Damage

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Damage is any effect caused by an action that results in a target losing health. Damage is one of the three aspects that comprise the Guild Wars 2 combat system, the other two being support and control. In Guild Wars 2, Strike damage and Condition Damage are the two primary forms of damage. If not otherwise specified, the term "damage" usually refers to strike damage in the game.

All characters are capable of effectively causing damage to enemies, with each profession applying its own unique twists, but regardless of profession or build, each time a player deals damage, they use one or a variation of the same three ways of doing so:

• Directly, by using skills of various types: healing, utility, weapon, elite, bundle, mount and skills of other types are available.
• Indirectly, by way of damaging conditions that have been applied to the target using direct skills. This can be thought of as the middle ground between direct and passive damage.
• Passively, due to certain traits that might be equipped, or effects triggered by the sigils slotted into equipped weapons, for instance.

There are three types of damage in Guild Wars 2:

• Strike damage — More commonly referred to by players as "power damage" and sometimes as "direct damage", this is inflicted by skills and/or traits directly, can critically hit, and is mitigated by the target's armor.
• Condition damage — This type of damage is inflicted by damaging conditions, can not critically hit and is not mitigated by the target's armor.
• Falling damage — Finally, this type of damage is incurred by falling from too high. When the amount of falling damage received brings a player to zero health, they don't enter a downed state, but instead is immediately defeated. Falling damage scales relative to height fallen, and isn't mitigated by armor or any skill that reduces or prevents damage. It can, however, be reduced to zero in World versus World, by the Windfall effect.

Outgoing damage is not affected by Health unless the attacker is under the influence of a modifier, such as a Trait whose effects are based on the character's health or, uniquely, a Superior Rune of the Scholar set. In other words, a Player or NPC will often deal the same amount of outgoing damage regardless of whether they are at 100% health, 50% health or 1% health.

Note that the filter options apply to the whole page: strike damage and condition damage, incoming and outgoing, skills and traits.

Strike damage

Damage done

Base strike damage is given by the following equation:

Damage done = (Weapon strength) * Power * (skill-specific coefficient)/(target's Armor)

• Weapon strength: a uniformly distributed random number taken from the range of weapon strength of the equipped weapon. The weapon strength used for a skill will typically be that of the weapon associated with that skill; utility and elite skills are typically not affected by weapon strength and use a strike damage range based on the character's level. The weapon strength is also fixed for the duration of the skill, in particular pulsing aoes and channeled skills; although damage per hit is still affected by attributes, potions, sigils and other modifiers.
• Power: The current power attribute as listed on the Hero tab.
• Skill coefficient: Every skill has a unique coefficient used to calculate damage inflicted. Listed by the () after tool tip listed on wiki pages, not shown in-game however.
• Target's Armor: Not shown in-game for PvE targets.

This base strike damage can then be modified by the following effects:

• Critical hits increase amount of strike damage dealt. Critical hits default to 150% of base damage and this amount can be increased by the Ferocity player attribute. Critical Chance is governed by the Precision player attribute and flat bonuses such as the fury boon.
• Glancing blows, as caused by either level difference or weakness, only do 50% of regular damage and cannot critical hit.
• Vulnerability increases both types of damage dealt to target, but not falling damage.
• Protection decreases the strike damage received by a target by 33%.
• Frost Aura decreases the strike damage received by a target by 10%.
• Some champions or other enemies can become Exposed.
• Other effects that increase the attacker's outgoing damage or the target's incoming damage, including those from upgrade components, traits, nourishment, etc.

Only successful attacks will cause damage. The following will prevent this:

• The blind condition affecting the attacker, resulting in a miss
• The target blocks or evades the attack by use of skills or effects or makes a successful dodge
• The target is out of range of the actual attack (some attacks have greater reach than their skill tooltip indicates, e.g. projectiles with high arc)
• The target is obstructed by terrain, structures or objects
• The target is invulnerable

Tooltip damage

Strike damage is listed on skill tooltips with the  Damage icon. Skill tooltip damage is given by the following formula:

Tooltip damage = [number of hits] * round[(average weapon strength) * Power * (skill-specific coefficient per hit) / (level-based Armor value)]

• Average weapon strength is the average of the range of damage listed as Weapon Strength on the equipped weapon's tooltip.
• The damage actually done is unlikely to equal to the tooltip damage, since it depends on your opponent's Armor value and other factors listed above.
• At level 80, the opponent Armor value used to calculate the tooltip's damage is 2597. The value the game uses at other levels can be derived from the amount shown in the tooltip using the damage formula.
• Some skills do not calculate their tooltip damage based on the equipped weapon. These are frequently the same skills that are unaffected by Weapon Strength.
• Some skills list multiple strikes of damage. Each strike is treated independently as to whether it hits or misses and for the application of modifying effects. Using "Damage (2x): 500" as an example, the base damage of each strike is 250. Each strike that hits will have relevant modifying effects applied to it (crit, glancing, etc.).
• Some skills which apply conditions, such as Burning, may also have strike damage associated with them. For example: Damage (8x): 800, 8x  Burning (2s): 4800. In this case the fire will apply 8 pulses of damage of 100 each at 1sec intervals. Each strike damage packet or pulse will apply 1 stack of burning each having 2 second duration.

Skill-fact damage

The skill facts on this Wiki quote a standardized number for the strike damage associated with a skill at level 80. It is used in the following formula for damage:

Damage done = (skill-fact damage) * (Power/1000) * (2597/target's Armor)

• The skill-fact damage is the tooltip damage displayed in the game for a level 80 character with an exotic level 80 weapon (if it is a weapon skill), but without any further equipment and without any other damage increasing effects. It is the default strike damage dealt by a level 80 character with base power 1000 against armor 2597, see Skill Facts for details.
• For power 1000 and target armor 2597 the formula says that damage done is equal to skill-fact damage.
• Damage is proportional to power. Twice the power means twice the damage. For example, increasing power from 1000 to 2289 by wearing exotic Soldier equipment leads to 2.289 times the damage.
• Damage is inversely proportional to target armor. Twice the target armor means half the damage. This applies equally to the case when the player is the target.
• Damage here refers to non-critical hits. The average damage increase due to critical hits can be formulated by replacing power by an increased effective power in the above formulas. Damage is then proportional to effective power, which includes the effect of precision and ferocity.
• The skill-fact damage combines the average weapon strength and the skill coefficient into one convenient number for damage calculation for level 80 exotics. The skill coefficient is not shown in-game but has to be computed from the above formulas, while the skill-fact damage is given directly by the tooltip.
• The skill-fact damage formula can also be used to obtain damage for ascended weapons. Since the average weapon strength of ascended weapons is 5% higher than that of exotic weapons, multiply the result by 1.05.

