Shield of Judgment

Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes while giving protection and aegis to you and up to five allies. — In-game description

Shield of Judgment

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Shield

Game link

API

9087

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0.5½  20  

Shield of Judgment

Create a shielding wave in front of you that damages foes while giving protection and aegis to you and up to five allies.

 Damage: 330 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 221 (0.67)^?

 Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Aegis (4s): Block the next incoming attack.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• The character who used this skill is always affected and isn't counted toward the five ally limit.
• Enemies damaged and allies buffed use separate 5 target limits, so this skill can actually affect up to 11 targets.

Related traits

Zeal

• Wrathful Spirit — Aegis grants boons when it ends.
• Shattered Aegis — When an aegis you applied blocks an attack, it unleashes a Mystic Rebuke.

Valor

• Steadfast Courage — Gain protection when you block an incoming attack with aegis.
• Stalwart Defender — Gain toughness when wielding a shield, and shield skills gain reduced recharge.
• Might of the Protector — Gain might when you block attacks.
• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.
• Tenacious Defense — Aegis you grant reduces the recharge time of Virtue skill 3 when it blocks an attack.

Honor

• Pure of Heart — Aegis heals when it blocks an attack.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Unscathed Contender — Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold.

Dragonhunter

• Hunter's Fortification — Remove conditions and heal when blocking attacks.

Firebrand

• Stalwart Speed — When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 23, 2021	Reduced protection duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.67.
September 29, 2015	This ability now applies aegis for 4 seconds. The protection duration between Player vs. Player and PvE has been normalized to apply for 4 seconds in each mode.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill's recharge has been reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
January 27, 2015	The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
November 15, 2012	This skill's protection duration has been set to 3 seconds from 5 seconds in PvP only.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shield of Judgment has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• This skill has 2 Icons in the Weapons Skill Panel, one for PvE and one for PvP.