Fire Artillery

Fire Artillery

An active ability found on the second slot of Fire Staffs.

It is unlocked at mastery level 70.

Fire Artillery	Energy Cost	42	You become stationary and fire a projectile every 2s at the enemy position. This projectile deals 145 magic damage on impact and leaves a burning area on the ground for 6s. The area applies a burn which deals damage consistently for 3s and stacks up to 4 times if the enemy stays in the area. Area Damage: Players: deals 37 every 0.5s (stacks up to 4 times) Mobs: Deals 13 every 0.5s (stacks up to 4 times)
	Cast Time	1.5 and 4s channel
	Range	18m
	Radius	3m
	Cooldown	15s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power.

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 20.000.1	8 June 2022	Into the Fray Update	Pyroblast is now a channeled skillshot that rewards positioning and timing. Ignite has been replaced with a new ability: Flame Blast. And Infernal Staff's Contagious Fire has been replaced with Combustion, which ignites an enemy, leaving behind a flaming trail that silences. The Burn effect of Fire Bolt now triggers sooner, increasing the damage output if the same target is hit multiple times. Flame Pillar now deals significantly more damage on a higher cooldown (15s). If at least one enemy is hit, however, the cooldown is reduced back to 10s. Various other improvements and adjustments have also been made to make these staffs feel more polished. Fire Bolt (all Fire Staffs): Burn Damage over Time Delay: 1s → 0.3s Hit Delay: 0.2s → 0.12s Burning Field (all Fire Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.1s → 0.15s Removed the ability Ignite (all Fire Staffs) Added a new W-Slot ability, Flame Blast (all Fire Staffs): Select a target (Ally, Enemy, Self) - after 1.6s an explosion occurs around the target, dealing 150 magical damage to all enemies in a 5m radius. If the main target is an enemy they also take an additional 45 magical damage immediately. Wall of Flames (all Fire Staffs): Standtime: 0.6s → 0.4s Fire Wave (all Fire Staffs): Fire Wave area Duration: 0.8s → 1s Fire Ball (all Fire Staffs): Renamed the ability to Raging Flare Cast Range: 18m → 22m Instant Damage: 124.63 → 135 Projectile Speed increased by 10% Fire Artillery (all Fire Staffs): Hit Delay: 0.1s → 0s Projectile Hit Delay: 0.5s → 0.2s Pyroblast (One-handed Fire Staff) has been completely reworked: Pyroblast is charged while channeling for up to 2s (can aim while channeling) Deals magical damage in a 4m radius upon impact with an enemy, dependent upon the length of the channel Charge Up: 0.5s / 1s / 1.5s / 2s - Damage: 240 / 280 / 320 / 360 (Previous Pyroblast instant Damage: 300) If channeled for the full duration, the Pyroblast also knocks targets back 2.5m Flame Pillar (Great Fire Staff): Damage: 184 → 218 Cooldown: 10s → 15s If at least one enemy is hit the cooldown is reduced to 10s Energy Cost: 13 → 9 Hit Delay: 1s → 0.8s Removed the ability Contagious Fire (Infernal Staff) Added a new E-slot Ability, Combustion (Infernal Staff): Ignite the targeted enemy, dealing 143 magical damage over 5s After a short delay, the burning enemy leaves a continuous fiery trail that lasts 4.6s Deals 28 magical damage vs. players / 26 magical damage vs. mobs every 0.5s Enemy players on the trail are silenced
Version 18.090.1	28 July 2021	Call to Arms Patch 9	Added four new icons to better represent the corresponding abilities: Blood Bandit (One-Handed Axe, E-slot) Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff, E-slot) Arcane Orb (One-Handed Arcane Staff, E-slot) Ground Shaker (Maces, W-slot)
Version 1.15.387.150212	18 September 2019	Percival Patch 5 (Midseason Patch)	Fire Staffs Added a new W-Spell, Fire Artillery: After 1.5s, become stationary for up to 6s and fire a projectile on target enemy every 2s. The projectile deals 55 magical impact damage and leaves a burning area on the ground for 6s. Every second this applies an Ignite Stack on enemies inside of it that lasts 3s. (Stacks up to 4 times) Pyroblast (One-Handed Fire Staff): Range: 12m → 13m Instant Damage: 284.31 → 300.00