Warding Rift

Create a rift from the Mists that blocks incoming attacks. When the rift closes it blinds foes in front of you. — In-game description

Warding Rift

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

29288

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10.5½  10  

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Warding Rift

Create a rift from the Mists that blocks incoming attacks. When the rift closes it blinds foes in front of you.

 Damage: 161 (0.4)^?

 Damage: 40 (0.1)^?

 Blindness (4s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration: 2 seconds

 Range: 180

— In-game description

Related traits

Corruption

• Pact of Pain — Conditions you apply to foes last longer, but conditions applied to you also last longer.

Salvation

• Words of Censure — Blinding, immobilizing, or affecting a foe with crowd control heals nearby allies. Skills that strike many foes at the same time can heal multiple times.

Notes

• Blocks attacks for 1.5 seconds while channeling (Unlike the 2 duration written in the tooltip).
• Near the end of the channeled activation time, up to 3 nearby foes in front of the revenant are Blinded.
• Not affected by Quickness.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.2 to 0.1. Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
April 23, 2019	Clarified the description to specify that this skill blocks incoming attacks. Instead of shooting projectiles, this skill now blinds foes in front of the revenant when it ends. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5. Increased damage by 100%.
December 13, 2016	The cooldown of this ability has been increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP only.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to be interrupted for a shorter cooldown. Increased the cooldown of this skill from 10 seconds to 12 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Warding Rift has been added to the game.