Battle Standard/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Battle Standard. |
June 25, 2024
- Reduced the cooldown from 120 seconds to 90 seconds in PvE only.
Battle Standard
- Profession
Warrior (skill list)- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2
90120Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.
Revive Targets: 5
2 Might (12s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power
Swiftness (12s): +33% Movement Speed
Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds
Number of Targets: 5
Duration: 15 seconds
Effective Radius: 360
Combo Finisher: Blast
Range: 600
— In-game description
September 13, 2022
- Battle Standard: Fixed an issue that prevented banner effects from prioritizing the warrior who placed them and their party or squad over other allies.
August 02, 2022
- Recharge reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds (except Battle Standard).
- Animation changed; casting time reduced by 0.2 seconds (except Battle Standard).
- Light combo field radius reduced from 600 to 360. Combo field duration reduced to from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Pulsing boon radius reduced to 360.
- Once placed, banners last for 15 seconds and can no longer be picked up.
- Banners no longer grant quickness on placement by default (except for Banner of Tactics in PvE only).
- All banner skills (except for Battle Standard) have been reworked. They now grant different boons when placed, depending on the banner:
- Battle Standard: Damage multiplier has been increased from 1.5 to 4.0 in PvE only. This skill no longer creates a light combo field but acts as a blast finisher instead.
- Pulsing boons have changed to the following:
- Battle Standard: Fury (6 seconds), swiftness (12 seconds), and might (12 seconds, two stacks)
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2
Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.
— In-game description
June 28, 2022
- Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
- Battle Standard: Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
- Recharge time reduced from 180 seconds to 120 seconds. Reduced base duration of pulsing boons applied by this banner as follows:
- Might: Reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Fury: Reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second.
- Swiftness: Reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second.
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies.
Damage: 399 (1.5)?
Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.
— In-game description
May 11, 2021
- Reduced the number of allied targets affected from 10 to 5. The Discipline trait Doubled Standards now increases the number of allied targets from 5 to 10.
- Banners no longer cause blast finishers. They now create a light combo field that persists for 5 seconds after the banner is summoned.
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies. Picking up the banner reduces the recharge of this skill.
Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
Recharge Time Reduced: 60 seconds
— In-game description
November 19, 2019
- A 1-second delay before banners can be picked up has been added.
April 23, 2019
- Battle Standard: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have a shorter casting time while underwater than on land. Adjusted the timing of the visual effects so that the attack lines up properly with the banner's arrival.
- Banners: Adjusted timing for skill warm-up visual effects.
March 05, 2019
- Banners:
- Banners no longer have skills and are instead destroyed when they're picked up.
- Banners can now only be picked up by the warrior who summoned them.
- Picking up a banner now reduces the recharge time of that banner by 60 seconds.
- Banners now follow the same rules as spirits and turrets. Banners are now destroyed when the owner enters certain states, such as mounted or defeated.
- Battle Standard: Resynced the time at which a banner appears to properly line up with the effect. When planted in the ground, this banner skill now deals damage to foes within a radius of 180. Foes who are in a downed state are now finished when damaged by Battle Standard. This skill's targeting reticle will now display the radius for effects that finish foes who are in a downed state and effects that revive allies.
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and finishes downed foes. Once placed, the banner periodically grants boons to allies. Picking up the banner reduces the recharge of this skill.
— In-game description
March 27, 2018
- Battle Standard: The cooldown of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 180-second cooldown in all modes.
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and swiftness to allies.
— In-game description
May 08, 2018
- Battle Standard: Fixed a bug that caused banner effects to display at a selected enemy's location rather than the player's location when using a banner underwater.
- Battle Standard: Reduced the cooldown from 240 seconds to 180 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Battle Standard
- Profession
- Warrior (skill list)
- Slot
- Elite
- Type
- Banner
- Training cost
- 9 Hero points
- Game link
“2240180Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and swiftness to allies.
— In-game description
April 15, 2014
- Battle Standard: Renamed the Warbanner this skill summons to Battle Standard in order to keep it consistent with the skill's name and description.
October 15, 2013
- Battle Standard: This skill no longer applies boons until the end of the cast to prevent unintended behavior when canceling it.
August 20, 2013
- Banner of Discipline, Banner of Strength, Banner of Defense, and Battle Standard: Updated these skills to properly display their duration.
- Battle Standard now displays the casting range of the skill.
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and swiftness to allies.
— In-game description
June 25, 2013
- Battle Standard: This skill has had its underwater aftercast reduced by 1.1 seconds.
May 28, 2013
- Warrior banners now apply their buffs immediately.
- Battle Standard skill: No longer initially applies stability and then transitions over to swiftness.
- It now applies swiftness with stability coming from the active skill on the banner.
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and swiftness to allies.
— In-game description
October 22, 2012
- Battle Standard: This skill no longer goes on full recharge if it’s interrupted while being activated.
Original version
“2Battle StandardBanner. Place a battle standard that revives fallen allies and grants fury, might, and stability to allies.
Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
— In-game description
- Additional skills
The banner created by this skill was a bundle that could be picked up, providing the skills below:
| # | Skill |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stab | ½ | Stab a foe with your banner. | |
| 2 | Whirlwind Banner | 1 | 15 | Inspire nearby allies, granting stability. |
| 3 | Inspire | ½ | 15 | Inspire nearby allies, granting swiftness. |
| 4 | Sprint | 1¼ | 15 | Run forward with your banner, ignoring movement-impeding effects. |
| 5 | Plant Standard | 1 | 10 | Plant the standard back in the ground. |
