Distracting Flame

Distracting Flame

30m Range
Fast
Tactical Skill
Induction: 1s
Resistance: Tactical
Skill Type: Fire
Fire damage-over-time that reduces threat.

Slightly decreases threat over time.
... Fire Damage every 3.0 seconds for 15 seconds.
Slightly decreases threat over time.
Duration: 15s
Cost: [68 at Level 150] Power
Attunes: 3
• Cooldown: 20s

General Information

Class: Rune-keeper

Level: 22

Effects

Using this skill applies the  Distracting Flame bleed to the enemy target.

Skill Interactions

This skill has no induction when used while  Essay of Fire is applied to the Rune-keeper.

Trait Interactions

• Specializing in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill have a 20% chance to apply the Searing Words DoT.
  
• The set bonus  Extreme Heat in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes Searing Words deal more damage when inflicted on enemies suffering from Writ of Fire.
• The trait  Tale of Rage in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill apply or tier up Tale of Rage on the Rune-keeper, up to 5 stacks. Further ranks improve the potency of this effect.
  
• The trait  Molten Flame in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill apply Molten Flame to the enemy target(s).
  
• The trait  Mystifying Flames in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill have a 30% chance to apply Mystifying Flames to the enemy target(s). Further ranks improve the potency of this effect by up to 2%.
  
• The trait  Empowering Flame in the Cleansing Flame makes the Mystifying Flames proc also apply Empowering Flame to the Rune-keeper. Further ranks improve the potency of this effect by up to 20%.
  
• The trait  After-burn in the Cleansing Flame trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill up to 25%.
  
• The trait  Branded Marks in the Cleansing Flame trait tree increases the duration of Distracting Flame by 6 seconds.
  
• The set bonus  Fire Affinity in the Cleansing Flame trait tree increases the damage of this skill by 20%.
  
• The set bonus  Master of Connotation in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill apply or tier up Master of Connotation on the Rune-keeper, up to 5 stacks.
  
• The set bonus  Seething Truth in the Cleansing Flame trait tree makes this skill have a chance to restore Power to the Rune-keeper, with the chance increasing according to Battle Attunement.
  

Tracery Interactions

• Distracting Flame Cooldown & Damage reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 16.5 seconds and increases the damage by up to 27.5%.
  
• Target Wrath of Fire Resist Chance decreases the resist chance of this skill by up to 5.5%.
  
• Wrath of Flame Damage Over Time increases the damage of the DoT component of this skill by up to 55%.
  

Tactical Information

Distracting Flame is one of the Fire Rune-keeper's 3 maintenance bleeds. Make sure to keep this bleed up on the enemy. It is lower priority than the other bleeds. Equipping the relevant makes it so that there is no downtime in between uses.