Hunter's Ward

Form your arrows into a barrier, and deal damage at the location. — In-game description

Hunter's Ward

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Weapon

Longbow

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

30628

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Hunter's Ward

Form your arrows into a barrier, and deal damage at the location.

 Initial Damage: 289 (0.75)^?

 Initial Damage: 39 (0.1)^?

 Final Impact Damage: 963 (2.5)^?

 Final Impact Damage: 513 (1.333)^?

 Final Impact Damage: 642 (1.666)^?

 Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

 Number of Impacts: 4

 Maximum Number of Barriers: 5

 Ring Duration: 5 seconds

 Ring Duration: 3 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Up to five enemies in the spell’s area of effect when it finishes channeling are inflicted with a unique  Hunter's Mark effect.
  • In PvE mode only, each  Hunter's Mark immediately inflicts 200 Defiance Break on enemies within its area of effect. A single enemy may be affected in this way by multiple  Hunter's Marks.
• Enemies that attempt to leave the ward created by their unique  Hunter's Mark take 150 Defiance Break.

Related traits

Dragonhunter

• Zealot's Aggression — Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	The ward created by this skill now performs an initial strike that deals defiance-bar damage when used in PvE.
February 14, 2023	Reduced power coefficient on the final impact from 1.666 to 1.333 in WvW.
November 29, 2022	(PvE Only) Reduced cooldown from 40 seconds to 20 seconds. Increased power coefficient of initial hit from 0.25 to 0.75. Increased power coefficient of final hit from 2.2 to 2.5. Reduced ring duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds in WvW only.
May 11, 2021	This skill's cast has been reworked. The dragonhunter will now channel the skill for 1 second and then release the barrage, allowing movement while the attacks occur and traps are formed.
March 17, 2020	The final visual effect of this skill has been toned down and rescaled to better reflect its area of impact.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Hunter's Ward: Increased the damage dealt by the final impact of this skill by 10%. (Competitive split) Reduced pulsing strike power coefficient from 0.25 to 0.1. Reduced final impact power coefficient from 2.0 to 1.666.
April 19, 2016	This skill now creates barriers on enemies only if they are struck by the final attack. Barriers created by this skill now only stop enemies who have been marked (struck) by the final attack. The final attack damage has been increased by 33%. Ring duration has been reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds. The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 40 seconds. Added a red ring for enemies so they can be identified as hostile.
November 17, 2015	Removed an erronious icon that appeared on opponents when using this ability. Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill. Fixed an issue that caused the damage to not be applied in certain skill queueing scenarios.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Hunter's Ward has been added to the game. Sped up and reduced the size of the impact FX.