Essence of Living Shadows

Fire an arrow equipped with a device that spreads shadow magic across the ground on impact, healing and removing conditions from allies with the initial detonation, and healing allies with each pulse afterward. Chain Reaction. The next short-bow skill in the radius will remove additional conditions from allies. — In-game description

Essence of Living Shadows

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Weapon

Short bow

Type

Chain Reaction

Game link

API

71882

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Essence of Living Shadows

Fire an arrow equipped with a device that spreads shadow magic across the ground on impact, healing and removing conditions from allies with the initial detonation, and healing allies with each pulse afterward.

Chain Reaction. The next short-bow skill in the radius will remove additional conditions from allies.

 Damage: 367 (1.0)^?

 Initial Heal: 970 (0.45)^?

 Pulse Heal: 645 (0.2)^?

 Conditions Removed: 2

 Conditions Removed: 1

 Chain Reaction Conditions Removed: 2

 Number of Targets: 5

 Chain Reaction Availability Window: 4 seconds

 Duration: 4 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Dark

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Alchemy

• Health Insurance — Increase your incoming healing effectiveness. Gain increased healing to others while using a med kit.
• Comeback Cure — Grant regeneration when you remove a condition from an ally.
• Purity of Purpose — When you would cleanse a condition from an ally, convert it into a boon instead. This can affect multiple targets simuntaneously.

Mechanist

• Mech Fighter — New combat subroutines enable your mech to use Rocket Punch when you activate Skill 3 on your equipped weapon. Your mech gains a greater percentage of your own toughness and vitality stats.

Notes

• Each pulse heal is at the interval of 1 second, with 4 pulses in total.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 16, 2024	(Competitive split) Reduced the initial conditions cleansed from 2 to 1 in WvW only.
February 27, 2024	Essence of Living Shadows has been added to the game. This skill has been reworked. Fire an arrow equipped with a device that spreads shadow magic across the ground on impact, healing and removing conditions from allies with the initial detonation and healing allies with each pulse afterward. Chain Reaction: The next short-bow skill in the radius will remove additional conditions from allies.
November 28, 2023	Essence of Living Shadows was available during the beta event.