Mighty Blow

Damage nearby foes with a mighty ground slam. If your target has been struck by Banish, teleport to them. — In-game description

Mighty Blow

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Hammer

Movement

Shadowstep

Game link

API

9194

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0.75¾  

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Mighty Blow

Damage nearby foes with a mighty ground slam. If your target has been struck by Banish, teleport to them.

 Damage: 969 (2.4)^?

 Damage: 734 (1.82)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 180

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Range: 300

 Teleport Range: 800

— In-game description

Mechanics

• This skill causes the player to leap forward up to 300 units.
• If the enemy has been previously hit with the skill   Banish (indicated by the effect  Banished), Mighty Blow will shadowstep to that enemy instead of doing a short leap. The teleport instantly moves the guardian 800 units towards the enemy, or directly within the melee range if the target is closer than that.
• The blast finisher is not confined to the initial position but rather triggers as long as the combo field has been crossed during the animation.
• Effects from blasting a combo field are applied after the end of the animation.

Related traits

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Willbender

• Vanguard Tactics — Activating Courage grants resistance. Shadowstepping grants resolution and protection.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	(Undocumented) Now teleports to the target if Banished is applied to it.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 2.1 to 2.4.
March 29, 2022	Reduced cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP and WvW.
July 07, 2020	Reduced cooldown from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased power coefficient from 1.75 to 1.82. Increased cooldown from 4 seconds to 10 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
August 28, 2018	The damage dealt by this skill has been increased by 20% in PvE only.
July 26, 2016	This skill no longer places the guardian in midair, is now affected by quickness and slow, and can be used in conjunction with Judge's Intervention.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
May 20, 2014	Increased the culling priority on the impact effect. Reduced the size of the impact effect by 10%.
September 14, 2012	Added a slight movement distance.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Mighty Blow has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.