Skill coefficient

The skill-specific coefficient is not shown in the game. It is computed as follows:

Skill-specific coefficient = 2597 * (tooltip damage)/(weapon strength * Power)

• Given the default strike damage at power 1000 (for example from the Wiki) and the weapon strength, the skill coefficient can be computed. This relation should hold approximately for all skill entries on the Wiki.
• Given the strike damage for some other power value (for example from the in-game tooltip), the skill coefficient is given by the second equality.
• Small differences in the skill-coefficients are expected because of numerical round-off errors. For example, a tooltip of 100 is accurate to about 1%. For reliable results, it is advisable to compute the skill coefficient for several different power values and combine the results. The numerical result may be a coefficient of 1.006471, which can be assumed to be an exact 1.0. However, in some cases it is not clear what number the game uses internally. The approach seems valid since in many cases the above calculation leads to simple numbers like 1.0, 0.4, or 2.5.
• Weapon strength is shown in the game for weapons, but it is not shown for utility skills or other sources of damage. Assuming that the game uses simple skill coefficients for such skills as well, we can use the formula to compute a weapon strength for most non-weapon attacks to be 690.5 at level 80 from the tooltip damage and some assumed skill coefficient.
• Bundles, including kits and conjures, appear to have an internal weapon strength of 922.5. This is the same value as a one-handed main hand weapon in sPvP, but it is then given a further modifier in PvE/WvW based on the rarity of the weapon, with exotic being the default.
• Skill coefficients can also be obtained from the skills API.

Damage reduction

Damage Reduction describes an effect that provides the character reduced incoming damage, often under certain circumstances.

The Armor attribute (a combination of the Toughness and Defense attributes) is the primary source of damage reduction. All received strike damage is divided by this value. Incoming strike damage is further reduced by various percentage reductions from effects and traits. The Protection boon reduces damage received by the defender by 33%, while the Weakness condition causes Glancing blows from the attacker, which only deal 50% of their regular damage. 100% damage reduction (granted by some skills) will prevent all strike damage by reducing it to zero. Note that the attack is not actually blocked and can still apply conditions, control effects or trigger on-hit effects.

Condition Damage is not reduced by armor or most percentage reductions, but can be reduced by use of the Resolution boon. The total damage received by conditions over time can be reduced by Condition Duration reducing bonuses, or by Condition removal skills and traits.

Damage reduction can also occur by preventing a hit from landing on the defender, using one of the following:

• Blind condition affecting the attacker.
• Block, Dodge or Evade from the defender.
• moving out of range of the attack.
• Obstructing the view by terrain, structures or objects.
• Becoming Invulnerable (or using similar mechanics such as Distortion)

Related skills

Skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

Weapon skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Executioner's Calling — Sword
•   True Strike — Greatsword
•   Throw Axe — Axe
•   Wastrel's Ruin — Dagger
•   Gleam Saber — Sword
•   Sun Edge — Sword
•   Sun Ripper — Sword
•   Stalker's Strike — Dagger
•   Maul — Greatsword
•   Maul — Greatsword
•   Unleashed Savage Shock Wave — Hammer
•   Unleashed Wild Swing — Hammer
•   Larcenous Strike — Sword
•   Malicious Backstab — Dagger
•   Death's Judgment — Rifle
•   Malicious Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Water Trident — Scepter, when attuned to water
•   Flame Wheel — Hammer, when attuned to fire
•   Ghastly Claws — Axe
•   Life Siphon — Dagger

Bundle skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Artillery Slash — Unsheathe Gunsaber
•   Frost Volley — Frost Bow
•   Crippling Shield — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Transform skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Plague of Pestilence — Elixir X (underwater)
•   Devouring Cut — Harbinger Shroud
•   Voracious Arc — Harbinger Shroud
•   Voracious Dive — Harbinger Shroud

Healing skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   "Your Soul Is Mine!" — Shout

Utility skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Burst of Strength — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Break Enchantments — Meditation
•   Overcharged Cartridges — Armament
•   Force Signet — Signet
•   "Sic 'Em!" — Command
•   Shadow Flare — Cantrip
•   Glyph of Elemental Power — Glyph
•   Relentless Fire — Augment
•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Sword of Decimation — Psionic
•   "Nothing Can Save You!" — Shout
•   "Rise!" — Shout
•   "Suffer!" — Shout
•   "You Are All Weaklings!" — Shout
•   Elixir of Bliss — Elixir

Elite skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Weave Self — Stance
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout

Profession mechanic skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Heroic Command — Citadel Order
•   Breaching Strike — Burst, Dagger
•   Blade Burst — Tool belt, Laser Disk
•   Particle Accelerator — Tool belt, Photon Wall

Downed skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Phantasmal Rogue

Drowning skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Phantasmal Rogue

Trait skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Call of the Renegade — Song of the Mists
•   Empowering Roar — Bold Reversal
•   Magebane Tether — Magebane Tether
•   Lesser Phantasmal Defender — Mental Defense

Common skills that increase damage or deal increased damage

•   Anti-Chak Shot — Salvaged Cannon
•   Empty Sliver Shells — Vlast Avenger
•   Frost Jet — Frost Gun
•   Read the Wind — Tengu Longbow (bundle)
•   Superior Battle Maul — Warclaw

Skills that reduce incoming damage

Weapon skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Frost Aura — Dagger, when attuned to water
•   Frozen Ground — Staff, when attuned to water
•   Grinding Stones — Dagger, when attuned to air and earth
•   Rocky Loop — Hammer, when attuned to earth

Bundle skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Explosive Thrust — Unsheathe Gunsaber
•   Steel Divide — Unsheathe Gunsaber
•   Swift Cut — Unsheathe Gunsaber

Transform skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Infusing Terror — Reaper's Shroud

Healing skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Perilous Gift — Cantrip

Utility skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Signet of Judgment — Signet
•   Forced Engagement — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Vengeful Hammers — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Endure Pain — Stance
•   Spectrum Shield — Exceed
•   Barrier Signet — Signet
•   "Guard!" — Command
•   Dolyak Stance — Stance
•   "Flash-Freeze!" — Shout
•   "Rise!" — Shout

Elite skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Rite of the Great Dwarf — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Rampage — Physical
•   "Rebound!" — Shout
•   Weave Self — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Ancient Echo
•   Full Counter — Burst
•   Drink Ambrosia — Stolen skill
•   Throw Enchanted Ice — Stolen skill
•   Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Death Shroud — Shroud
•   Reaper's Shroud — Shroud

Trait skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Rite of the Great Dwarf — Versed in Stone

