Empower

Channel healing and might to nearby allies. Completing this channel grants more health to your allies. — In-game description

Empower

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

9265

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20.5½  20  

Empower

Channel healing and might to nearby allies. Completing this channel grants more health to your allies.

 Final Heal: 1,500 (0.5)^?

 Heal Pulses: 496 (0.17)^?

₃ Might (10s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

₄ Might (6s): 120 Condition Damage, 120 Power

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 3

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Grants 3 stacks of might 3 times in PvE and 4 stacks of might 3 times in WvW and SPvP.
• Moving will interrupt the channel.
• This skill synergizes with Altruistic Healing, a major grandmaster trait in the Valor specialization.
• The heal is equal to (28 + Level^2 * 0.23 + Healing Power * 1.0).

Related traits

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Honorable Staff — Gain concentration. Empower now grants endurance to allies in addition to its effects. Staff skills recharge time is reduced.
• Force of Will — Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Might stacks per pulse reduced from 4 to 3. Might duration reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced might duration from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.
August 28, 2018	Might duration has been increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. This skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the 100% increased base healing value from PvP in all game modes. Casting animation has been updated with light beaming down over the caster.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now grants healing per pulse in addition to might. It will now heal for 17% of the previous healing value for 3 ticks and then 50% at the skill's end.
June 20, 2017	Increased the base healing of this skill by 100% in PvP only.
February 26, 2013	This ability now casts faster. Fixed a bug that caused this skill to heal twice.
January 28, 2013	This skill now appropriately applies might for 10 seconds.
December 14, 2012	Skill fact has been updated to display the proper amount and duration of might.
November 15, 2012	This skill's might duration increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Empower has been added to the game.