Sadistic Searing

Nefarious Favor now burns nearby enemy targets. — In-game description

Sadistic Searing

Specialization

Scourge (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Sadistic Searing

Nefarious Favor now burns nearby enemy targets.

 Burning (4s): 524 Damage

— In-game description

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Nefarious Favor — Shade

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

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

• Corrupter's Fervor — Inflicting a condition on a foe grants carapace. Gain pulsing protection while at or above the carapace threshold.

Scourge

• Fell Beacon — Burning you inflict does more damage. Gain expertise based on your condition damage.
• Nourishing Ashes — Gain life force when you inflict burning, and remove or corrupt a boon.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	Reduced burning from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 4 seconds in PvE only.
July 18, 2023	This trait has been reworked, and causes Nefarious Favor to burn nearby enemy targets (2 stacks, 5 seconds in PvE, 1 stack, 4 seconds in PvP/WvW).
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of punishment skills. Increased burning duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced burning duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Sadistic Searing has been added to the game.