Crystal Hibernation

Channel a shield from the Mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health of nearby allies. — In-game description

Crystal Hibernation

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Herald

Weapon

Shield

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

28262

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Crystal Hibernation

Channel a shield from the Mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health of nearby allies.

 Healing: 620 (0.5)^?

 Healing: 496 (0.125)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 4

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Related traits

Salvation

• Unyielding Devotion — Take reduced strike damage for a duration after healing. Lasts longer if you heal an ally other than yourself.

Herald

• Hardening Persistence — Strike damage taken is reduced for each point of upkeep currently in use. Shield skills remove conditions.

Notes

• This skill is channeled, and will be interrupted by movement.
• Applies the  Crystal Hibernation effect to the player's skill bar.
• This skill will not interrupt other skills (Except autoattack).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	This skill now also heals allies in a radius of 360 around the user.
July 07, 2020	Reduced pulse base healing from 620 to 496 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced pulse heal coefficient from 0.5 to 0.125.
January 26, 2016	The base healing per level from this skill has been reduced by 36%. This affects Soothing Bastion as well.
October 27, 2015	Increased the recharge from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Crystal Hibernation has been added to the game.

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Crystal Hibernation.

• Initially, this skill granted a Defiance bar to players. If broken, it caused 25 stacks of vulnerability and stunned the user for 2 seconds. This was removed between the second and third beta weekend events of Heart of Thorns.