Facet of Chaos

Legendary Dragon. Facet. Place the Facet of Chaos on yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds. — In-game description

Facet of Chaos

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Herald

Slot

Elite

Type

Legendary Dragon, Facet

Sequence

 → 

Training cost

20 Hero points

Game link

API

27760

Gallery
Facet of Chaos ground texture

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Facet of Chaos

Legendary Dragon. Facet. Place the Facet of Chaos on yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

 Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

 Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Interval: 3 seconds

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Salvation

• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.

Devastation

• Expose Defenses — Your first attack when entering combat applies vulnerability. This ability is refreshed when you use an elite skill.
• Notoriety — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when using a legendary stance skill.

Herald

• Shared Empowerment — When applying a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.
• Reinforced Potency — Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
• Elevated Compassion — Heal allies when you grant them boons. Grant boons to allies when your upkeep cost is equal to or higher than the threshold. An ally can only be affected by this skill once per interval.
• Draconic Echo — You retain your facet passives for a duration after using their consume skills. Your facet passives grant additional bonuses.

Notes

• This skill has an instant cast time and may be cast during other actions.
• This skill can be activated while in the air.
• Will activate "elite skill" based rune bonuses, such as on Superior Rune of Lyssa.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: The number of maximum targets of all facet skills has been reduced from 10 to 5.
December 01, 2020	Facet Passive Skills: Increased the maximum number of targets from 5 to 10 in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	Reduced protection duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP and WvW.
March 17, 2020	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from receiving the intended cooldown reduction from 45 seconds to 35 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 29, 2018	Facet of Chaos—Chaotic Release: The cooldown of this skill has been split between game modes. It now has a 20-second cooldown in PvE and a 45-second cooldown in competitive modes.
July 10, 2018	Reduced the energy upkeep of this skill from 5 to 4 energy per second.
August 10, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed players to consume facets by clicking and holding - or holding down - the associated button for a slot skill.
October 29, 2015	Fixed a bug so that active facets, besides Facet of Nature, will now immediately be removed when the player invokes another legend.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Facet of Chaos has been added to the game.

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Facet of Chaos.