Common skills that reduce incoming damage

•   Penetrating Sliver — Vlast Avenger

Skills that have outgoing damage reduction per hit

Weapon skills that have damage reduction per hit

•   Eternity's Requiem — Greatsword
•   Meteor Shower — Staff, when attuned to fire
•   Mirror Blade — Greatsword

Bundle skills that have damage reduction per hit

•   Frost Storm — Frost Bow
•   Invoke Lightning — Lightning Hammer

Utility skills that have damage reduction per hit

•   Ice Storm — Glyph, when attuned to water
•   Lightning Storm — Glyph, when attuned to air

Related traits

Traits that increase outgoing damage

	Trait	Trait line	Damage increase in %		Description
	Fiery Wrath	Zeal	Damage Increase:	7%	Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
	Inspired Virtue	Virtues	Bonus Damage per Boon:	1%	Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
	Inspiring Virtue	Virtues	Inspiring Virtue:	10%	Strike damage dealt is increased after activating a virtue.
	Retribution	Radiance	Damage Increase:	10%	Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution.
	Symbolic Avenger	Zeal	Symbolic Avenger:	2%	Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.
	Symbolic Exposure	Zeal	Damage Increase:	5%	Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
	Symbolic Power	Zeal	Damage Increase:	30%	Symbols deal increased strike damage.
	Unscathed Contender	Virtues	Damage Increase with Aegis:	7%	Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold.
	Unscathed Contender	Virtues	Damage Increase above Health Threshold:	7%	Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold.
	Big Game Hunter (PvE)	Dragonhunter	Damage Increase:	20%	Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased.
	Big Game Hunter (PvP, WvW)	Dragonhunter	Damage Increase:	15%	Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased.
	Heavy Light	Dragonhunter	Damage Increase to Defiant Foes:	10%	Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
	Heavy Light	Dragonhunter	Damage Increase to Disabled Foes:	15%	Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
	Pure of Sight	Dragonhunter	Minimum Bonus Damage:	5%	Deal bonus strike damage based on your distance to the enemy.
	Pure of Sight	Dragonhunter	Maximum Bonus Damage:	15%	Deal bonus strike damage based on your distance to the enemy.
	Zealot's Aggression	Dragonhunter	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies.
	Lethal Tempo (PvE)	Willbender	Lethal Tempo:	2%	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.
	Lethal Tempo (PvP, WvW)	Willbender	Lethal Tempo:	3%	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.
	Power for Power	Willbender	Damage Increase:	100%	Gain increased power. Willbender Flames deal increased damage to foes they strike.
	Tyrant's Momentum (PvP, WvW)	Willbender	Lethal Tempo:	5%	Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.
	Tyrant's Momentum (PvE)	Willbender	Damage Increase:	3%	Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.
	Tyrant's Momentum (PvP, WvW)	Willbender	Damage Increase:	2%	Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.
	Tyrant's Momentum (PvE)	Willbender	Lethal Tempo:	3%	Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.
	Destructive Impulses (PvE)	Devastation	Bonus Damage from Off Hand:	2.5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Destructive Impulses (PvP, WvW)	Devastation	Bonus Damage from Off Hand:	5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Destructive Impulses	Devastation	Damage Increase:	5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Dwarven Battle Training	Retribution (specialization)	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Disabling a foe applies weakness. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.
	Ferocious Aggression (PvE)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	10%	All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
	Ferocious Aggression (PvP, WvW)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	7%	All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
	Rising Tide (PvE)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	10%	While your health is above the threshold, strike damage dealt is increased.
	Rising Tide (PvP, WvW)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	7%	While your health is above the threshold, strike damage dealt is increased.
	Swift Termination	Devastation	Damage Increase:	20%	Deal increased strike damage to foes below the health threshold.
	Targeted Destruction	Devastation	Bonus Damage Per Stack:	0.5%	Deal increased strike damage to targets based on their vulnerability stacks.
	Unsuspecting Strikes (PvE)	Devastation	Damage Increase:	20%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with health above the health threshold.
	Unsuspecting Strikes (PvP, WvW)	Devastation	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with health above the health threshold.
	Vicious Reprisal	Retribution (specialization)	Damage Increase:	10%	While you have resolution, all damage dealt is increased, and you gain might when you strike foes. Resolution granted to you lasts longer.
	Forceful Persistence (PvE)	Herald	Damage Increase:	15%	Deal increased strike damage with active upkeep skills. Herald upkeep skills grant less damage but can be stacked.
	Forceful Persistence (PvP, WvW)	Herald	Damage Increase:	13%	Deal increased strike damage with active upkeep skills. Herald upkeep skills grant less damage but can be stacked.
	Forceful Persistence (PvE)	Herald	Herald Skill Damage Increase:	5%	Deal increased strike damage with active upkeep skills. Herald upkeep skills grant less damage but can be stacked.
	Forceful Persistence (PvP, WvW)	Herald	Herald Skill Damage Increase:	3%	Deal increased strike damage with active upkeep skills. Herald upkeep skills grant less damage but can be stacked.
	Reinforced Potency (PvE)	Herald	Bonus Damage per Boon:	1.5%	Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
	Reinforced Potency (PvP, WvW)	Herald	Bonus Damage per Boon:	1%	Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
	Ambush Commander	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	When you critically strike, or attack your enemies from behind or their flanks, you'll inspire yourself with Kalla's fervor. Gain access to Citadel Order abilities.
	Ashen Demeanor	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Disabling a foe cripples your enemy, which leaves them vulnerable and inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
	Blood Fury	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Fury increases the duration of bleeds you inflict. Gaining fury inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
	Lasting Legacy	Renegade	Improved Kalla's Fervor:	3%	Kalla's Fervor you inspire lasts longer and is more potent. Heroic Command grants more might per stack of Kalla's Fervor.
	Wrought-Iron Will	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Evading an attack inspires you with Kalla's Fervor and grants boons to nearby allies.
	Leviathan Strength	Vindicator	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased damage while your endurance is not full.
	Berserker's Power	Strength	Berserker's Power:	10.5%	Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
	Berserker's Power	Strength	Berserker's Power:	15.75%	Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
	Berserker's Power	Strength	Berserker's Power:	21%	Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
	Burst Mastery	Discipline	Damage Increase:	7%	Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.
	Crack Shot	Discipline	Damage Increase:	10%	Your longbow, rifle, and harpoon gun skills gain reduced recharge, and their weapon skill 1 attacks are enhanced.
	Cull the Weak (PvE)	Defense	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
	Cull the Weak (PvP, WvW)	Defense	Damage Increase:	7%	Deal strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
	Destruction of the Empowered	Discipline	Damage Increase:	3%	Deal increased strike damage per boon on your target.
	Empowered	Tactics	Damage Increase:	1%	Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
