Facet of Darkness

This article is about the Herald skill. For other uses, see Facet of Darkness (disambiguation).

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

Facet of Darkness

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Herald

Slot

Utility

Type

Legendary Dragon, Facet

Sequence

 → 

Training cost

20 Hero points

Game link

API

28379

Gallery
Facet of Darkness ground texture

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Facet of Darkness

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

 Facet of Darkness: Pulse fury to nearby allies every few seconds.

 Fury (3s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance

 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.

Invocation

• Ferocious Aggression — All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
• Incensed Response — Gain might when you grant yourself fury.
• Roiling Mists — Critical-hit chance is further increased while you are under the effect of fury.

Devastation

• 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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
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.
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 Darkness has been added to the game.

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