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 delivers a boon to allies that stand on it. All symbols are light fields.

List of symbols

Weapon skills

	Skill	Type			Description	Weapon
Guardian
2	Symbol of Blades	Symbol		10	Teleport to your target, striking them and blinding nearby foes. Drop a symbol at your feet that damages nearby enemies and benefits allies.	Sword
2	Symbol of Faith	Symbol	10.25¼	8	Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that damages foes and regenerates allies.	Mace
1	Symbol of Protection	Symbol	10.25¼		Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.	Hammer
2	Symbol of Punishment	Symbol	0.25¼	6	Strike foes in the target area repeatedly.	Scepter
3	Symbol of Swiftness	Symbol	0.75¾	15	Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.	Staff
4	Symbol of Spears	Symbol	0.5½	20	Create a spear wall in front of you that damages foes that remain in its area.	Spear
3	Symbol of Light		0.5½	15	Create a pillar of light that does damage every second at your foe's location.	Trident
4	Symbol of Wrath	Symbol	0.25¼	20	Pierce the ground with a mystic symbol that damages foes while granting retaliation to allies.	Greatsword
Dragonhunter
4	Symbol of Energy	Symbol	0.75¾	15	Fire a slow, arcing arrow which explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground.	Longbow
Firebrand
2	Symbol of Vengeance	Symbol	1	8	Cleave your axe into the ground, reducing enemy movement and carving a razor-sharp symbol of vengeance.	Axe

Downed skills

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

Related traits

Traits that improve symbols

•  Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes.
•  Symbolic Power — Symbols deal increased damage and have a chance to burn enemies.
•  Symbolic Avenger — You deal more damage to enemies standing in your Symbols. Gain power based on your toughness.
•  Writ of Persistence — Symbols gain increased duration and radius, and heal allies.

Traits that activate symbols

•  Protector's Impact — Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you take falling damage or using a healing skill. You take less damage when falling.
•  Zealot's Speed — Create a Lesser Symbol of Wrath when you are struck while below the health threshold.

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.

Gallery

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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 Wrath

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  Symbol of Energy

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  Symbol of Judgment

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