Blazing Edge

Conjure a magical axe to rake your enemies toward you. — In-game description

Blazing Edge

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Firebrand

Weapon

Main hand axe

Game link

API

45402

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Blazing Edge

Conjure a magical axe to rake your enemies toward you.

 Damage: 293 (0.8)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

 Burning (3s): 393 Damage

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

 Pull: 600

 Number of Targets: 3

 Defiance Break: 150

 Range: 600

— In-game description

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.

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.

Firebrand

• Unrelenting Criticism — Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
• 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
October 08, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP only.
October 04, 2022	Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds in WvW only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
March 04, 2020	Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.8 to 0.01. Reduced burning duration from 3 seconds to 1 second. Increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Blazing Edge has been added to the game.