Lightning Surge/Skill history

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This page contains information about a Guild Wars skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Lightning Surge.

August 26, 2026

• Decrease energy cost from 15 to 10. Cracked armor happens before damage.

Elite Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe is knocked down and struck for 14...83...100 lightning damage, and has Cracked Armor for 5...17...20 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration.

Lightning Surge

• 10
• 1
• 10

Profession

Elementalist

Attribute

Air Magic

Type

Elite hex spell

Campaign

Core

Elite Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe is knocked down and struck for 14...83...100 lightning damage, and has Cracked Armor for 5...17...20 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration.

Concise description

Elite Hex Spell. (3 seconds.) End effect: deals 14...83...100 lightning damage, causes knock-down, and inflicts Cracked Armor (5...17...20 seconds). 25% armor penetration.

March 2, 2006

• Fixed a bug that caused this skill to not trigger properly when its duration was reduced.

Original

Elite Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe is knocked down and struck for 14...83...100 Lightning damage. This spell causes Exhaustion.

Lightning Surge

• 10
• 2
• 30

Profession

Elementalist

Attribute

Air Magic

Type

Elite hex spell

Campaign

Core

Elite Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe is knocked down and struck for 14...83...100 Lightning damage. This spell causes Exhaustion.

Progression
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