Symbol
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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 delivers a boon to allies that stand on it. All symbols are light fields.
List of symbols[edit]
Weapon skills[edit]
# | Skill | Weapon | ![]() |
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2 | Symbol of Blades | Sword | 10 | Symbol. Teleport to your target, and blind nearby foes. Create a symbol at your feet that damages nearby enemies and benefits allies. | ||
2 | Symbol of Faith | Mace | 1 | ¼8 | Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that damages foes and regenerates allies. | |
1 | Symbol of Protection | Hammer | 1 | ¼Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies. | ||
2 | Symbol of Punishment | Scepter | ¼ | 6 | Symbol. Create a symbol on the ground that strikes foes and grants might to nearby allies. | |
3 | Symbol of Swiftness | Staff | ¾ | 15 | Symbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies. | |
4 | Symbol of Spears | Spear | ½ | 20 | Symbol. Create a spear wall in front of you that damages foes that remain in its area. | |
3 | Symbol of Light | Trident | ½ | 15 | Symbol. Create a pillar of light that does damage every second at your foe's location. | |
4 | Symbol of Wrath | Greatsword | ¼ | 20 | Symbol. Pierce the ground with a mystic symbol that damages foes while granting retaliation to allies. | |
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4 | Symbol of Energy | Longbow | ¾ | 15 | Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground. | |
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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[edit]
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3 | Symbol of Judgment | ½ | 20 | Draw a symbol on the ground that heals allies and damages foes. |
Related traits[edit]
Traits that improve symbols[edit]
Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Damage to vulnerable foes is increased.
Symbolic Power — Symbols deal increased damage and charge your Virtue skill 1 passive effect twice as fast.
Symbolic Avenger — Your damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.
Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.
Traits that activate symbols[edit]
Protector's Restoration — Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you use a healing skill.
Zealot's Speed — Cast Lesser Symbol of Wrath when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Notes[edit]
- 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.