Chapter 1: Searing Spell

Tome. Fueled by tales of the desolation in Istan, incite a great swelling of heat before you. — In-game description

Chapter 1: Searing Spell

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Firebrand

Parent skill

  Tome of Justice

Bundle

Tome of Justice

Type

Tome

Game link

API

41258

“

0.5½  

Chapter 1: Searing Spell

Tome. Fueled by tales of the desolation in Istan, incite a great swelling of heat before you.

 Damage: 337 (0.95)^?

 Damage: 213 (0.6)^?

 Burning (20.5½s): 328 Damage

₂ Vulnerability (10s): +2% Incoming Damage, +2% Incoming Condition Damage

₄ Vulnerability (6s): +4% Incoming Damage, +4% Incoming Condition Damage

₂ Vulnerability (6s): +2% Incoming Damage, +2% Incoming Condition Damage

 Page Cost: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 600

— 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.

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.

Firebrand

• Legendary Lore — Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards.
• Loremaster — Retain Resolve passive while it is on cooldown. You generate pages more quickly.

Notes

• This is a cone skill that can hit to up 5 targets.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Increased vulnerability stacks from 2 to 4 in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	The page mechanic for firebrand tomes has been reworked. Pages are now shared across all tomes and refill at a set interval instead of when summoning a tome. Page cost and cooldown has been adjusted to the following: 1 page, no cooldown. This skill now inflicts vulnerability in addition to its current effects.
July 07, 2020	Reduced the damage dealt by this skill by 14% (1.1 coefficient to 0.95) in PvE only. Reduced the duration of burning inflicted from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.1 to 0.6
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Chapter 1: Searing Spell has been added to the game.