Banner

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Disambig icon.png This article is about the skill type. For various consumables produced by guilds, see guild banner.

Banners are a skill type exclusive to warriors. Once summoned, banners provide pulsing boons to allies within their area. Banners cannot be interacted with and are indestructible.


List of banner skills[edit]

Banner training.
Skill Underwater skills Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description

Warrior icon small.png Warrior

Banner of Defense.png Banner of Defense 0.75¾ 30 Banner. Place a banner that grants barrier and boons on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Discipline.png Banner of Discipline 0.75¾ 30 Banner. Place a banner that grants damages and applies conditions on initial placement, then pulses additional boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength 0.75¾ 30 Banner. Place a banner that damages and dazes foes on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Banner of Tactics.png Banner of Tactics 0.75¾ 30 Banner. Place a banner that grants boons and superspeed and breaks stuns on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.
Battle Standard.png Battle Standard 2 120 Banner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.

Related traits[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • Banners will only affect non-players (such as Pets and Minions) when their respective maximum allied target limit is not being reached.

Version history[edit]

Warrior banners render.jpg
# Skill Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
1 Stab (banner skill).png Stab 0.5½ Stab a foe with your banner.
2 Banner of Defense.png Staggering Banner 0.75¾ 10 Push back nearby foes with a staggering blow.
2 Banner of Discipline.png Furious Rally 1 10 Inspire nearby allies, granting fury.
2 Banner of Strength.png Brutal Banner 0.75¾ 10 Strike a foe with your banner and inflict vulnerability.
2 Banner of Tactics.png Compassionate Banner 1 10 Inspire nearby allies, healing them.
2 Battle Standard.png Whirlwind Banner 1 15 Inspire nearby allies, granting stability.
3 Inspire.png Inspire 0.5½ 15 Inspire nearby allies, granting swiftness.
4 Sprint.png Sprint 10.25¼ 15 Run forward with your banner, ignoring movement-impeding effects.
5 Plant Standard.png Plant Standard 1 10 Plant the standard back in the ground.
  • Prior to the February 22, 2017 game update, banners were 5 allied targets. This update increased it to 10 allied targets.
  • Prior to the March 26, 2013 game update, banners granted +90 attributes at level 80.

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