Symbol of Protection/history

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April 16, 2024

November 28, 2023

  • Reduced the symbol damage coefficient from 0.4 to 0.25 in WvW only.
Symbol of Protection.png

Symbol of Protection

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Weapon
Hammer
 
Weapon slot 1
Type
Symbol
Activ. type
Chain
Sequence
Hammer Swing (guardian skill).png → Hammer Bash (guardian skill).png → Symbol of Protection.png
Game link
1 Activation time  
Symbol of Protection

Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.

Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 269 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 606 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 303 (0.75)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 483 (1.2)?
Protection.png3 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Hammer): 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Symbol): 5
Duration.png Symbol Duration: 2 seconds
Radius.png Symbol Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 180

— In-game description

February 14, 2023

Symbol of Protection.png

Symbol of Protection

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Weapon
Hammer
 
Weapon slot 1
Type
Symbol
Activ. type
Chain
Sequence
Hammer Swing (guardian skill).png → Hammer Bash (guardian skill).png → Symbol of Protection.png
Game link
1 Activation time  
Symbol of Protection

Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.

Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 269 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 606 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 483 (1.2)?
Protection.png3 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Hammer): 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Symbol): 5
Duration.png Symbol Duration: 2 seconds
Radius.png Symbol Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 180

— In-game description

August 23, 2022

  • Symbol of Protection: The aftercast animation duration before another skill can be used has been decreased by 0.65 seconds.

February 25, 2020

  • Symbol of Protection: (Competitive split) Autoattack Chain: Reduced power coefficients from 0.8/0.8/1.0 to 0.533/0.533/0.666.
    • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.5 to 0.4.
Symbol of Protection.png

Symbol of Protection

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Weapon
Hammer
 
Weapon slot 1
Type
Symbol
Activ. type
Chain
Sequence
Hammer Swing (guardian skill).png → Hammer Bash (guardian skill).png → Symbol of Protection.png
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
Symbol of Protection

Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.

Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 269 (0.666)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 606 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 483 (1.2)?
Protection.png3 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Hammer): 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Symbol): 5
Duration.png Symbol Duration: 2 seconds
Radius.png Symbol Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 180

— In-game description

April 23, 2019

  • Symbol of Protection: Adjusted attack animations and damage to get a smoother attack sequence. The full attack chain is slightly faster with less damage, resulting in a small increase in overall damage per second.

September 09, 2014

  • Symbol of Protection Updated the damage skill facts to display Hammer Damage and Symbol Damage separately. Added a Number of Targets: 5 skill fact.
  • Symbol of Protection Updated Number of Target skill facts to correctly indicate the maximum number of targets.
Symbol of Protection.png

Symbol of Protection

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Weapon
Hammer
 
Weapon slot 1
Type
Symbol
Activ. type
Chain
Sequence
Hammer Swing (guardian skill).png → Hammer Bash (guardian skill).png → Symbol of Protection.png
Game link
10.25¼ Activation time  
Symbol of Protection

Symbol. Smash a mystic symbol onto the ground that gives protection to you and your allies.

Damage.png Damage: 404 (1.0)?
Damage.png Damage (3x): 606 (1.5)?
Protection.png3 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Hammer): 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets (Symbol): 5
Duration.png Symbol Duration: 2 seconds
Radius.png Symbol Radius: 180
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 180

— In-game description

November 26, 2013

  • Symbol of Protection: This symbol now has the appropriate duration increase when traited with Writ of Persistence.

July 23, 2013

  • Symbol of Protection: Increased the spell effect and AoE rings to match the actual radius of this skill for both the base and when traited with Writ of Exaltation.

March 26, 2013

  • Symbol of Protection skill: Now correctly hits five maximum targets and applies boons to five allies.

Original version

Symbol of Protection.png

Symbol of Protection

10.25¼ Activation time  
Symbol of Protection

Symbol. Create a symbol that gives protection to you and your allies.

Damage.png Damage: 370
Damage.png Damage (4x): 740
Protection.png3 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage
Combo.png Combo Field: Light
Range.png Range: 180

— In-game description