Symbol of Ignition

Symbol. Create a symbol that ignites when you strike an enemy inside it or shoot a projectile into it, damaging and burning enemies inside it. If the symbol is ignited by a projectile, it enchants that projectile to burn its target. — In-game description

Symbol of Ignition

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol

Type

Symbol

Game link

API

71987

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0.25¼  

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Symbol of Ignition

Symbol. Create a symbol that ignites when you strike an enemy inside it or shoot a projectile into it, damaging and burning enemies inside it. If the symbol is ignited by a projectile, it enchants that projectile to burn its target.

 Damage (5x): 735 (2.0)^?

 Burning (1s): 131 Damage

₅ Might (5s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

 Number of Targets: 5

 Minimum Time between Ignitions: 0.25¼ seconds

 Duration: 4 seconds

 Radius: 180

 Combo Field: Light

— In-game description

Mechanics

Symbol of Ignition functions as a standard guardian's symbol skill with an additional Ignition mechanic. As a symbol, it strikes enemies inside its area of effect and provides 1 stack of  Might to the caster every second for the duration.

Ignition inflicts  Burning on enemies and is triggered by the guardian's own attacks with a cooldown of 0.25 sec. It has a different effect and mechanics depending on if an attack is melee or a projectile, but the cooldown is shared. Allies cannot trigger this effect.

Melee attacks

• When an enemy that is inside the symbol's radius is hit, Ignition is triggered in the area.
• Burning is applied to up to 5 enemies inside the symbol, even if only one of them has been hit.
• The guardian does not have to be within this area and skills like Sword of Justice inside the symbol will trigger this effect.
• The Symbol of Ignition’s own strikes don’t cause Ignition.
• The radius of the triggered area Ignition is slightly smaller than the Symbol's radius.

Projectile attacks

• The guardian's projectiles passing through (or originating from) the symbol area will be ignited, applying extra burning to enemies they hit.
• This does not trigger an area effect: an ignited projectile affects only the enemies it strikes itself.
• Enemies hit by an ignited projectile are burned regardless whether they are inside or outside the symbol area.
• Cooldown of 0.25 sec only applies to the initial Ignitions of projectiles. An ignited piercing projectile applies burning to each enemy without a cooldown.
• Skills that have a projectile component, like Longbow's Symbol of Energy, can be ignited.
•   Peacekeeper's beam (guardian's pistol skill 2) is considered a non-projectile and triggers a melee-type area Ignition.

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Symbolic Power — Symbols deal increased strike damage.
• Symbolic Avenger — Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.

Radiance

• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Valor

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

Honor

• Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 20, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to inflict more burning than intended in melee range.
March 19, 2024	(Competitive split) Reduced the burning duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvE only.
February 27, 2024	Symbol of Ignition has been added to the game. This symbol now grants might every pulse.
November 28, 2023	Symbol of Ignition was available during the beta event.