Sun Edge (non-holosmith)

This article is about the skill variant available with Weaponmaster Training. For the holosmith version, see Sun Edge.

Strike your foe and inflict vulnerability. — In-game description

Sun Edge

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand sword

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

70514

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0.5½  

Sun Edge

Strike your foe and inflict vulnerability.

 Damage: 352 (0.96)^?

 Damage: 224 (0.61)^?

 Vulnerability (10s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Vulnerability (6s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Shaped Charge — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Notes

• This skill cleaves.
• The full chain completes in 2.37 seconds ± 0.02 seconds.
• The recharge time reduction from the final hit of the chain is always 1 second, regardless of how many enemies are hit, and it does not happen if all enemies hit are Invulnerable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Sun Edge has been added to the game. Engineers without the holosmith elite specialization equipped will now use separate versions of sword skills. Those skills have been adjusted as follows: Increased power coefficient from 0.88 to 0.96 in PvE, and from 0.586 to 0.61 in PvP and WvW.