Signets of Suffering

Gain enhanced versions of your equipped signet passive effects while in shroud. Signets recharge every second you are in shroud. — In-game description

Signets of Suffering

Specialization

Spite (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

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Gain enhanced versions of your equipped signet passive effects while in shroud. Signets recharge every second you are in shroud.

  Signet of Vampirism: Steal health from an additional foe while in combat.

  Plague Signet: Pulls additional conditions from allies to yourself.

  Signet of Spite: 270 Power

  Signet of the Locust: +33% Movement Speed

  Signet of Undeath: Life force gain increased by 33%.

  Recharge Reduced: 4%

— In-game description

Notes

• Each Signet can ideally recharge fully at the same time if used at the same time before entering shroud.
• Note that:
  •   Death Shroud consumes 3% life force each second (~33.3 second duration with no damage taken and no lifeforce gained).
  •   Harbinger Shroud consumes 5% life force each second.
  •   Reaper's Shroud consumes 5% of life force each second (~20 second duration with no damage taken and no lifeforce gained).
  •   Desert Shroud has duration of 6 seconds.

	Skill	Recharge	Recharge per second in shroud	Possible traited recharge
Healing	Signet of Vampirism	30	2.2	130.5½
Utility	Signet of the Locust	30	2.2	130.5½
	Plague Signet (PvE)	25	2	120.5½
	Plague Signet (WvW, PvP)	45	2.8	16.1
	Signet of Spite	60	3.4	170.5½
	Signet of Undeath	75	4	180.75¾

Note that in this table "Recharge per second in shroud" contains the normal "1 per second" recharge in addition to extra recharge from trait

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 26, 2021	Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
July 07, 2020	This trait has been moved to the master tier and replaces Dread. The enhanced signet effect now only activates when in shroud. The enhanced effect for Signet of the Locust has changed to be a 33% movement speed bonus. The enhanced effect for Signet of Vampirism has changed to increase the number of targets to 2 for the passive life siphon.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Fixed a bug in which this trait affected the cooldown of Signet of Undeath more than the 4% listed while in Death Shroud.
November 07, 2017	This trait now grants the passives for all equipped signets while in shroud, regardless of whether those signets were on recharge prior to entering shroud. Removed 20% recharge reduction. This trait now causes all signets to recharge by 4% each second that shroud is active.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait has been reworked to have the following functionality: Signets have a 20% reduced recharge and their passive abilities are improved. Signet passive effects are preserved while in a shroud. Signet of Vampirism: Healing when struck has been increased by approximately 50%. Plague Signet: The number of conditions drawn per interval has been increased from 1 to 2. Signet of Spite: Increased Power to 270 at level 80. Signet of the Locust: Grants an additional 180 Healing Power at level 80. Signet of Undeath: Life-force gain per interval has been increased from 2% to 3%.
December 15, 2015	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to convert boons at infinite range when used with Signet of Vampirism.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This trait will now only grant might when a signet is successfully cast.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Signets of Suffering has been added to the game.