Searing Salvo

Fire a shot that explodes into fragments of fire when it hits the ground. If you have a fire bullet, consume it to gain a fire aura. If not, create a fire bullet. — In-game description

Searing Salvo

 

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol

Attunement

Fire

Game link

API

71940

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0.5½  

12

15

 

Searing Salvo

Fire a shot that explodes into fragments of fire when it hits the ground.

If you have a fire bullet, consume it to gain a fire aura. If not, create a fire bullet.

 Initial Strike Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Initial Strike Damage: 275 (0.75)^?

 Secondary Explosion Damage: 92 (0.25)^?

 Burning (2s): 262 Damage

 Burning (7s): 917 Damage

₂ Burning (6s): 1,572 Damage

When Consuming a Fire Bullet

 Fire Aura (4s): Enveloped in a fiery shield that burns foes, grants might each time you are struck (1-second cooldown per attacker).

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 180

 Blast Radius: 120

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Mechanics

•  Fire Bullet — The  Fire Aura granted occurs at the end of the casting animation. Not the beginning.
• This skill can hit a single target up to 5 times.
  • Once on the initial strike, followed by four other, smaller, strikes.

Related traits

Fire

• Burning Precision — Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
• Smothering Auras — Fire auras have increased duration. Applying auras to allies removes conditions, and transmuting auras removes conditions from nearby allies.
• Pyromancer's Training — Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Pyromancer's Puissance — Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.
• Blinding Ashes — Inflict blindness on foes you burn. This trait can only affect the same enemy once per interval.

Air

• Zephyr's Boon — Grant boons to allies you grant auras to.

Earth

• Elemental Shielding — Auras you grant to allies also grant protection.

Water

• Powerful Aura — Any aura you grant yourself is granted to nearby allies.

Tempest

• Invigorating Torrents — Auras you grant also grant regeneration and vigor.
• Elemental Bastion — Heal allies you grant an aura to. Grant frost aura to nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.

Catalyst

• Hardened Auras — Damage reduction is increased when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
• Empowering Auras — Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
• Elemental Epitome — Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.
• Staunch Auras — Gain stability when you grant yourself an aura.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 27, 2024	Searing Salvo has been added to the game. Reduced the initial burning from 2 stacks for 8 seconds to 1 stack for 7 seconds in PvE only. Reduced the secondary burning from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvE only. Increased the missile velocity.
November 28, 2023	Searing Salvo was available during the beta event.