Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if this is a bug or my lack of understanding how this skill works.

My Ele is level 77 using an appropriate level of Staff (74), but have noticed recently that the Flame Burst skill is only doing damage for 49 on targets.

The Tooltip shows is does Burning (5 1/2s) 1784 Damage, Radius 180 Range 1200 , but while farming the last two days I consistently saw damage only of 49 one time, not over time, no matter which mob I was on – raptors, trolls, skelks, spiders, nightmare. I was working in Sparkfly Fen.

Thank you for your help!

Am I missing something? It seems like it used to do more damage, but I honestly did not check until last two days.

Thanks you.

If im not mistaken, the initial damage of flameburst is low as you discribed.

however it leaves a Burn effect that lasts for a couple of seconds each ticking away till the total of you 1784 damage is reached. i just tested it myself, and it does work. its a Damage over time, not an instant damage boost

I thought this to begin with … that it was a dot.. but I went back out and tested it and did not see any ‘ticks’ of damage after the initial 49. I’ve tried this daily, but am not seeing any further damage other than the initial burst in PVE. Unfortunately, in WvW, things move to fast to check.