Might Makes Right

Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself. — In-game description

Might Makes Right

Specialization

Strength (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Might Makes Right

Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.

 Healing: 133 (0.02)^?

 Healing: 98 (0.02)^?

 Endurance Gained: 2

— In-game description

Mechanics

• This trait activates per instance of  Might granted to yourself.
  • This means, for example,   "For Great Justice!" will activate per instance of  Might.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Crushing Blow — Mace
•   Rip — Sword
•   Fierce Shot — Rifle
•   Valiant Leap — Staff
•   Keen Strike — Dagger

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Banner of Strength — Banner
•   "For Great Justice!" — Shout
•   Signet of Might — Signet
•   Frenzy — Stance

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Battle Standard — Banner
•   Signet of Rage — Signet

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Signet of Might — Signet Mastery
•   Reckless Impact — Reckless Dodge
•   Magebane Tether — Magebane Tether

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Discipline

• Stalwart Focus — Increase your incoming healing effectiveness and healing to other allies.

Bladesworn

• River's Flow — Incoming healing increased. Healing yourself increases flow rate. Regeneration effects do not trigger flow rate increase

Traits that are improved by this trait

Strength

• Restorative Strength — Using a heal skill grants might.
• Forceful Greatsword — Gain power and a chance to gain might on critical strike. Double these bonuses while wielding a greatsword or underwater spear. Greatsword and underwater spear skills recharge faster.
• 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.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
• Empower Allies — While you are in combat, grant might to yourself and nearby allies each interval.
• Phalanx Strength — When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.

Berserker

• Heat the Soul — Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.

Bladesworn

• Unyielding Dragon — Dragon Slash becomes unblockable and ignores blindness. Gain might whenever you convert flow into charges.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased base heal from 85 to 98 in PvP and WvW.
December 01, 2020	Increased base heal from 64 to 85 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced base heal from 133 to 64.
December 12, 2017	Reduced endurance gain per might stack from 5 to 2.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Might Makes Right has been added to the game.