Abrasive Grit

Granting an ally a barrier removes conditions afflicting them and grants might. This effect only occurs with barrier from scourge skills and traits. — In-game description

Abrasive Grit

Specialization

Scourge (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Abrasive Grit

Granting an ally a barrier removes conditions afflicting them and grants might.
This effect only occurs with barrier from scourge skills and traits.

₂ Might (6s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

 Conditions Removed: 1

— In-game description

Related skills

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand Flare — Punishment

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand Swell — Punishment
•   Serpent Siphon — Punishment

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand Cascade — Shade
•   Desert Shroud — Shade, Shroud

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Spite

• Awaken the Pain — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when entering shroud.

Death Magic

• Shrouded Removal — Lose a condition when you enter shroud and every few seconds while you remain in shroud. Gain carapace when removing conditions from yourself.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Scourge

• Feed from Corruption — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain barrier.
• Desert Empowerment — Manifest Sand Shade grants a barrier to allies near it. When you apply barrier, grant boons to the affected target. This effect only occurs with barrier from scourge skills and traits.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer causes Sand Flare to grant barrier to allies. In addition to its previous effects, this trait now grants might when you apply barrier.
August 17, 2021	This trait has been reworked to the following: Sand Flare now also grants barrier to nearby allies. Granting an ally barrier removes conditions afflicting them.
May 14, 2019	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from functioning properly with the second hit of Harbinger Shroud.
December 11, 2018	The internal cooldown of this trait has been removed. This trait now only activates from necromancer skills and traits that apply barrier. It now grants 2 stacks of might for 6 seconds.
November 15, 2018	This trait now has a 5-second cooldown, and the might it grants has been increased from 2 stacks for 6 seconds to 3 stacks for 8 seconds.
February 06, 2018	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from granting might and cleansing a condition on allies who already have barrier.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Abrasive Grit has been added to the game.