Strength of Stone

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Strength of Stone

3  

Specialization

Earth

Tier

Master

Type

Major

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Gain condition damage based on your toughness. Inflict bleeding when you immobilize a foe. Bleeding can only occur on the same target once per interval.

 ₃ Bleeding (10s): 660 Damage

 ₁ Bleeding (10s): 220 Damage

  Gain Condition Damage Based on a Percentage of Toughness: 10%

  Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Notes

• This trait does not add condition damage from the toughness bonuses from Rock Barrier or Signet of Earth.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	(Competitive split) Reduced bleeding stacks from 3 to 1.
August 13, 2019	Updated the description and skill facts to clarify that bleeding can only occur once every 3 seconds per target.
July 17, 2019	The bleeding inflicted by this trait now has a 3-second cooldown per target.
July 16, 2019	In addition to its previous effects, this trait now also causes the elementalist to inflict 3 stacks of bleeding for 10 seconds when immobilizing a foe.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
December 10, 2013	Added a 10% gain to condition damage based on toughness.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Strength of Stone has been added to the game.