtorch. It's fairly easy to stack these two moves together.
• Damage value is shown without equipped weapon or kit and should not be used for power coefficient calculations.
• Despite the description, it is not considered an explosion.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 12, 2017	The number of burning stacks has been reduced from 3 to 2. The burning duration has been increased from 5 to 8.
April 19, 2016	The recharge time of this skill has been reduced from 17 seconds to 15 seconds. The damage has been increased by 33%.
August 25, 2015	Updated the burning skill fact to reflect the actual amount of burning applied.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill now applies 2 stacks of burning for 5 seconds. Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance. Recharge reduced from 20 seconds to 17 seconds.
May 28, 2013	Now hits targets at maximum range.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Rocket Kick has been added to the game.