Shrapnel

Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit. — In-game description

Shrapnel

Specialization

Explosives (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Shrapnel

Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.

 Chance on Hit: 33%

 Bleeding (6s): 132 Damage

 Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Rifle Burst Grenade — Rifle
•   Jump Shot — Rifle
•   Electric Artillery — Spear
•   Devastator — Spear
•   Homing Torpedo — Harpoon gun
•   Scatter Mines — Harpoon gun
•   Timed Charge — Harpoon gun
•   Electro-whirl — Hammer
•   Mace Blast — Mace
•   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Fire Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Concussion Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Smoke Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Flame Blast — Flamethrower
•   Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Mortar Shot — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Poison Gas Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Endothermic Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Flash Shell — Elite Mortar Kit

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Light Strike—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Bright Slash—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Flash Cutter—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Corona Burst — Engage Photon Forge

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Detonate Healing Turret

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Throw Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate Flame Turret
•   Detonate Harpoon Turret
•   Detonate Net Turret
•   Detonate Rifle Turret
•   Explosive Rockets
•   Rocket Turret — Turret
•   Detonate Rocket Turret
•   Detonate Thumper Turret
•   Blast Gyro — Well
•   Launch Wall — Exceed

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets
•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets
•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Big Ol' Bomb — Tool belt
•   Grenade Barrage — Tool belt
•   Mine Field — Tool belt
•   Detonate Mine Field — Tool belt
•   Rocket — Tool belt
•   Prismatic Singularity — Tool belt
•   Explosive Knuckle — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Jade Mortar — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Mech Support: Depth Charges

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bunker Down — Bunker Down
•   Drop Mine — Streamlined Kits
•   Explosive Entrance — Explosive Entrance
•   Lesser Grenade Barrage — Grenadier
•   Long-Fused Powder Pack — Takedown Round
•   Rocket Punch — Mech Fighter

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Firearms

• Sanguine Array — Gain might when you inflict bleeding on a foe.
• Hematic Focus — You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
• Serrated Steel — Bleeding you inflict gains increased duration.
• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Tools

• Gadgeteer — Gadget skills are more powerful.

Holosmith

• Crystal Configuration: Storm — Photon Forge skill 1 now fires explosive projectiles, but generates extra heat.
• Photonic Blasting Module — Overheat now blasts damage to nearby foes and no longer deals its initial damage to you. The tool belt recharge penalty for Overheat is reduced. Heat can only be lost after overheating. Damage over time from Overheat is still applied.

Notes

• The 33% chance applies to both the bleeding and the cripple.
• This trait does not affect Fragmentation Shot.
• This trait is triggered by direct damage. Simultaneous explosions from Grenade Kit abilities may each trigger the trait, as may each pulse of Fire Bomb, but pulses from Smoke Bomb or Elite Mortar Kit skills will not trigger the trait.

Bugs:

• Although the skills Detonate Mines, Booby Trap, Explosive Descent and Aim-Assisted Rocket do benefit from Steel-Packed Powder, they do not from Shrapnel.
• Bunker Down, utility skills and some tool belt skills that benefit from shrapnel only apply the bleed effect, not the cripple.
• While every other skill in Bomb Kit is able to trigger this trait, Glue Bomb can not.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 22, 2017	The chance for this trait to activate has been increased from 15% to 33%. Reduced cripple duration from 2 seconds to 1 second. Reduced bleed duration from 12 seconds to 6 seconds. Fixed issues with this trait that caused it to activate at lower-than-expected rates for some skills. Updated the description to specify that this trait only activates on hit.
June 24, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from functioning properly with all of the Elite Mortar Kit skills.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Cripple effect added. This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier.
April 30, 2013	Picking up a turret no longer triggers effects from the Accelerant-Packed Turrets and Shrapnel traits.
December 14, 2012	Increased bleed chance from 6% to 15%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shrapnel has been added to the game.