	Leg Specialist (PvE)	Tactics	Damage Increase:	10%	Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Deal increased strike damage to foes affected with movement-impairing conditions.
	Leg Specialist (PvP, WvW)	Tactics	Damage Increase:	7%	Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Deal increased strike damage to foes affected with movement-impairing conditions.
	Merciless Hammer	Defense	Damage Increase:	20%	Hammer and mace skills deal increased damage when striking a disabled or defiant foe. Gain adrenaline when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
	Peak Performance (PvE)	Strength	Peak Performance:	10%	Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills have reduced recharge and further increase all outgoing strike damage for a period of time.
	Peak Performance (PvP, WvW)	Strength	Peak Performance:	7%	Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills have reduced recharge and further increase all outgoing strike damage for a period of time.
	Peak Performance (PvE)	Strength	Damage Increase:	5%	Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills have reduced recharge and further increase all outgoing strike damage for a period of time.
	Peak Performance (PvP, WvW)	Strength	Damage Increase:	3%	Deal increased strike damage. Physical skills have reduced recharge and further increase all outgoing strike damage for a period of time.
	Stalwart Strength	Defense	Damage Increase:	10%	Gain stability when you disable a foe. Deal increased strike damage while you have stability.
	Warrior's Cunning (PvP)	Tactics	Damage Increase vs. High Health:	7%	Deal increased strike damage to foes above the health threshold. Also deal more damage to foes with barrier. Damage bonuses do not stack.
	Warrior's Cunning (PvE)	Tactics	Damage Increase vs. Barrier:	50%	Deal increased strike damage to foes above the health threshold. Also deal more damage to foes with barrier. Damage bonuses do not stack.
	Warrior's Cunning (PvP)	Tactics	Damage Increase vs. Barrier:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to foes above the health threshold. Also deal more damage to foes with barrier. Damage bonuses do not stack.
	Warrior's Cunning (PvE)	Tactics	Damage Increase vs. High Health:	25%	Deal increased strike damage to foes above the health threshold. Also deal more damage to foes with barrier. Damage bonuses do not stack.
	Warrior's Sprint (PvE)	Discipline	Damage Increase:	10%	Run faster while wielding melee weapons, and deal increased strike damage while you have swiftness. Movement skills break immobilization when used.
	Warrior's Sprint (PvP, WvW)	Discipline	Damage Increase:	3%	Run faster while wielding melee weapons, and deal increased strike damage while you have swiftness. Movement skills break immobilization when used.
	Bloody Roar (PvE)	Berserker	Damage Increase:	25%	Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering berserk mode.
	Bloody Roar (PvP, WvW)	Berserker	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering berserk mode.
	Revenge Counter	Spellbreaker	Damage Increase:	20%	Full Counter deals additional damage and grants resistance. Copy conditions on yourself to targets you hit with Full Counter.
	Fierce as Fire	Bladesworn	Fierce as Fire:	1%	Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
	Big Boomer (PvE)	Explosives	Damage Increase:	15%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.
	Big Boomer (PvP, WvW)	Explosives	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.
	Excessive Energy	Tools	Damage Increase:	10%	Strike damage dealt is increased while you have vigor.
	Glass Cannon	Explosives	Damage Increase:	10%	Strike damage dealt increases when above health threshold.
	Modified Ammunition	Firearms	Damage Increase:	2%	Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
	Shaped Charge	Explosives	Damage Increase per Stack:	0.5%	Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.
	Takedown Round	Tools	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage while your endurance is not full.
	Object in Motion	Scrapper	Damage per Boon:	5%	Deal increased strike damage while you have stability, swiftness, or superspeed. This damage increase compounds for each boon you have.
	Laser's Edge	Holosmith	Maximum Damage Increase:	15%	While Photon Forge is active, your outgoing strike damage is increased based on your current heat.
	Solar Focusing Lens	Holosmith	Damage Increase:	10%	Your first few attacks after entering or exiting Photon Forge inflict burning and deal increased strike damage. This bonus is also granted if you overheat.
	Bountiful Hunter	Nature Magic	Damage per Boon:	1%	You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
	Farsighted	Marksmanship	Damage Increase above Threshold:	10%	Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.
	Farsighted	Marksmanship	Damage Increase:	5%	Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.
	Hunter's Tactics (PvE)	Skirmishing	Damage Increase:	15%	You deal more damage and have an increased chance to critically strike while attacking from behind or the side.
	Hunter's Tactics (PvP, WvW)	Skirmishing	Damage Increase:	10%	You deal more damage and have an increased chance to critically strike while attacking from behind or the side.
	Light on your Feet	Skirmishing	Damage Increase:	10%	Damage and condition duration are increased after dodging or using Quick Shot. Short bow skills pierce and gain recharge reduction, and their attacks from behind or while flanking are improved.
	Loud Whistle	Beastmastery	Damage Increase:	10%	While your health is above the threshold, your pet deals increased strike damage. Your pet swap gains recharge reduction.
	Moment of Clarity	Marksmanship	Attack of Opportunity:	50%	Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
	Predator's Onslaught	Marksmanship	Damage Increase:	15%	You and your pet deal increased strike damage to disabled, defiant, or movement-impaired foes. Affected conditions are stun, taunt, daze, cripple, fear, immobilize, and chilled.
	Remorseless	Marksmanship	Damage Increase:	25%	Regain opening strike whenever you gain fury. Opening strike deals more damage.
	Two-Handed Training	Beastmastery	Damage Increase:	10%	Greatsword and spear skills deal more damage and recharge faster. Gain fury when you disable a foe.
	Furious Strength (PvP, WvW)	Soulbeast	Damage Increase:	7%	You deal increased strike damage while you have fury.
	Furious Strength (PvE)	Soulbeast	Damage Increase:	15%	You deal increased strike damage while you have fury.
	Oppressive Superiority	Soulbeast	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.
	Twice as Vicious (PvE)	Soulbeast	Twice as Vicious:	10%	Disabling a foe increases your damage and condition damage for a short duration.
	Twice as Vicious (PvP, WvW)	Soulbeast	Twice as Vicious:	5%	Disabling a foe increases your damage and condition damage for a short duration.
	Blinding Outburst (PvP, WvW)	Untamed	Damage Increase:	10%	Venomous Outburst deals more damage and applies blindness in addition to its other effects. Unleashed Ambush skills deal more damage.
	Blinding Outburst (PvE)	Untamed	Damage Increase:	25%	Venomous Outburst deals more damage and applies blindness in addition to its other effects. Unleashed Ambush skills deal more damage.
	Ferocious Symbiosis (PvP)	Untamed	Ferocious Symbiosis:	2%	You and your pet grant each other increased damage and movement speed when striking enemies. When this triggers, it refreshes the duration of all stacks
	Ferocious Symbiosis (PvE)	Untamed	Ferocious Symbiosis:	4%	You and your pet grant each other increased damage and movement speed when striking enemies. When this triggers, it refreshes the duration of all stacks
	Ferocious Symbiosis (WvW)	Untamed	Ferocious Symbiosis:	3%	You and your pet grant each other increased damage and movement speed when striking enemies. When this triggers, it refreshes the duration of all stacks
	Vow of the Untamed (PvP)	Untamed	Outgoing Damage Adjustment:	10%	Your outgoing strike damage is increased while you are unleashed. You take reduced damage from strikes while your pet is unleashed.
