Blinding Surge

Elite Spell. Target foe is struck for 5...41...50 lightning damage. That foe and all adjacent foes are Blinded for 3...7...8 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration. If this spell strikes an attacking foe, all adjacent foes are also struck and this spell deals 50% more damage.

Blinding Surge

• 10
• 0.75¾
• 6

Profession

Elementalist

Attribute

Air Magic

Type

Elite spell

Campaign

Nightfall

Elite Spell. Target foe is struck for 5...41...50 lightning damage. That foe and all adjacent foes are Blinded for 3...7...8 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration. If this spell strikes an attacking foe, all adjacent foes are also struck and this spell deals 50% more damage.

Concise description

Elite Spell. Deals 5...41...50 lightning damage. Inflicts Blindness condition (3...7...8 seconds) on target and adjacent foes. 25% armor penetration. If target was attacking, also hits adjacent foes and deals 50% more damage.

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

Acquisition

Signet of Capture

• Nightfall
  • Moteh Thundershooter (Wilderness of Bahdza)
• Factions
  • Monstrous Afflicted Elementalist (Morostav Trail (Winds of Change), only during Cleansing Morostav Trail)
• Eye of the North
  • Cursed Brigand (Shards of Orr)

Related skills

• Blinding Flash
• File:Blinding Powder.jpg Blinding Powder
• File:Gaze from Beyond.jpg Gaze from Beyond
• File:Ineptitude.jpg Ineptitude (elite)
• Thunderclap (elite)

Hero Usage

• Heroes use Blinding Surge with a preference for martial foes that are attacking. They are reluctant to use Blinding Surge on non-martial foes, preferring to use other spells if available.

Notes

Anomaly.Unlike all other Elementalist skills that deal both damage and additional damage (except Sandstorm and Teinai's Wind), this skill's additional damage is not dealt in a separate packet.

Trivia

• The functionality of this skill has changed since its introduction; see its PvE and PvP skill histories for details.