Elixir of Promise

Elixir. Infuse an elixir with the promise of good health, healing yourself and gaining regeneration, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, poisoning foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight. If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double damage and condition duration. — In-game description

Elixir of Promise

 

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Harbinger

Slot

Healing

Type

Elixir

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

62667

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0.5½  

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20

 

Elixir of Promise

Elixir. Infuse an elixir with the promise of good health, healing yourself and gaining regeneration, and then toss the elixir at the targeted area, poisoning foes. If you are in the splash area of the elixir, gain Blight.

If you are at or above the Blight threshold when you activate this skill, consume that amount of Blight to double damage and condition duration.

Self Effects on Cast

 Healing: 4,808 (1.2)^?

 Healing: 7,044 (1.2)^?

 Regen (8s): 1,040 Heal

Effects in Impact Area

 Damage: 213 (0.8)^?

₃ Poison (5s): 503 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

₁₀ Blight on Self (25s): 3,250 Heal, -15% Health

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Blight Threshold: 5

When above Blight Threshold

 Damage and Condition Duration Increase: 100%

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Spite

• Spiteful Renewal — Consume conditions to gain health when you use a healing skill.

Curses

• Parasitic Contagion — A percentage of your condition damage heals you. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.
• Target the Weak — Increases critical-hit chance for each condition on the foe. Gain condition damage based on your precision.

Death Magic

• Putrid Defense — Poison damage is increased. Applying poison grants carapace.
• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Blood Magic

• Blood Bank — Gaining health grants a proportionate amount of barrier. Conversion amount increases while at full health.

Soul Reaping

• Vital Persistence — Gain Vitality. Your incoming healing is increased.

Harbinger

• Wicked Corruption — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of blight you have. Critical strikes deal increased damage to targets with torment.
• Bolstering Brew — Elixir skills grant protection.
• Septic Corruption — Deal increased condition damage for each stack of blight you have. Shroud 2 skill also inflicts poison.
• Alchemic Vigor — Gain increased vitality. Heal each second for each stack of blight you have.
• Twisted Medicine — Elixir skills also grant their boons to allies within the elixir impact radius. Gain concentration based on your vitality.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP and WvW.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented harbinger elixirs from applying blight to the user and boons to allies.
June 28, 2022	All elixirs now use normal projectile targeting underwater, instead of using ground targeting.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Elixir of Promise has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Elixir of Promise was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Base healing of this skill has been significantly increased in PvE. Now applies Regeneration (8s) to yourself on cast instead of Vigor. Is now ground-targeted; enemies in the impact area will take damage and be Poisoned (3 stacks, 5s). No longer generates Life Force. If you are in the impact area, gain 10 Blight. Blight Threshold 5: Damage and condition duration doubled.
August 17, 2021	Elixir of Promise was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.