Zealot's Flame

Set yourself alight, periodically burning up to three nearby foes. The final pulse applies additional burning. — In-game description

Zealot's Flame

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Torch

Sequence

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Game link

API

9104, 72104

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Zealot's Flame

Set yourself alight, periodically burning up to three nearby foes. The final pulse applies additional burning.

 Zealot's Flame (3s): Burn nearby foes.

₄ Burning (3s): 1,572 Damage

₄ Burning (2s): 1,048 Damage

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 180

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Applies 3 seconds of Burning when cast, and then 3 seconds of Burning every second.
• The burning listed is the total amount inflicted over the duration, not the amount per pulse.
• Applies  Zealot's Flame effect to the caster when activated.

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.

Radiance

• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Notes

Anomaly:

 Zealot's Flame effect is removed if the chain skill Zealot's Fire is used. However, the caster will continue to apply burning around them.

Bug:

Despite the description, the final pulse does not apply additional burning.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced pulsing burn duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
April 23, 2019	This skill now displays an effect when it pulses to show the effective radius.
January 10, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to hit enemies on noncombatant teams. The burning pulse effect of this skill remains unblockable but can now be avoided by using evasion or blinding the attacker.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Reduced burning duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds. Rather than burning once every 3 seconds after the initial cast, it now burns every second as long as the enhancement persists. Fixed a bug that could prevent the application of burning to nearby enemies after the initial cast.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Increased the burning duration from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
July 01, 2014	Added an unblockable skill fact.
June 03, 2014	Added an unblockable skill fact.
April 15, 2014	Updated the skill fact to correctly display the burning duration. Fixed a bug that caused burning to be applied twice when activated.
January 28, 2013	Added burning information to this skill's description.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Zealot's Flame has been added to the game.