Symbol of Light

Symbol. Create a pillar of light that does damage every second at your foe's location. — In-game description

Symbol of Light

0.5½  15  

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Trident

Type

Symbol

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Symbol. Create a pillar of light that does damage every second at your foe's location.

  Damage (6x): 882 (2.4)^?

  Number of Targets: 10

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Symbol Duration: 4 seconds

  Symbol Radius: 180

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

Zeal

• 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.

Honor

• Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Notes

• Pillar of Light will have a cylindrical area of effect, allowing it to strike foes vertically aligned with its position underwater.

Bug:

The skill doesn't appear to have a range limit, despite the tooltip stating otherwise.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	This skill is now a symbol and has been renamed Symbol of Light.
September 09, 2014	Updated the damage skill fact for this skill to scale correctly.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Pillar of Light has been added to the game.