"Receive the Light!"

Shout. Heal yourself and allies in a cone in front of you. — In-game description

"Receive the Light!"

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Healing

Type

Shout

Activ. type

Channeled

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

9083

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"Receive the Light!"

Shout. Heal yourself and allies in a cone in front of you.

 Initial Self Heal: 2,600 (0.8)^?

 Initial Self Heal: 2,600 (0.4)^?

 Self Heal per Pulse: 650 (0.16)^?

 Allied Heal per Pulse: 1,044 (0.6)^?

 Allied Heal per Pulse: 1,044 (0.2)^?

 Number of Allied Targets: 4

 Pulses: 5

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Activating this shout skill immediately cancels any other action in progress, such as gathering or casting other skills.
• The initial healing amount is equal to (50 + Level^2 * 0.4 + Healing Power * 0.8).
• The self heal per pulse is equal to (10 + Level^2 * 0.08 + Healing Power * 0.16).
• The ally heal per pulse is equal to (25 + Level^2 * 0.16 + Healing Power * 0.6).

Related traits

Radiance

• Healer's Resolution — Gain resolution when using a heal skill.

Valor

• Smiter's Boon — Cast Lesser Smite Condition when you use a healing skill.

Honor

• Protector's Restoration — Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you use a healing skill.
• Pure of Voice — Shout skills convert conditions to boons on allies.
• Force of Will — Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality.

Firebrand

• Liberator's Vow — Grant allies quickness when you use your heal skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced initial self-heal coefficient from 0.8 to 0.4. Reduced allied pulse heal coefficient from 0.6 to 0.2.
May 08, 2018	Fixed a bug in which the tooltip numbers for the self-healing pulse did not display properly, and fixed a bug that prevented this skill from healing more than 4 allies. Reduced the base heal by 20% and increased the healing-power contribution by 300%; reduced the base heal value to allies by 20% and increased the healing-power contribution by 200%.
February 22, 2017	The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This ability is now a shout and has been renamed "Receive the Light!" It maintains the same cast time and radial effects, but it will now be affected by shout-modifying traits and items.
May 20, 2014	Added a skill fact to display the amount that it heals per pulse to allies.
April 15, 2014	This skill has been rescaled so that the guardian receives 50% of the heal up front, and the remaining healing is distributed over 5 ticks to the caster and up to 5 allies in the cone's radius.
October 15, 2013	Doubled the base heal when healing allies. Scaling from healing power has been increased from 20% to 40% when healing allies.
February 26, 2013	Angle of this ability has been increased so that allies are easier to hit.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Healing Breeze has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill was previously named "Healing Breeze", but was changed to a shout with the June 23, 2015 game update.
• Guardians shout "Receive the light." when using this skill.
  • Male norn guardians shout "Receive the light, friend." instead.