Vapor Blade

Cast a vapor blade that inflicts vulnerability and returns to you. — In-game description

Vapor Blade

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Attunement

Water

Game link

API

15716

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0.5½  

Vapor Blade

Cast a vapor blade that inflicts vulnerability and returns to you.

 Damage: 121 (0.33)^?

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

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Water

• Piercing Shards — Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.

Notes

Bug:

Inflicts vulnerability on the Elementalist's summoned allies (such as those summoned via Glyph of Lesser Elementals and Glyph of Elementals).

• This is a piercing projectile attack that is not limited to the usual 5 hits.
• Vapor Blade will return to the user once it reaches its maximum range, hitting all foes in its path twice, unless the blade hits obstructing terrain or falls off a cliff, in which case the blade will not return.
• Attack speed is 1 attack per 1.0 seconds.^{[verification requested]}
• The projectile(s) from this skill keeps to the ground, meaning that it can be aimed only horizontally; its path vertically is always along the ground. It also means that targets cannot be hit if there is a gap or large elevation in the ground between the target and the caster (eg. harpy jumping puzzle in Uncategorized Fractal).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	The aftercast animation duration before another skill can be used has been decreased by 0.5 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vapor Blade has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.