Banshee's Wail

Warhorn skills gain increased effect duration. — In-game description

Banshee's Wail

Specialization

Blood Magic (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Banshee's Wail

Warhorn skills gain increased effect duration.

 Effectiveness Increased: 50%

— In-game description

Notes

•   Wail of Doom
  • Increases fear duration from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
  • Increases bonus defiance bar damage from 100 to 150.
•   Locust Swarm
  • Increases life siphon damage from 117 to 175.
  • Increases life siphon heal from 49 to 73 in PvE, 55 to 82 in PvP/WvW.
    • Damage and siphon modifiers are unchanged.^{[verification requested]}
  • Increases number of hits from 10 to 15.
  • Increases swarm duration from 5 to 7.5 seconds.
  • Increases swiftness duration from 15 to 22.5 seconds.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer increases outgoing healing.
February 14, 2023	This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of warhorn skills.
June 28, 2022	This trait now grants a 10% bonus to outgoing healing effectiveness in addition to its previous effects.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
December 10, 2013	Increased the cooldown reduction from 15% to 20%.
October 15, 2013	Normalized this trait to increase the effectiveness of warhorn skills by 50%.
September 25, 2012	This Curses trait has been updated to apply extra swiftness.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Banshee's Wail has been added to the game.