Firebrand

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These zealous lorekeepers are skilled in conjuring magical fire, and they use axes and mantras in close combat. Their virtues are replaced by conjured tomes, which act as weapons to rebuke enemies and protect allies.

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Firebrand is an elite specialization for the guardian focusing on mantra skills. It converts their virtues into offensive and defensive tomes. It also allows the guardian to equip an axe in the main hand.

List of firebrand skills

See also: List of guardian skills

Profession mechanic

Tomes replace virtues as the firebrand's profession mechanic. Their passive effects are identical to virtues, but using a tome replaces your weapon skills and gives you a certain amount of skill uses ("pages") before the tome disappears.

	Skill			Description
	Tome of Justice	0.25¼	30	Burn foes every few attacks. Activate: Pull forth a magical tome on the dangers of the blazing heat in Kourna. Each tome skill use consumes a page.
	Tome of Resolve	0.5½	40	Regenerates health. Activate: Draw forth an enchanted tome that recounts the trials undergone by the people of Vabbi. Each tome skill use consumes a page.
	Tome of Courage	0.25¼	50	Grants aegis periodically. Activate:Conjure a mystic tome containing stories about the heroes of Istan. Each tome skill use consumes a page.

Tome of Justice

	Skill			Description
	Chapter 1: Searing Spell	0.5½		Fueled by tales of the desolation in Istan, incite a great swelling of heat before you.
	Chapter 2: Igniting Burst	0.75¾	4	Ignite the air around you in an expanding burst.
	Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke	0.75¾	8	Call forth a heated vortex to collapse your enemies together.
	Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath	0.5½	10	Detail the suffering in fire and blood inflicted during Vabbi's occupation.
	Epilogue: Ashes of the Just	0.75¾	12	Recall the memory of fallen heroes, granting allies the searing blades of justice.

Tome of Resolve

	Skill			Description
1	Chapter 1: Desert Bloom	0.5½		Tales of desert blooms create a wave of healing for your allies.
2	Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery	0.75¾	4	Release magic from pages detailing the rebuilding of Vabbi, cleansing conditions on nearby allies. Allies are healed for each condition removed.
3	Chapter 3: Azure Sun	0.75¾	8	Inspired by countless poems describing the comforting powers of the water-reflected sun, grant boons to allies.
4	Chapter 4: Shining River	0.75¾	10	Release a torrent of pages describing the water cycle of the Elon River. Heal allies and grant them swiftness.
5	Epilogue: Eternal Oasis	0.75¾	12	Purify your allies with the waters of Amnoon and increase the healing they receive.

Tome of Courage

	Skill			Description
1	Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge	0.5½		Roused by tales of mythical Sunspear charges, ground and motivate allies before you.
2	Chapter 2: Daring Challenge	0.25¼	4	As the tales recount of Turai, taunt your enemies by issuing an insightfully inciting challenge.
3	Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark	0.75¾	8	Manifest the shimmering purity of the desert sun, reflecting enemy missiles.
4	Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand	0.25¼	10	Recount the stand of Elonian loyalists against Palawa Joko, granting resistance to your allies.
5	Epilogue: Unbroken Lines	0.75¾	12	Recalling the memory of heroes past, enchant nearby allies with formidable defenses.

