Facet of Light

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

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

Facet of Light

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Herald

Slot

Healing

Type

Legendary Dragon, Facet

Sequence

 → 

Training cost

20 Hero points

Game link

API

27220

Gallery
Facet of Light ground texture

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Facet of Light

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

 Facet of Light: Pulse regeneration to nearby allies every few seconds.

 Regen (4s): 520 Heal

 Number of Targets: 5

 Interval: 3 seconds

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Salvation

• Blinding Truths — Blind nearby foes when you use a healing skill.
• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.
• Unyielding Devotion — Take reduced strike damage for a duration after healing. Lasts longer if you heal an ally other than yourself.

Devastation

• Battle Scarred — Siphon health after using your healing skill.
• Notoriety — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when using a legendary stance skill.

Herald

• Elder's Respite — Regeneration heals for more. Gain regeneration when struck while below the health threshold.
• 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 can be activated while in the air but not while gliding.

Bug:

"Interval" averages 3 seconds; seems to be 3 ± 1 second.

Version history

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

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.
October 18, 2016	Regeneration duration has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Upkeep cost has been increased from 1 to 2 in PvP 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.
January 26, 2016	Activating this facet is no longer instant and now has a casting time of 0.25 seconds.
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 Light has been added to the game.