Crashing Courage

Virtue. Shadowstep a short distance while gaining boons and emanating Willbender Flames from your location. Gain Courage. — In-game description

Crashing Courage

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Willbender

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Virtue

Movement

Shadowstep

Game link

API

API

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0.75¾  30  

Virtue. Shadowstep a short distance while gaining boons and emanating Willbender Flames from your location. Gain Courage.

  Initial Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

  Crashing Courage (6s): Consecutive attacks grant boons.

  Aegis (4s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Stability (4s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Number of Attacks to Trigger: 5

  Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Wrathful Spirit — Aegis grants boons when it ends.
• Shattered Aegis — When an aegis you applied blocks an attack, it unleashes a Mystic Rebuke.

Valor

• Steadfast Courage — Gain protection when you block an incoming attack with aegis.
• Might of the Protector — Gain might when you block attacks.
• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.
• Tenacious Defense — Aegis you grant reduces the recharge time of Virtue skill 3 when it blocks an attack.

Honor

• Pure of Heart — Aegis heals when it blocks an attack.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Unscathed Contender — Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold.
• Virtue of Resolution — Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.
• Power of the Virtuous — Gain condition damage based on your vitality. Virtues gain reduced recharge.
• Indomitable Courage — The active effect of Virtue skill 3 breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Its passive effect gains a shorter interval.

Willbender

• Righteous Sprint — Gain increased movement speed. Gain swiftness when you activate a virtue.
• Restorative Virtues — Triggered virtue effects reduce the cooldown of active weapon abilities. Gain alacrity when activating Flowing Resolve.
• Holy Reckoning — Triggered virtue effects now grant might in addition to their bonuses. Gain fury when activating Rushing Justice.
• Vanguard Tactics — Activating Courage grants resistance. Shadowstepping grants resolution and protection.
• Lethal Tempo — Each time you activate a virtue or your virtue's passives are triggered, gain a damage bonus. Gaining stacks of this boon refreshes other stacks.
• Deathless Courage — Killing a foe extends the duration of Courage up to the maximum duration. You cannot be downed while Courage is active. Courage no longer grants aegis, and its initial duration is reduced.

Notes

• Your character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines upon using this skill:
  • Unstoppable!
  • Relentless!

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Willbender virtues no longer remove the active effects of other willbender virtues.
March 29, 2022	Reduced cooldown from 50 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW.
March 15, 2022	Updated skill facts so aegis is properly removed when Deathless Courage is equipped.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Crashing Courage has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Crashing Courage was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. This ability now delivers a five-target area attack on impact, in addition to setting the Willbender Flames.
August 17, 2021	Crashing Courage was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.

See also

•   Virtue of Courage
•   Shield of Courage
•   Tome of Courage