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: 85 (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 spear. Greatsword and 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. Soldier's Focus gains increased radius.
• 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
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.