Shield of Judgment

Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes while giving protection and aegis to you and up to five allies. — In-game description

Shield of Judgment

0.5½  20  

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Shield

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Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes while giving protection and aegis to you and up to five allies.

  Damage: 330 (1.0)^?

  Damage: 221 (0.67)^?

  Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Aegis (4s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 600

— In-game description ^[?]

Notes

• The player who used this skill is always affected and isn't counted toward the five ally limit.
• Enemies damaged and allies buffed use separate 5 target limits, so this skill can actually affect up to 11 targets.

Related traits

Valor

•  Stalwart Defender - Gain toughness when wielding a shield, and shield skills gain reduced recharge.
•  Altruistic Healing - Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.67.
September 29, 2015	This ability now applies aegis for 4 seconds. The protection duration between Player vs. Player and PvE has been normalized to apply for 4 seconds in each mode.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill's recharge has been reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
January 27, 2015	The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
November 15, 2012	This skill's protection duration has been set to 3 seconds from 5 seconds in PvP only.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shield of Judgment has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• This skill has 2 Icons in the Weapons Skill Panel, one for PvE and one for PvP.