Rushing Justice

This article is about the skill used by the Willbender elite specialization. For the skill used by The Enforcer in the Kaineng Overlook strike mission, see Rushing Justice (The Enforcer).

Virtue. Rush toward your target and gain Justice delivering a strike and emanating Willbender Flames. — In-game description

Rushing Justice

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Willbender

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Virtue

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

62668

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0.5½  

12

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18

 

Rushing Justice

Virtue. Rush toward your target and gain Justice delivering a strike and emanating Willbender Flames.

 Impact Damage: 399 (1.5)^?

 Impact Damage: 319 (1.2)^?

 Justice (8s): Consecutive attacks cause burning.

 Justice (6s): Consecutive attacks cause burning.

 Initial Burning (4s): 524 Damage

 Burning (2s): 262 Damage

 Burning (10.5½s): 197 Damage

 Number of Attacks to Trigger: 5

 Range: 800

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Zealous Scepter — Gain might when your Virtue skill 1 passive effect triggers; gain more might while wielding a scepter.

Radiance

• Justice is Blind — Gain a light aura and blind nearby foes when you activate Virtue skill 1.
• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Renewed Justice — Virtue skill 1 is renewed when you kill a foe.
• Wrath of Justice — Striking an enemy with the damaging effect from Virtue skill 1 casts Lesser Signet of Wrath.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Virtue of Resolution — Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.
• Inspiring Virtue — Strike damage dealt is increased after activating a virtue.
• Power of the Virtuous — Gain condition damage based on your vitality. Virtues gain reduced recharge.
• Permeating Wrath — The passive effect of Virtue skill 1 triggers more quickly and now burns in an area.

Willbender

• Righteous Sprint — Gain increased movement speed. Gain swiftness when you activate a virtue.
• Restorative Virtues — Triggered virtue effects reduce the cooldown of active weapon abilities. Gain vigor when activating Flowing Resolve.
• Holy Reckoning — Triggered virtue effects now grant might to allies in addition to their bonuses. Gain fury when activating Rushing Justice.
• Lethal Tempo — Each time you activate a virtue or your virtue's passives are triggered, gain a damage bonus. Gaining stacks of this boon refreshes other stacks.
• Tyrant's Momentum — Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.

Notes

• Your character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines upon using this skill:
  • Face the consequences!
  • Take the initiative!
  • Bring 'em to justice!

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Increased the cooldown from 18 seconds to 22 seconds and reduced the power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.2 in WvW only.
June 25, 2024	Increased the Justice effect duration from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	Willbender virtues no longer remove the active effects of other willbender virtues.
July 19, 2022	Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.2 in PvP only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Rushing Justice has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Rushing Justice was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Improved the transition between running and punching. Increased velocities toward the end of the run and initial punch. Total range of the skill has been increased, taking the ability from maximum 450 to maximum 800 distance. Strike damage has been improved from 0.6 to 1.5. Reduced cast time of the attack by about 1/4 second.
August 17, 2021	Rushing Justice was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.

See also

•   Virtue of Justice
•   Spear of Justice
•   Tome of Justice