	Vow of the Untamed (PvE)	Untamed	Outgoing Damage Adjustment:	25%	Your outgoing strike damage is increased while you are unleashed. You take reduced damage from strikes while your pet is unleashed.
	Vow of the Untamed (WvW)	Untamed	Outgoing Damage Adjustment:	15%	Your outgoing strike damage is increased while you are unleashed. You take reduced damage from strikes while your pet is unleashed.
	Executioner	Deadly Arts	Damage Increase:	20%	Deal increased strike damage when your target is below the health threshold.
	Exposed Weakness	Deadly Arts	Damage Increase per Unique Condition:	2%	Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
	Lead Attacks	Trickery	Maximum Damage Increase:	15%	Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
	Lead Attacks	Trickery	Lead Attacks:	1%	Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
	Bounding Dodger	Daredevil	Bounding Dodger:	15%	Your dodge ability is replaced by Bound, dealing damage to the area after you evade. Gain increased strike damage for a period of time after you dodge.
	Havoc Specialist	Daredevil	Damage per Missing Bar:	5%	Strike damage dealt increases based on endurance that is missing.
	Weakening Strikes (PvP, WvW)	Daredevil	Damage Increase:	7%	Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.
	Weakening Strikes (PvE)	Daredevil	Damage Increase:	10%	Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.
	Iron Sight (PvE)	Deadeye	Damage Increase:	15%	Strike damage dealt to your marked target is increased, and strike damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
	Iron Sight (PvP, WvW)	Deadeye	Damage Increase:	10%	Strike damage dealt to your marked target is increased, and strike damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
	Premeditation (PvP, WvW)	Deadeye	Bonus Damage per Boon:	1%	Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
	Premeditation (PvE)	Deadeye	Bonus Damage per Boon:	1.5%	Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
	Bolt to the Heart	Air	Damage Increase:	20%	Deal increased strike damage to enemies below the health threshold.
	Bountiful Power	Arcane (specialization)	Damage Increase:	2%	Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
	Flow like Water (PvP, WvW)	Water	Damage Increase:	5%	Deal increased strike damage when your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.
	Flow like Water (PvE)	Water	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage when your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.
	Persisting Flames	Fire	Persisting Flames:	1%	Fire fields created by weapon skills last longer. Whenever your fire fields hit a foe, gain increased strike damage for a duration.
	Piercing Shards (PvE)	Water	Damage Increase:	10%	Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.
	Piercing Shards (PvP, WvW)	Water	Damage Increase:	5%	Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.
	Pyromancer's Training	Fire	Damage Increase:	10%	Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
	Serrated Stones	Earth	Damage Increase:	5%	Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
	Stormsoul	Air	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
	Transcendent Tempest (PvE)	Tempest	Transcendent Tempest:	15%	Time to attain singularity is reduced. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
	Transcendent Tempest (PvP, WvW)	Tempest	Transcendent Tempest:	7%	Time to attain singularity is reduced. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
	Elements of Rage (PvP, WvW)	Weaver	Elements of Rage:	5%	Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.
	Elements of Rage (PvE)	Weaver	Elements of Rage:	10%	Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.
	Swift Revenge (PvE)	Weaver	Damage Increase:	15%	Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
	Swift Revenge (PvP, WvW)	Weaver	Damage Increase:	10%	Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
	Empowering Auras (PvP, WvW)	Catalyst	Empowering Auras:	2%	Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
	Empowering Auras (PvE)	Catalyst	Empowering Auras:	3%	Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
	Compounding Power	Illusions	Compounding Power:	2%	Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and gives increased condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
	Egotism	Domination	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you.
	Empowered Illusions	Domination	Damage Increase:	15%	Illusions deal increased strike damage.
	Fragility	Domination	Damage Increase per Stack:	0.5%	Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.
	Mental Anguish (PvP, WvW)	Domination	Damage Increase vs. Inactivity:	20%	Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.
	Mental Anguish (PvE)	Domination	Damage Increase:	25%	Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.
	Mental Anguish (PvP, WvW)	Domination	Damage Increase:	10%	Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.
	Mental Anguish (PvE)	Domination	Damage Increase vs. Inactivity:	50%	Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.
	Phantasmal Force	Illusions	Phantasmal Force:	1%	Phantasms deal increased strike damage for each stack of might you have. Gain might when your phantasms become clones.
	Vicious Expression	Domination	Damage Increase:	15%	You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
	Time Catches Up (PvP, WvW)	Chronomancer	Damage Increase:	5%	Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.
	Time Catches Up (PvE)	Chronomancer	Damage Increase:	10%	Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.
	Bloodsong	Virtuoso	Damage Increase:	25%	Bleeding you apply deals increased damage. Stock a blade after applying enough stacks of bleeding to foes.
	Deadly Blades	Virtuoso	Deadly Blades:	5%	Blades inflict vulnerability on critical hits. After successfully casting a Bladesong, increase all damage dealt for a short time. This does not stack.
	Mental Focus (PvE)	Virtuoso	Damage Increase:	10%	Strike damage is increased against foes within the range threshold.
	Mental Focus (PvP, WvW)	Virtuoso	Damage Increase:	7%	Strike damage is increased against foes within the range threshold.
	Close to Death	Spite	Damage Increase:	20%	Deal increased strike damage to enemies below the health threshold.
	Death's Embrace (PvP, WvW)	Spite	Damage Increase:	5%	Deal increased strike damage while downed. Inflict vulnerability when you strike a foe below the health threshold. Cannot apply vulnerability to the same target more than once per interval.
	Death's Embrace (PvE)	Spite	Damage Increase:	25%	Deal increased strike damage while downed. Inflict vulnerability when you strike a foe below the health threshold. Cannot apply vulnerability to the same target more than once per interval.
	Necromantic Corruption	Death Magic	Damage Increase:	25%	Minions deal more damage and take conditions from you. When a minion attacks, it transfers conditions to its target. There is a 10 second cooldown per minion.
	Soul Barbs	Soul Reaping	Damage Increase:	10%	Entering or exiting shroud increases all damage you deal for a duration.
	Spiteful Talisman	Spite	Damage Increase:	10%	Deal increased strike damage to foes with no boons. Focus and axe skills recharge faster.
	Augury of Death	Reaper	Damage Increase:	100%	Shouts now siphon health. This effect is increased on foes in melee range.
	Cold Shoulder (PvE)	Reaper	Damage Increase:	15%	Chill lasts longer, and chilled foes take increased strike damage from your attacks.
	Cold Shoulder (PvP, WvW)	Reaper	Damage Increase:	10%	Chill lasts longer, and chilled foes take increased strike damage from your attacks.
	Soul Eater	Reaper	Damage Increase:	10%	Striking foes within the range threshold deals increased strike damage and heals you for a portion of the damage dealt. Healing will not occur while life force replaces health.
	Wicked Corruption	Harbinger	Damage Increase:	0.5%	Deal increased strike damage for each stack of blight you have. Critical strikes deal increased damage to targets with torment.

