Test of Faith

Trap. Lay a trap that creates a ring of weapons that punishes enemies that attempt to cross their threshold. Passthrough damage is increased against disabled targets. — In-game description

Test of Faith

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Slot

Utility

Type

Trap

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

29786

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Test of Faith

Trap. Lay a trap that creates a ring of weapons that punishes enemies that attempt to cross their threshold. Passthrough damage is increased against disabled targets.

 Initial Damage: 372 (1.4)^?

 Initial Damage: 27 (0.1)^?

 Damage: 744 (2.8)^?

 Damage: 500 (1.88)^?

 Damage Increase: 33%

 Boon on Trap Trigger (6s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Boon on Trap Trigger (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Boon on Trap Trigger (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Cripple (6s): -50% Movement Speed

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

 Number of Hits: 10

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration: 6 seconds

 Trigger Radius: 180

 Sword Radius: 240

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Mechanics

• The Crippled effect is applied both when the trap is triggered and when the foes cross the border.
• Each foe can only be hit and crippled by the trap's edge once every 0.75 seconds.
• Both the initial damage and the damage from crossing of the trap's border are unblockable, but the border can be dodged through without suffering any damage.

Related traits

Valor

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

Virtues

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

Dragonhunter

• Hunter's Premonition — Traps skills grant aegis when used.
• Zealot's Aggression — Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: This skill's passthrough strike now deals additional damage to disabled targets. Reduced the passthrough damage coefficient from 2.5 to 1.88 in PvP only.
January 30, 2024	Reduced the pass-through power coefficient from 2.8 to 2.5 in PvP only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds.
February 14, 2023	Increased protection duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
October 04, 2022	Reduced passthrough power coefficient from 2.22 to 1.87 in WvW only.
March 29, 2022	Reduced passthrough strike power coefficient from 2.52 to 2.22 in WvW only.
December 01, 2020	Reduced passthrough strike power coefficient from 2.8 to 2.52 in WvW only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased power coefficient of pass-through attack from 2.52 to 2.8. Reduced power coefficient of initial attack from 1.4 to 0.1. Reduced protection duration from 6 seconds to 2 seconds. Reduced cripple duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
January 14, 2020	Traps now disappear without activating if their skill is unequipped.
May 16, 2017	Damage of this skill has been reduced by 10% in PvP only.
April 19, 2016	The number of times this skill can be used to attempt to strike an enemy has been capped at 10, after which the trap will disappear. The damage of this skill has been reduced by 7%.
January 26, 2016	The initial damage of this skill has been reduced from 66% of the trap's full damage to 50%, for a damage reduction of 25%. Updated the effects of this trap to cull less frequently.
November 17, 2015	Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
October 27, 2015	Reduced the duration of this trap from 9 seconds - the tooltip incorrectly indicated 8 - to 6.
October 26, 2015	Receiving damage while crossing the threshold of this trap now has a 0.75 second internal cooldown.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Test of Faith has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.