Maelstrom

This article is about the elementalist skill. For the environment effect encountered in the Dragon's Lair, see Maelstrom (environment).

Spell. Create a Maelstrom at target foe's location. For 10 seconds, foes adjacent to that area are struck for 10...22...25 cold damage each second. Maelstrom interrupts spell-casting when it hits.

Maelstrom

• 10
• 25
• 2
• 30

Profession

Elementalist

Attribute

Water Magic

Type

Spell

Campaign

Core

Spell. Create a Maelstrom at target foe's location. For 10 seconds, foes adjacent to that area are struck for 10...22...25 cold damage each second. Maelstrom interrupts spell-casting when it hits.

Concise description

Spell. Deals 10...22...25 cold damage and interrupts spells each second (10 seconds). Hits foes adjacent to target's initial location.

Progression
Water Magic Cold damage	0 10 1 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 5 15 6 16 7 17 8 18 9 19 10 20 11 21 12 22 13 23 14 24 15 25 16 26 17 27 18 28 19 29 20 30 21 31

Acquisition

Skill trainers

• Prophecies
  • Avena (Maguuma Stade)
  • Tengsao (The Amnoon Oasis)
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)
• Factions
  • Xu Fengxia (Ran Musu Gardens)
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)
• Nightfall
  • Baram (The Kodash Bazaar)

Hero skill trainers

• Nightfall
  • Warden of Whispers (Chantry of Secrets)

Signet of Capture

• Prophecies
  • Wydd Kindlerun (The Wilds, Aurora Glade)
  • Falls the Fishfinder (Tangle Root)
  • Fryn Rageflame (The Falls)
  • Hoss Rainswell (The Falls)
  • Skitt Skizzle (Ice Floe)
• Eye of the North
  • Lord Glacius the Eternal (Bjora Marches)
  • Whiteout (Jaga Moraine)
  • Dazehl Brainfreezer (Varajar Fells)
  • Drikard the Foggy (Dalada Uplands)

Related skills

• Meteor Shower
• Snow Storm

Notes

• This is one of the few spells that makes full use of Glyph of Energy.
• Using Water Magic hexes, such as Deep Freeze or Ice Spikes, can help keep foes in the area of effect.
• It is possible to cast skills with short activation times in between Maelstrom pulses.