Chapter 2: Daring Challenge

Tome. As the tales recount of Turai, taunt your enemies by issuing an insightfully inciting challenge. — In-game description

Chapter 2: Daring Challenge

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Firebrand

Parent skill

  Tome of Courage

Bundle

Tome of Courage

Type

Tome

Game link

API

41968

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0.25¼  

4

8

15

 

Chapter 2: Daring Challenge

Tome. As the tales recount of Turai, taunt your enemies by issuing an insightfully inciting challenge.

 Damage: 497 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

 Taunt (2s): Involuntarily attack foes.

 Taunt (1s): Involuntarily attack foes.

 Resolution (3s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Page Cost: 1

 Page Cost: 2

 Page Cost: 1

 Radius: 240

— In-game description

Related traits

Radiance

• Retribution — Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution.
• Righteous Instincts — Resolution increases your chances to critically strike and grants might each interval.

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Virtue of Resolution — Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.
• 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

• Legendary Lore — Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards.
• 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.
• Loremaster — Retain Resolve passive while it is on cooldown. You generate pages more quickly.

Notes

• Using this skill causes the player to shout "I Challenge You!"
• Hits 5 targets

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Increased the taunt duration from 1 second to 2 seconds in PvE only.
November 28, 2023	Increased the cooldown from 8 seconds to 15 seconds and reduced the page cost from 2 to 1 in PvP only.
November 29, 2022	The page mechanic for firebrand tomes has been reworked. Pages are now shared across all tomes and refill at a set interval instead of when summoning a tome. Page Cost and cooldown has been adjusted to the following: (PvE) 1 page, 4 seconds; (PvP/WvW) 2 pages, 8 seconds.
May 11, 2021	The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
March 04, 2020	Increased cooldown from 4 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.4 to 0.01.
October 01, 2019	This skill now grants retaliation for 3 seconds instead of aegis.
February 06, 2018	Now grants you aegis for 3 seconds in addition to its previous effects.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Chapter 2: Daring Challenge has been added to the game.