Traits that reduce incoming damage

	Trait	Trait line	Damage reduced in %		Description
	Hunter's Fortification	Dragonhunter	Damage Reduced:	10%	Remove conditions when blocking attacks. Receive less damage when you have no conditions on you.
	Close Quarters	Retribution (specialization)	Damage Reduced:	10%	Reduce strike damage dealt to you from foes beyond the range threshold.
	Demonic Resistance (PvE)	Corruption (specialization)	Damage Reduced:	20%	Incoming strike damage is reduced while you have resistance on you.
	Demonic Resistance (PvP, WvW)	Corruption (specialization)	Damage Reduced:	10%	Incoming strike damage is reduced while you have resistance on you.
	Determined Resolution	Retribution (specialization)	Damage Reduced:	10%	Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.
	Unyielding Devotion (PvE, WvW)	Salvation	Damage Reduced:	15%	Take reduced strike damage for a duration after healing. Lasts longer if you heal an ally other than yourself.
	Unyielding Devotion (PvP)	Salvation	Damage Reduced:	10%	Take reduced strike damage for a duration after healing. Lasts longer if you heal an ally other than yourself.
	Hardened Armor	Defense	Damage Reduced:	10%	Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.
	Savage Instinct	Berserker	Feel No Pain:	100%	Activating berserk mode breaks stuns and reduces incoming damage.
	Iron Blooded	Alchemy	Iron Blooded:	2%	Reduce physical and condition damage for each boon you have.
	Light Density Amplifier	Holosmith	Damage Reduced:	15%	Photon Forge reduces incoming damage but has increased passive heat generation.
	Exigency Protocols	Mechanist	Exigency Protocols:	50%	When your mech is struck while under half health, it activates Exigency Protocols, gaining damage reduction and regeneration for a short duration. Regeneration boons you apply are stronger.
	Oakheart Salve	Wilderness Survival	Damage Reduced:	5%	Gain regeneration when you are inflicted with bleeding, poison, or burning. While you have regeneration, you take reduced strike damage.
	Vow of the Untamed (PvP, WvW)	Untamed	Incoming Damage Adjustment:	10%	Your outgoing strike damage is increased while you are unleashed. You take reduced damage from strikes while your pet is unleashed.
	Vow of the Untamed (PvE)	Untamed	Incoming Damage Adjustment:	25%	Your outgoing strike damage is increased while you are unleashed. You take reduced damage from strikes while your pet is unleashed.
	Deadly Aim	Critical Strikes	Damage Reduced:	5%	Your pistol and harpoon gun attacks now pierce, but have reduced strike damage.
	Marauder's Resilience	Daredevil	Damage Reduced:	10%	Gain vitality based on a portion of your power. Damage is decreased from foes within the range threshold.
	Unhindered Combatant	Daredevil	Unhindered Combatant:	10%	Your dodge ability is replaced by a long-range dash that removes inhibiting conditions and grants swiftness and damage reduction. Removing conditions in this way temporarily reduces endurance gain.
	Weakening Strikes	Daredevil	Damage Reduced:	10%	Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.
	Iron Sight (PvE)	Deadeye	Damage Reduced:	15%	Strike damage dealt to your marked target is increased, and strike damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
	Iron Sight (PvP, WvW)	Deadeye	Damage Reduced:	10%	Strike damage dealt to your marked target is increased, and strike damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
	Arcane Resurrection	Arcane (specialization)	Frost Aura:	10%	Cast Geyser when you begin reviving a downed ally. Geyser now partially revives downed allies. When you begin reviving an ally, you gain an aura based on your attunement.
	Geomancer's Training	Earth	Damage Reduced:	10%	Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.
	Soothing Ice	Water	Frost Aura:	10%	Gain regeneration and frost aura when critically hit.
	Stone Flesh	Earth	Damage Reduced:	7%	Strike damage taken is reduced while attuned to earth.
	Elemental Bastion	Tempest	Frost Aura:	10%	Heal allies you grant an aura to. Grant frost aura to nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.
	Unstable Conduit	Tempest	Frost Aura:	10%	Overloads grant an aura based on your attunement.
	Elemental Epitome	Catalyst	Frost Aura:	10%	Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.
	Hardened Auras	Catalyst	Damage reduction per stack.:	2%	Damage reduction is increased when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
	Illusionary Defense (PvE)	Chaos	Illusionary Defense:	5%	Gain a stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
	Illusionary Defense (PvP, WvW)	Chaos	Illusionary Defense:	2%	Gain a stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
	Blood as Sand (PvE)	Scourge	Damage Reduced:	5%	Reduce all incoming damage taken for each sand shade you have active.
	Blood as Sand (PvP, WvW)	Scourge	Damage Reduced:	3%	Reduce all incoming damage taken for each sand shade you have active.

Related effects

Effects that reduce strike damage

•  Protection — Incoming damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Frost Aura — Chill foes that strike you (only once per second for each attacker); incoming damage is reduced by 10%.

Related equipment

Upgrade components that decrease incoming damage

Runes

•   Superior Rune of Perplexity: -10% incoming Damage from confused foes.
•   Superior Rune of the Scrapper: -7% incoming Damage when within 600 units of an enemy.

Related consumables

Consumables that reduce incoming damage

Item	Effect	Duration	Level Required
Bowl of Mussel Soup	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Vitality +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Bowl of Curry Mussel Soup	+10% Damage Reduction +5% Condition-Damage Reduction +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Bowl of Lemongrass Mussel Pasta	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Toughness +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Plate of Mussels Gnashblade	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Concentration +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Fried Oysters	+10% Damage Reduction +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Fried Oyster Sandwich	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Power +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Oysters Gnashblade	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Expertise +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Oysters with Cocktail Sauce	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Precision +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Oysters with Pesto Sauce	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Healing Power +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Oysters with Spicy Sauce	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Condition Damage +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80
Oysters with Zesty Sauce	+10% Damage Reduction +70 Ferocity +10% Experience from kills	30 minutes	80

Condition damage

For the attribute, see Condition Damage

Condition damage done

The damage done by conditions is governed by the character level, the condition inflicted, and the player's Condition Damage attribute. Unlike strike damage, condition damage is not reduced by armor or toughness. Players can increase the listed amounts by increasing the Condition Duration attribute via traits, equipment, or nourishments. Players can reduce incoming condition damage with Resolution, Light Aura, Dark Aura, as well as other effects listed below.

