Lightning Touch/Skill history
| File:Historic content.png | 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 Touch. |
August 26, 2026
- Reduce recharge from 10 to 5.
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 lightning damage, are Blinded for 1...3...4 second[s], and have Cracked Armor for 1...8...10 second[s]. This skill has 25% armor penetration.
- Concise description
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Cracked Armor duration
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0 10 1 1
1 13 1 2
2 17 1 2
3 20 2 3
4 23 2 3
5 27 2 4
6 30 2 5
7 33 2 5
8 37 3 6
9 40 3 6
10 43 3 7
11 47 3 8
12 50 3 8
13 53 4 9
14 57 4 9
15 60 4 10
16 63 4 11
17 67 4 11
18 70 5 12
19 73 5 12
20 77 5 13
21 80 5 14
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September 13, 2012
- Changed functionality to: "Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 5...60 lightning damage, are Blinded for 1...4 seconds, and have Cracked Armor for 1...10 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration."
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 5...49...60 lightning damage, are Blinded for 1...3...4 seconds, and have Cracked Armor for 1...8...10 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration.
- Concise description
| Progression | |
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0 5 1 1
1 9 1 2
2 12 1 2
3 16 2 3
4 20 2 3
5 23 2 4
6 27 2 5
7 31 2 5
8 34 3 6
9 38 3 6
10 42 3 7
11 45 3 8
12 49 3 8
13 53 4 9
14 56 4 9
15 60 4 10
16 64 4 11
17 67 4 11
18 71 5 12
19 75 5 12
20 78 5 13
21 82 5 14
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June 12, 2008
- Changed functionality to: "Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic hex are Blinded for 3...7...8 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration."
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic Hex are blinded for 3...7...8 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration.
- Concise description
| Progression | |
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0 10 3
1 13 3
2 17 4
3 20 4
4 23 4
5 27 5
6 30 5
7 33 5
8 37 6
9 40 6
10 43 6
11 47 7
12 50 7
13 53 7
14 57 8
15 60 8
16 63 8
17 67 9
18 70 9
19 73 9
20 77 10
21 80 10
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October 25, 2006
- decreased Energy cost to 5.
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 Lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic Hex are struck for an additional 10...34...40 Lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration.
| Progression | |
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Conditional damage
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0 10 10
1 13 12
2 17 14
3 20 16
4 23 18
5 27 20
6 30 22
7 33 24
8 37 26
9 40 28
10 43 30
11 47 32
12 50 34
13 53 36
14 57 38
15 60 40
16 63 42
17 67 44
18 70 46
19 73 48
20 77 50
21 80 52
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September 29, 2005
- Increased damage to 10...50...60.
- This update only increased this touch skill's unconditional lightning damage.
- This touch skill erroneously describes itself as a spell.
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 Lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic Hex are struck for an additional 10...34...40 Lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration.
| Progression | |
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Conditional damage
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0 10 10
1 13 12
2 17 14
3 20 16
4 23 18
5 27 20
6 30 22
7 33 24
8 37 26
9 40 28
10 43 30
11 47 32
12 50 34
13 53 36
14 57 38
15 60 40
16 63 42
17 67 44
18 70 46
19 73 48
20 77 50
21 80 52
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Original
- This touch skill erroneously describes itself as a spell.
Skill. Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...34...40 Lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic Hex are struck for an additional 10...34...40 Lightning damage. This spell has 25% armor penetration.
| Progression | |
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Conditional damage
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0 10 10
1 12 12
2 14 14
3 16 16
4 18 18
5 20 20
6 22 22
7 24 24
8 26 26
9 28 28
10 30 30
11 32 32
12 34 34
13 36 36
14 38 38
15 40 40
16 42 42
17 44 44
18 46 46
19 48 48
20 50 50
21 52 52
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