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September 13, 2022

  • Banner of Strength: Fixed an issue that prevented banner effects from prioritizing the warrior who placed them and their party or squad over other allies.

August 02, 2022

  • Recharge reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds (except Battle Standard).
  • Animation changed; casting time reduced by 0.2 seconds (except Battle Standard).
  • Light combo field radius reduced from 600 to 360. Combo field duration reduced to from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
  • Pulsing boon radius reduced to 360.
  • Once placed, banners last for 15 seconds and can no longer be picked up.
  • Banners no longer grant quickness on placement by default (except for Banner of Tactics in PvE only).
  • All banner skills (except for Battle Standard) have been reworked. They now grant different boons when placed, depending on the banner:
    • Banner of Strength: Damages and dazes enemies. This skill no longer creates a light combo field but acts as a blast finisher instead.
  • Pulsing boons have changed to the following:
Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
.8 Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that damages and dazes foes on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.

Damage.png Damage: 532 (2.0)?
Might.png2 Might (10s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power
Daze.png Daze: 2 seconds
Interval.png Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 15 seconds
Radius.png Attack Radius: 180
Radius.png Boon Radius: 360
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Evade.png Defiance Break: 200
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

June 28, 2022

  • Banner of Strength: Banners no longer provide attribute bonuses to allies. Instead, quickness is granted to allies in the area when the warrior uses the banner skill, and then the banner will continue to pulse boons to nearby allies for the remainder of its duration. Each banner provides a different boon, as follows:
    • Banner of Strength: Might for 5 seconds
  • Picking up a banner no longer reduces the recharge time of the skill. Instead, they can be carried around and dropped to reposition them. Picking up a banner does not grant the warrior additional skills, but they will continue to pulse their associated boons when picked up. The delay before you can pick up a dropped banner has been increased from 1 second to 3 seconds.
  • All Banners (except Battle Standard): Recharge time reduced from 80 seconds to 60 seconds.
Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that grants quickness on initial placement, then pulses might to you and nearby allies afterward.

Quickness.png Initial Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Interval.png Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds
Duration.png Combo Field Duration: 5 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Effective Radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

May 11, 2021

  • Reduced the number of allied targets affected from 10 to 5. The Discipline trait Doubled Standards now increases the number of allied targets from 5 to 10.
  • Banners no longer cause blast finishers. They now create a light combo field that persists for 5 seconds after the banner is summoned.
Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  80 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies. Picking up the banner reduces the recharge of this skill.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength: 100 Power, 100 Condition Damage
Count Recharge.png Recharge Time Reduced: 60 seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 5
Duration.png Combo Field Duration: 5 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Effective Radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

November 19, 2019

  • A 1-second delay before banners can be picked up has been added.

March 05, 2019

  • Banners no longer have skills and are instead destroyed when they're picked up.
  • Banners can now only be picked up by the warrior who summoned them.
  • Reduced all banners' stat gains from 170 to 100 at level 80.
  • Banners' durations have been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds.
  • All utility-slot banner skills have had their recharge times reduced from 120 seconds to 80 seconds.
  • Picking up a banner now reduces the recharge time of that banner by 60 seconds.
Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  80 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies. Picking up the banner reduces the recharge of this skill.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength: 100 Power, 100 Condition Damage
Count Recharge.png Recharge Time Reduced: 60 seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 10
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Effective Radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

March 27, 2018

  • Fixed a bug that caused banner effects to display at a selected enemy's location rather than the player's location when using a banner underwater.

February 22, 2017

Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  120 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength: 170 Power, 170 Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Allied Targets: 10
Duration.png Duration: 90 seconds
Radius.png Effective Radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

August 20, 2013

Banner of Strength.png

Banner of Strength

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Warrior icon small.png Warrior (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Banner
Training cost
2 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  120 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength: 170 Power, 170 Condition Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 90 seconds
Radius.png Effective Radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

May 28, 2013

  • Warrior banners now apply their buffs immediately.

March 26, 2013

  • Banner of Strength skill: Increased power and condition damage granted to allies from 90 at level 80 to 170.
1 Activation time  120 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and condition damage for you and nearby allies.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength (1m): 170 Power, 170 Condition Damage
Radius.png Effective radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

January 28, 2013

1 Activation time  120 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and malice for you and nearby allies.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength (1m): 90 Power, 90 Condition Damage
Radius.png Effective radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

Original version

1 Activation time  120 Recharge time  
Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that improves power and malice for you and nearby allies.

Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength (1m): 90 Power, 90 Condition Damage
Radius.png Effective radius: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

Additional Skills

The banner created by this skill was a bundle that could be picked up, providing the skills below:

# Skill Activation time Recharge time Description
1 Stab (banner skill).png Stab 0.5½ Stab a foe with your banner.
2 Banner of Strength.png Brutal Banner 0.75¾ 10 Strike a foe with your banner and inflict vulnerability.
3 Inspire.png Inspire 0.5½ 15 Inspire nearby allies, granting swiftness.
4 Sprint.png Sprint 10.25¼ 15 Run forward with your banner, ignoring movement-impeding effects.
5 Plant Standard.png Plant Standard 1 10 Plant the standard back in the ground.