Condition	Formula	Inflicted
Bleeding	0.06 * Condition Damage + 0.25 * Level + 2 lvl80: 0.06 * Condition Damage + 22	per second
Burning	0.155 * Condition Damage + 1.55 * Level + 7 lvl80: 0.155 * Condition Damage + 131	per second
Poisoned1	0.06 * Condition Damage + 0.375 * Level + 3.5 lvl80: 0.06 * Condition Damage + 33.5	per second
Torment2	0.06 * Condition Damage + 0.25 * Level + 2 lvl80: 0.06 * Condition Damage + 22	per second
Confusion	0.035 * Condition Damage + 0.1 * Level + 2 lvl80: 0.035 * Condition Damage + 10	per second
Confusion	0.0625 * Condition Damage + 0.575 * Level + 3.5 lvl80: 0.0625 * Condition Damage + 49.5	per foe skill use

• ¹ Poison reduces incoming healing by 33% for its entire duration.
• ² Torment deals more damage to stationary targets, see Torment for moving/stationary damage in PvE/WvW+PvP.

Related skills

Skills that increase outgoing condition damage

Weapon skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Flame Wheel — Hammer, when attuned to fire

Utility skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Burst of Strength — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Superconducting Signet — Signet

Elite skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Weave Self — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Heroic Command — Citadel Order

Trait skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Call of the Renegade — Song of the Mists
•   Empowering Roar — Bold Reversal

Common skills that increase outgoing condition damage

•   Empty Sliver Shells — Vlast Avenger

Skills that reduce incoming condition damage

Weapon skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Icy Coil — Hammer, when attuned to water

Transform skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Infusing Terror — Reaper's Shroud

Healing skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Breakrazor's Bastion — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Perilous Gift — Cantrip

Utility skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Signet of Judgment — Signet
•   Vengeful Hammers — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Spectrum Shield — Exceed
•   Barrier Signet — Signet
•   Dolyak Stance — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Flash Spark — Tool belt, Spectrum Shield
•   Drink Ambrosia — Stolen skill

Trait skills that reduce incoming condition damage

•   Rite of the Great Dwarf — Versed in Stone

Related traits

Traits that increase outgoing condition damage

	Trait	Trait line	Condition damage increase in %		Description
	Amplified Wrath (PvP, WvW)	Radiance	Damage Increase:	15%	Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.
	Amplified Wrath (PvE)	Radiance	Damage Increase:	10%	Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.
	Acolyte of Torment	Corruption (specialization)	Damage Increase:	10%	Torment deals increased damage.
	Destructive Impulses	Devastation	Damage Increase:	5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Destructive Impulses (PvE)	Devastation	Bonus Damage from Off Hand:	2.5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Destructive Impulses (PvP, WvW)	Devastation	Bonus Damage from Off Hand:	5%	All damage dealt is increased, and increased additionally if you have an off-hand weapon equipped.
	Ferocious Aggression (PvP, WvW)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	7%	All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
	Ferocious Aggression (PvE)	Invocation	Damage Increase:	10%	All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
	Vicious Reprisal	Retribution (specialization)	Damage Increase:	10%	While you have resolution, all damage dealt is increased, and you gain might when you strike foes. Resolution granted to you lasts longer.
	Ambush Commander	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	When you critically strike, or attack your enemies from behind or their flanks, you'll inspire yourself with Kalla's fervor. Gain access to Citadel Order abilities.
	Ashen Demeanor	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Disabling a foe cripples your enemy, which leaves them vulnerable and inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
	Blood Fury	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Fury increases the duration of bleeds you inflict. Gaining fury inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
	Heartpiercer	Renegade	Damage Increase:	25%	Your short bow skills now pierce. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.
	Lasting Legacy	Renegade	Improved Kalla's Fervor:	3%	Kalla's Fervor you inspire lasts longer and is more potent. Heroic Command grants more might per stack of Kalla's Fervor.
	Wrought-Iron Will	Renegade	Kalla's Fervor:	2%	Evading an attack inspires you with Kalla's Fervor and grants boons to nearby allies.
	Thermal Vision	Firearms	Thermal Vision:	5%	Gain expertise. Increase your outgoing condition damage when you inflict burning.
	Hidden Barbs	Skirmishing	Damage Increase:	33%	Bleeding you inflict is more dangerous.
	Poison Master	Wilderness Survival	Damage Increase:	25%	Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.
	Twice as Vicious (PvE)	Soulbeast	Twice as Vicious:	10%	Disabling a foe increases your damage and condition damage for a short duration.
	Twice as Vicious (PvP, WvW)	Soulbeast	Twice as Vicious:	5%	Disabling a foe increases your damage and condition damage for a short duration.
	Deadly Ambush	Trickery	Damage Increase:	25%	Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.
	Lead Attacks	Trickery	Maximum Damage Increase:	15%	Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
	Lead Attacks	Trickery	Lead Attacks:	1%	Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
	Potent Poison (PvE)	Deadly Arts	Damage Increase:	33%	Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.
	Potent Poison (PvP, WvW)	Deadly Arts	Damage Increase:	20%	Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.
	Lotus Training	Daredevil	Lotus Training:	15%	Your dodge ability now uses Impaling Lotus, firing daggers at nearby enemies. Gain increased condition damage for a period of time when dodging.
	Larcenous Torment	Specter	Damage Increase:	10%	Torment you inflict is increased. Gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
	Transcendent Tempest (PvP, WvW)	Tempest	Transcendent Tempest:	7%	Time to attain singularity is reduced. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
	Transcendent Tempest (PvE)	Tempest	Transcendent Tempest:	15%	Time to attain singularity is reduced. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
	Elements of Rage (PvE)	Weaver	Elements of Rage:	10%	Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.
	Elements of Rage (PvP, WvW)	Weaver	Elements of Rage:	5%	Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.
	Weaver's Prowess (PvE)	Weaver	Weaver's Prowess:	10%	Gain increased condition damage and duration for a period of time after attuning to a different element.
	Weaver's Prowess (PvP, WvW)	Weaver	Weaver's Prowess:	10%	Gain increased condition damage and duration for a period of time after attuning to a different element.
	Empowering Auras (PvP, WvW)	Catalyst	Empowering Auras:	2%	Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
	Empowering Auras (PvE)	Catalyst	Empowering Auras:	3%	Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
	Illusionary Membrane (PvE)	Chaos	Damage Increase:	10%	While you have regeneration, condition damage you deal is increased, and condition damage you take is reduced.
	Deadly Blades	Virtuoso	Deadly Blades:	5%	Blades inflict vulnerability on critical hits. After successfully casting a Bladesong, increase all damage dealt for a short time. This does not stack.
	Putrid Defense	Death Magic	Poison Damage Increased:	15%	Poison damage is increased. Applying poison grants carapace.
	Soul Barbs	Soul Reaping	Damage Increase:	10%	Entering or exiting shroud increases all damage you deal for a duration.
	Demonic Lore (PvE)	Scourge	Damage Increase:	25%	Torment you inflict deals increased damage and causes your foes to burn. This trait can only inflict burning on a particular target once every three seconds.
	Demonic Lore (PvP, WvW)	Scourge	Damage Increase:	33%	Torment you inflict deals increased damage and causes your foes to burn. This trait can only inflict burning on a particular target once every three seconds.
	Septic Corruption	Harbinger	Damage Increase:	0.5%	Deal increased condition damage for each stack of blight you have. Shroud 2 skill also inflicts poison.

