Lightning Strike

Lightning Strike

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Profession

Elementalist

Attribute

Air Magic

Type

Hex spell

Campaign

Core

Hex Spell. Strike target foe for 5...41...50 lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration. If you are Overcast, that foe is hexed with Lightning Strike for 3 seconds. When this hex ends, that foe is struck again for 5...41...50 lightning damage.

Concise description

Hex Spell. Deals 5...41...50 lightning damage. 25% armor penetration. Hex for 3 seconds if Overcast. End effect: deals 5...41...50 lightning damage.

Progression
Air Magic Lightning damage	0 5 1 8 2 11 3 14 4 17 5 20 6 23 7 26 8 29 9 32 10 35 11 38 12 41 13 44 14 47 15 50 16 53 17 56 18 59 19 62 20 65 21 68

Acquisition

Skill quests

• Prophecies
  • Hungry Devourer (Beacon's Perch)
• Nightfall
  • Primary Training (Churrhir Fields)
  • Choose Your Secondary Profession (Churrhir Fields)

Skill trainers

• Prophecies
  • Firstwatch Sergio (Lion's Arch)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Tohn (Kamadan, Jewel of Istan)

Related skills

• Incendiary Bonds
• Lightning Surge (elite)
• Shatterstone (elite)

Notes

Anomaly. Similar to Incendiary Bonds and Lightning Surge, removing the hex before it ends will negate the end effect, unlike Shatterstone and most other skills with an end effect.

Bug.Despite the ambiguity of the concise description, the end effect damage also has 25% armor penetration.

Trivia

• The functionality of this skill has changed since its introduction; see its skill history for details.

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki also has an article on Lightning Strike.