Symbol

This article is about the Guardian area of effect. For the crafting component used to craft Sigils, see Symbol (ingredient).

A symbol is a marked effect that guardians can place on the ground. It lingers for a few seconds, where upon creation and with every pulse, it inflicts damage to enemies and, except for Ignition, delivers a boon to allies that stand on it. All symbols are light fields.

List of symbols

Weapon skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
Guardian
2	Symbol of Faith	Mace	0.75¾	8	Symbol. Smash the ground to heal allies and create a mystic symbol that damages foes and regenerates allies.
3	Symbol of Ignition	Pistol	0.25¼	12	Symbol. Create a symbol that ignites when you strike an enemy inside it or shoot a projectile into it, damaging and burning enemies inside it. If the symbol is ignited by a projectile, it enchants that projectile to burn its target.
2	Symbol of Punishment	Scepter	0.25¼	10	Symbol. Create a symbol on the ground that strikes foes and grants might to nearby allies.
2	Symbol of Blades	Sword		8	Symbol. Teleport to your target, and blind nearby foes. Create a symbol at your feet that damages nearby enemies and benefits allies.
4	Symbol of Resolution	Greatsword	0.25¼	12	Symbol. Pierce the ground with a mystic symbol that damages foes while granting resolution to allies.
1	Symbol of Protection	Hammer	1		Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.
3	Symbol of Swiftness	Staff	0.75¾	12	Symbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.
4	Symbol of Spears	Spear	0.5½	20	Symbol. Create a spear wall in front of you that damages foes that remain in its area.
5	Symbol of Luminance	Spear	0.5½	20	Symbol. Places the Symbol of Luminance on the ground, knocking back enemies on initial cast. While active, the symbol grants boons to allies and inflicts conditions on enemies. While standing within the symbol, your spear attacks are automatically illuminated and do not consume the illuminated effect when used. Resistance granted by this skill can only be granted once per interval. Illuminated. While the symbol is active, all other spear skills are illuminated, even if you move out of the range of the symbol.
3	Symbol of Light	Trident	0.5½	15	Symbol. Create a pillar of light that does damage every second at your foe's location.
Dragonhunter
4	Symbol of Energy	Longbow	0.5½	12	Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground.
Firebrand
2	Symbol of Vengeance	Axe	1	8	Symbol. Cleave your axe into the ground, reducing enemy movement and carving a razor-sharp symbol of vengeance.

Downed skills

#	Skill			Description
Guardian
3	Symbol of Judgment	0.5½	20	Draw a symbol on the ground that heals allies and damages foes.

Related traits

Trait skills that have the type symbol

•   Lesser Symbol of Protection (Protector's Restoration) — Symbol. Create a symbol that gives protection to you and your allies.
•   Lesser Symbol of Resolution (Zealot's Resolution) — Symbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting resolution to allies.

Traits that improve symbols

• Symbolic Exposure (Zeal) — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Symbolic Power (Zeal) — Symbols deal increased strike damage.
• Symbolic Avenger (Zeal) — Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.
• Writ of Persistence (Honor) — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Symbol of Blades

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  Symbol of Faith

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  Symbol of Protection

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  Symbol of Punishment

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  Symbol of Swiftness

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  Symbol of Resolution

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  Symbol of Energy

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  Symbol of Judgment

Renders

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  Symbol of Blades

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  Symbol of Faith

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  Symbol of Protection

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  Symbol of Punishment

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  Symbol of Swiftness

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  Symbol of Resolution

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  Symbol of Energy

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  Symbol of Judgment.

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  Symbol of Vengeance.

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  Symbol of Luminance.

Notes

• All symbols except for Symbol of Punishment apply their effects once upon activation and pulse once per second thereafter. A 4-second symbol will pulse its effect 5 times.
• After the July 26, 2016 game update, all of guardian's main-hand and terrestrial two-handed weapons include 1 symbol skill.
  • The May 08, 2018 game update expanded that treatment to underwater weapons, so that now all possible weapon combinations include 1 symbol skill each.

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