Bane Signet

Signet Passive: Improved Power Signet Active: Knock down and damage your foe. — In-game description

Bane Signet

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Signet

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

9093, 9241

Gallery
Overhead activation icon

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Bane Signet

Signet Passive: Improved Power
Signet Active: Knock down and damage your foe.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

 Signet Passive: 180 Power

 Knockdown: 3 seconds

 Defiance Break: 300

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Increases Power by 2 * (10 + character level)

Related traits

Radiance

• Perfect Inscriptions — Signets gain improved passive effects and continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging.

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Dragonhunter

• Dulled Senses — Cripple enemies that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Heavy Light — Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Firebrand

• Stoic Demeanor — Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.01.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug with this skill when attempting to use it on a target behind you.
January 26, 2016	The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
November 04, 2014	Increased the duration of the knockdown from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
August 20, 2013	Added a passive skill fact and changed the knockdown fact to display the correct duration when this skill is traited with Perfect Inscriptions.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the cooldown to 40 seconds.
April 30, 2013	Increased passive stat bonus by 100%.
October 07, 2012	Updated Bane Signet and Signet of Wrath so they can't be fired at targets behind the player.
October 01, 2012	This skill's animation will now work properly when activated by greatsword and hammer users.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Bane Signet has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.