Superior Sigil of Absorption

Double-click to apply to a weapon. — In-game description

Superior Sigil of Absorption

10  

Type

Sigil

Element

Control

Rarity

FExotic

Req. level

60

Binding

Account Bound

Salvage

Standard

Game link

API

72872

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Double-click to apply to a weapon.

Steal 3 boons when interrupting a foe. (Cooldown: 10 seconds) (Cooldown against defiant foes: 3 seconds)

— In-game description

Acquisition

Sold by

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Heroics Notary		Eternal Battlegrounds Blue Alpine Borderlands Green Alpine Borderlands Obsidian Sanctum (zone) Edge of the Mists Red Desert Borderlands Armistice Bastion	75  + 20	Requires Heart of Thorns and Provisions Master 6th tier.
Itzel Mastery Vendor	Jaka Itzel Tarir, the Forgotten City Maguuma's Breach	Verdant Brink Auric Basin Verdant Brink	250  + 2	Requires the mastery Itzel Language.
Xochitl	Teku Nuhoch	Tangled Depths	250  + 2	Requires the mastery Itzel Language.

Achievements

Artful Dodger	Heart of Thorns: Act 1	5
When ascending the narrow path off the plateau, destroy all the Mordrem tendrils without being hit by their poison area attacks.Story Instance: Prisoners of the Dragon Reward: Superior Sigil of Absorption	Avoided Taking Poison Damage from the Mordrem Tendrils	5

Rewarded by

• Completing the story step Prized Possessions.

Extracted from

• The Cure

Notes

• The order of boon removal is resistance, aegis, resolution, protection, swiftness, might, regeneration, quickness, fury and vigor.
• Works on all bosses or any foe with a Defiance bar and has a 3 second cooldown. See main paragraph on interrupt.
• Has a 10 second cooldown against other players.

Bug:

There is no internal cooldown in PvE.

^{[verification requested]}

Version history

For a detailed rune history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from having an internal cooldown when used against players.
November 13, 2018	Now steals 3 boons when interrupting an enemy Added 10 second internal cooldown
December 12, 2017	Now works on any boss or foe with a break bar.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Superior Sigil of Absorption has been added to the game. Updated the text to reflect the correct functionality of stealing 1 boon when interrupting an enemy.

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Sigil of Absorption

• Superior
• PvP