Magebane Tether (trait skill)

Tether yourself to your target. If they move beyond the range threshold, pull them to you. Grants might and reveals your target every second. — In-game description

Magebane Tether

Profession

Warrior (trait skill list)

Specialization

Spellbreaker

Trait

 Magebane Tether

Game link

API

43532

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Magebane Tether

Tether yourself to your target. If they move beyond the range threshold, pull them to you. Grants might and reveals your target every second.

 Damage Increase to Tethered Target: 15%

 Damage Increase to Tethered Target: 10%

 Range Threshold: 600

 Might (8s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (6s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (9s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

₈ Revealed (3s): You cannot stealth

 Pull: 600

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Duration: 8 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Defiance Break: 150

 Range: 600

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Body Blow — Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict bleeding and weakness.
• Pinnacle of Strength — Might applied to you grants more power. Your critical-hit chance is increased.
• Might Makes Right — Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.
• Aggressive Onslaught — Gain quickness when you disable an enemy. While you have quickness, your movement speed is increased. This stacks with other movement speed increases.

Arms

• Opportunist — Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize or disable a foe.
• Unsuspecting Foe — Increased critical-hit chance against disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Defense

• Merciless Hammer — 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.
• Stalwart Strength — Gain stability when you disable a foe. Deal increased strike damage while you have stability.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
• Mending Might — Applying might to an ally heals you.
• Phalanx Strength — When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Spellbreaker

• Dispelling Force — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.
• Magebane Tether — Hitting with a burst skill casts Magebane Tether on your target if they are within range.

Notes

• Applies the  Magebane Tether effect to your target while tethered.
• Your character will occasionally shout one of the following lines when you pull a foe:
  • You won't escape!
  • Get back here!
  • Not on my watch!
  • Stand and fight!

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 04, 2022	Increased might duration from 6 seconds to 9 seconds in PvP only.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage bonus to tethered target increased from 10% to 15%. Might stacks per second reduced from 3 to 1, but they are now applied to up to 5 allied targets within a range of 360.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced the number of might stacks from 2 to 1.
December 11, 2018	The duration of might that this trait grants has been split between game modes and will now apply 2 stacks for 6 seconds in PvP while keeping its current 3 stacks for 8 seconds in PvE and WvW.
May 08, 2018	Magebane Tether: This trait is no longer split between game modes and will now apply the 10% damage bonus to tethered targets in all modes.
February 06, 2018	Magebane Tether: Tethered targets take 10% bonus strike damage from the spellbreaker in PvE only.
December 12, 2017	Fixed a text error with the effect associated with this trait that stated it applied vulnerability instead of revealed.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Magebane Tether has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill shares its icon with Balthazar's Rage from the original Guild Wars game.