Weapon skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Axe
1	Core Cleave		0.5½		Cleave at your enemy with a physical and a magical axe.
1	Core Cleave, Bleeding Edge, Searing Slash (firebrand) chain  Bleeding Edge		0.5½		Slice through your foe again, physically and magically, as your weapon is heating up.
1	Core Cleave, Bleeding Edge, Searing Slash (firebrand) chain  Searing Slash		0.5½		Unleash your searing axe in an overhand slash, following it up with a magical edge.
2	Symbol of Vengeance	Symbol	1	8	Cleave your axe into the ground, reducing enemy movement and carving a razor-sharp symbol of vengeance.
3	Blazing Edge		0.75¾	12	Conjure a magical axe to rake your enemies toward you.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
Mantra of Solace	Mantra			20.75¾	30	Prepare to heal yourself and grant allies aegis. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Restoring Reprieve	Mantra				1	Gain health. Grant aegis to you and allies in front of and around you.
Rejuvenating Respite	Final Charge				1	Gain significant health. Grant aegis to you and allies before and beside you.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
Mantra of Flame	Mantra			20.75¾	25	Prepare a chant to sear your enemies. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Flame Rush	Mantra				1	Unleash a wave of purging fire in front of and around you.
Flame Surge	Final Charge				1	Unleash a powerful wave of flame.
Mantra of Lore	Mantra			20.75¾	25	Recite the ritual of cleansing, removing conditions and speeding recovery. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Opening Passage	Mantra				1	Recite a cleansing word, purifying allies of conditions and helping them recover.
Clarified Conclusion	Final Charge				1	Recite the concluding passage, converting corruption into enhancements for your allies and aiding them in recovery.
Mantra of Truth	Mantra			20.75¾	25	Prepare the tenets of truth to debilitate your foes. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Echo of Truth	Mantra				1	Recount a truth to enemies in front of and around you, inflicting them with conditions.
Voice of Truth	Final Charge				1	Reveal a harsh truth to enemies before and beside you, devastating them with conditions.
Mantra of Potence	Mantra			20.75¾	25	Recite a hymn from the annals of Turai to hasten yourself and allies. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Potent Haste	Mantra				1	Inspire allies before and beside you, enhancing their speed and strength.
Overwhelming Celerity	Final Charge				1	Inspire allies before and beside you, greatly enhancing their speed and strength.

Elite

Skill	Type					Description
Mantra of Liberation	Mantra			20.75¾	40	Echo remnants of an ancient pamphlet from Vabbi that urged Elonians to freedom. Grant stability and swiftness to allies while breaking stun. The final charge of this ability is more powerful.
Portent of Freedom	Mantra				1	Hints of freedom echo around, stabilizing and breaking stuns on you and your allies.
Unhindered Delivery	Final Charge				1	Your whispers guard your allies, stabilizing and breaking stuns on them while weakening enemies.

List of firebrand traits

See also: List of guardian traits

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Axe Proficiency		You can wield axes.
Minor Adept	Purity of Word		Gain knowledge of Elonian lore, igniting a fierce drive to purge corruption and manifesting your Virtues as mystic tomes. Gain access to Mantras.
Major Adept	Unrelenting Criticism		Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
Major Adept	Liberator's Vow	8	Grant allies quickness when you use your heal skill.
Major Adept	Archivist of Whispers		Your Virtues gain additional pages.
Minor Master	Swift Scholar	5	Equipping or stowing a Virtue grants you quickness.
Major Master	Weighty Terms	10	The final charge of your Mantra skills inflict immobilize. Mantras gain reduced charge-recovery time.
Major Master	Stalwart Speed	8	When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
Major Master	Legendary Lore		Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards.
Minor Grandmaster	Imbued Haste		Gain increased attributes while affected by quickness.
Major Grandmaster	Stoic Demeanor	5	Inflict slow on foes you disable or immobilize. Disables includes: stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear
Major Grandmaster	Quickfire	8	Granting quickness to an ally also grants Ashes of the Just This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
Major Grandmaster	Loremaster		Tome skills gain reduced recharge. Retain Virtues passives while they are on cooldown.

List of firebrand equipment

•   Superior Rune of the Firebrand
•   Firebrand's War Miter
•   Firebrand's Axe
•   Expurgation

Related achievements

• Specializations (Path of Fire achievements): Adept Firebrand — Begin training the guardian's firebrand elite specialization. (5)
  
• Specialization Collections: Expurgation — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the firebrand's axe, Expurgation. (3)
  

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Trivia

• Its virtues become Tomes. Two of the original elite skills for the guardian were also tomes.
• The Firebrand's mantras were one of the reasons why ArenaNet developed the Ammunition System. The old mantra system was inconvenient as once a mantra charge was used and the fight ended, players could either waste the next charge and wait for it to recharge or go into the next fight with one less mantra charge.
• The elonian Firebrand, Roni Gehianu, can be found east of Derelict Delve, in the Desert Highlands.

External links

• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Firebrand (Guardian)

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