Shearing Edge

Dual Attack. Form a frozen blade and spin it toward your enemies. — In-game description

Shearing Edge

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Specialization

Weaver

Weapon

Main hand sword

Attunement

Air, Water

Type

Dual Attack

Game link

API

42867

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0.5½  12  

Shearing Edge

Dual Attack. Form a frozen blade and spin it toward your enemies.

 Damage: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Chilled (20.5½s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

 Chilled (30.5½s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

₃ Bleeding (8s): 528 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Serrated Stones — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.

Weaver

• Superior Elements — Dual Attack skills weaken enemies. Attacks against weakened foes have increased critical chance.
• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.
• Elemental Refreshment — Grant barrier to yourself when using Dual Attack skills.
• Swift Revenge — Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
• Invigorating Strikes — Gain vigor when using a Dual Attack. Dodge rolling grants a barrier.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Increased projectile speed.
February 14, 2023	Increased power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.8 in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	This skill now inflicts bleeding in addition to its other effects.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0. Increased chill duration from 2.5 seconds to 3.5 seconds.
July 10, 2018	This skill will no longer fire at targets behind the elementalist.
February 06, 2018	The damage of this skill has been increased by 50%.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Shearing Edge has been added to the game.