Traits that reduce incoming condition damage

	Trait	Trait line	Condition damage reduced in %		Description
	Justice is Blind	Radiance	Light Aura:	10%	Gain a light aura and blind nearby foes when you activate Virtue skill 1.
	Versed in Stone	Retribution (specialization)	Condition Damage Reduced:	50%	Rite of the Great Dwarf affects condition damage as well. When struck below the health threshold, cast the Rite of the Great Dwarf. Gain power based on your toughness.
	Righteous Rebel	Renegade	Condition Damage Reduced:	4%	Kalla's Fervor reduces the damage you receive from conditions. Orders from Above lasts longer and affects a larger area.
	Iron Blooded	Alchemy	Iron Blooded:	2%	Reduce physical and condition damage for each boon you have.
	Adaptive Armor	Scrapper	Condition Damage Reduced:	20%	Barriers you receive are stronger. Reduce incoming condition damage while you have barrier.
	Exigency Protocols	Mechanist	Exigency Protocols:	50%	When your mech is struck while under half health, it activates Exigency Protocols, gaining damage reduction and regeneration for a short duration. Regeneration boons you apply are stronger.
	Second Skin (PvP)	Soulbeast	Damage Reduced:	20%	Conditions inflict less damage to you while you have protection.
	Second Skin (PvE)	Soulbeast	Damage Reduced:	33%	Conditions inflict less damage to you while you have protection.
	Unhindered Combatant	Daredevil	Unhindered Combatant:	10%	Your dodge ability is replaced by a long-range dash that removes inhibiting conditions and grants swiftness and damage reduction. Removing conditions in this way temporarily reduces endurance gain.
	Illusionary Membrane	Chaos	Damage Reduced:	10%	While you have regeneration, condition damage you deal is increased, and condition damage you take is reduced.
	Beyond the Veil	Death Magic	Condition Damage Reduced:	10%	Take reduced condition damage while at or above the threshold of carapace stacks.
	Dark Defiance	Death Magic	Condition Damage Reduction:	20%	If you are disabled, gain protection. Incoming condition damage is reduced while you have protection. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.
	Blood as Sand (PvP, WvW)	Scourge	Damage Reduced:	3%	Reduce all incoming damage taken for each sand shade you have active.
	Blood as Sand (PvE)	Scourge	Damage Reduced:	5%	Reduce all incoming damage taken for each sand shade you have active.

Related effects

Effects that reduce incoming condition damage

•  Resolution — Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Light Aura — When struck, you gain resolution. Incoming condition damage is reduced by 10%. (Cooldown: 1s)
•  Dark Aura — Surrounded by a dark aura that reduces incoming condition damage and causes torment each time you are struck (1-second cooldown per attacker).

Related equipment

Upgrade components that increase outgoing condition damage

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Lich: +4% Condition Damage
•   Superior Rune of the Renegade: +7% Condition Damage
•   Superior Rune of the Berserker: +5% Damage and +5% Condition Damage

Sigils

•   Superior Sigil of Bursting: +5% Condition Damage

Upgrade components that decrease incoming condition damage

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Stars: -10% incoming Condition Damage.
•   Superior Rune of Hoelbrak: -10% incoming Condition Damage.

Falling damage

A fall from a sufficient height will instantly put a character into the defeated state.

A character that falls will take a percentage of their health in damage, based on the distance. The damage appears to scale exponentially, and the maximum safe falling distance is around 1200 units. Landing in water negates fall damage, but invulnerability does not.

Nonfatal falls can still be quite dangerous in areas with hostile NPCs, as sufficiently long falls can cause characters to be knocked prone upon landing; this leaves the character vulnerable to attacks while recovering.

Slopes

You can fall while attempting to navigate a slope, since it is more difficult to estimate the height and angle. Sometimes, instead of sliding safely down, a character can be inflicted by repeated short falls that are each far enough to cause falling damage, sometimes resulting in becoming defeated, even though individually the falls would not have been fatal.

Forcing opponents to fall

In WvW and PvP, you can cause other players to fall by using control effects, such as fear and knockback, to move them over the edge, but NPCs will never fall off ledges.

Bug:

Sometimes after falling, your character may uncontrollably run off despite that your character is still facing flat on the ground. This bug causes disadvantages while going through jumping puzzles where platforms above falling pits are narrow.

Historical

Prior to the December 3, 2019 game update, every profession had a trait which halved falling damage and granted one or more other effects after falling.

Notes

• When rounding numbers, Guild Wars 2 uses a specific type of rounding known as Round Half to Even.
• Most applications of damage, even Conditions, will calculate how much damage they do as the application occurs, not when the ability was cast; thus, abilities that deal multiple instances of damage over time, or skills that have a wind-up like Spear of Archemorus, will change in power if the user gains something like Might or a damage bonus like Leviathan Strength while the ability is still occurring.
• Direct damage has been clarified to strike damage in most runes, traits, skills and sigils with the May 11, 2021 game update.

See also

• Damage calculation
• Life stealing

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Attributes

Primary	Power	Precision Critical Chance
	Toughness Armor	Vitality Health
Secondary	Concentration Boon Duration	Condition Damage	Expertise Condition Duration
	Ferocity Critical Damage	Healing Power
Profession	Guardian	Warrior
	Engineer	Ranger	Thief
	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
Special	Agony Resistance	Gold Find	Fishing Power
	Karma Gain	Magic Find	XP Gain