Ancestral Grace

Become a wisp of natural energy, traversing to the targeted location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies and grant protection to your pet. Recharge is reduced if you heal another ally. — In-game description

Ancestral Grace

 

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Druid

Weapon

Staff

Activ. type

Channeled

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

31535

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10.25¼  20  

Ancestral Grace

Become a wisp of natural energy, traversing to the targeted location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies and grant protection to your pet. Recharge is reduced if you heal another ally.

 Healing: 1,450 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 1,450 (1.5)^?

 Pet Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Recharge Time Reduced: 5 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Wilderness Survival

• Rugged Growth — You and your pet recover health while affected by protection.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Druid

• Live Vicariously — When you heal an ally, you are also healed.
• Natural Mender — Increase healing to other allies. Gain astral force each interval while not in celestial avatar form.

Notes

• Ancestral Grace ends when target destination is reached or the channel time has expired.
  • Ancestral Grace will continue even if you are no longer moving due to obstacles.
• The heal is equal to (10 + Level^2 * 0.225 + Healing Power * 1.0).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	Increased heal attribute scaling from 1.0 to 1.5 in WvW only.
June 28, 2022	Increased healing attribute scaling from 0.5 to 1.0 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced healing coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5.
July 16, 2019	This skill no longer evades attacks. Increased recharge from 18 seconds to 20 seconds. If at least 1 ally other than yourself is healed, the recharge is reduced by 5 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now grants your pet protection for 3 seconds. Fixed a bug in which the player's backpack would still be shown while moving.
October 18, 2016	The recharge time of this ability has been increased from 15 seconds to 18 seconds. Its base healing power per level has been reduced by 10%.
January 26, 2016	This ability is no longer able to be used in midair.
January 04, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to blast finish multiple times in a single casting.
December 01, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to place the player in combat upon completion. Fixed a bug that could cause players to become stuck in place after using the druid skill Ancestral Grace.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Ancestral Grace has been added to the game.