Symbol of Energy

Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground. — In-game description

Symbol of Energy

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Weapon

Longbow

Type

Symbol

Game link

API

29789

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0.5½  12  

Symbol of Energy

Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground.

 Damage: 266 (0.69)^?

 Damage: 166 (0.43)^?

 Vigor (3s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Burning (12s): 1,572 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 5

 Radius: 180

 Combo Field: Light

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Symbolic Power — Symbols deal increased strike damage.
• Symbolic Avenger — Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.

Radiance

• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. Casting time reduced by 0.3 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.69 to 0.43.
July 16, 2019	Increased projectile speed by 25%.
October 02, 2018	The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by 0.25 seconds.
December 12, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from displaying the increased damage dealt when equipped with Symbolic Power. Burning stacks inflicted have been adjusted from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 12 seconds.
April 19, 2016	The damage of this skill has been increased by 25%.
February 23, 2016	Updated this ability to display a red ring to enemies rather than a combo ring.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Symbol of Energy has been added to the game.