Falling Spider

Finisher. Strike nearby enemies, inflicting multiple conditions. Deal more damage and inflict additional conditions against controlled and immobilized foes. — In-game description

Falling Spider

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

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Game link

API

73076

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Falling Spider

Finisher. Strike nearby enemies, inflicting multiple conditions. Deal more damage and inflict additional conditions against controlled and immobilized foes.

 Damage: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Damage Increase: 15%

 Damage Increase: 25%

 Bleeding (30.5½s): 77 Damage

₂ Bleeding (6s): 264 Damage

 Poison (30.5½s): 117 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

₂ Poison (6s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

₄ Vulnerability (8s): +4% Incoming Damage, +4% Incoming Condition Damage

₃ Vulnerability (8s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage

 Additional Stacks: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 240

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
• Potent Poison — Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.

Acrobatics

• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
• Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the power coefficient from 2.1 to 1.8 in PvE only.
April 15, 2025	Reduced the power coefficient from 2.25 to 2.1 and reduced the damage bonus from 25% to 15% in PvE only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Falling Spider has been added to the game. Increased the number of targets struck from 3 to 5. Reduced the bleeding and poison stacks from 2 for 7 seconds to 1 for 3.5 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2024	Falling Spider was available during the Spear Beta Event.