Chant of Action

Burst. Chant. Applies boons to allies in an area around you. Refrain. After activation, continually applies boons to allies while removing motivation every interval. This effect lasts until you run out of motivation stacks or another chant is activated. Gain increased effects depending on motivation stacks: — In-game description

Chant of Action

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Specialization

Paragon

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Burst, Chant

Game link

API

77342

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Chant of Action

Burst. Chant. Applies boons to allies in an area around you.

Refrain. After activation, continually applies boons to allies while removing motivation every interval. This effect lasts until you run out of motivation stacks or another chant is activated. Gain increased effects depending on motivation stacks:

₅ Initial Might (8s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

₂ Initial Might (4s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

₂ Initial Might (6s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

 Initial Fury (5s): +25% Critical Chance

 Initial Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance

1-3 Motivation: Applies might.

 Might (8s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (4s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (6s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Motivation Cost per Interval: 1

4-6 Motivation: Applies more stacks of might. Additionally, applies fury.

 Fury (5s): +25% Critical Chance

₂ Might (4s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

₂ Might (6s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

₂ Might (8s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

 Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance

 Motivation Cost per Interval: 1

 Motivation Cost per Interval: 2

7-10 Motivation: Applies more stacks of might.

 Fury (5s): +25% Critical Chance

₃ Might (4s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

₃ Might (6s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

₃ Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

 Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance

 Motivation Cost per Interval: 1

 Motivation Cost per Interval: 3

 Number of Targets: 5

 Interval: 3 seconds

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Building Momentum — Burst skills restore endurance on hit.
• Pinnacle of Strength — Might applied to you grants more power. Your critical-hit chance is increased.
• Berserker's Power — Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.
• Might Makes Right — Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.

Arms

• Furious Burst — Gain fury when you swap weapons. Fury gives an increased critical chance.
• Deep Strikes — Gain condition damage when you have fury. You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.
• Sundering Burst — Burst skills inflict vulnerability if they hit and inflict additional vulnerability if the attack is a critical hit. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Burst Precision — Burst skills have an increased critical chance. Gain bonus critical-hit chance and ferocity for a duration when you hit with a burst skill. Duration is based on adrenaline spent.

Defense

• Cull the Weak — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Burst skills inflict weakness. Can only occur once per interval per target for multihit burst skills.
• Adrenal Health — Gain health based on adrenaline spent.
• Cleansing Ire — Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition when you hit with a burst skill, then remove an additional condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.

Tactics

• Marching Orders — Periodically gain Soldier's Focus. Hitting with a burst skill expends Soldier's Focus to grant might to nearby allies.
• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
• Mending Might — Applying might to an ally heals you.
• Phalanx Strength — When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Discipline

• Versatile Power — Gain might on weapon swap. Burst skills gain reduced recharge.
• Heightened Focus — Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.
• Burst Mastery — Burst skills deal more damage, grant swiftness, and restore a portion of adrenaline spent.

Paragon

• Call to Action — Gain motivation when you enter combat. If no refrains are active, automatically activate the refrain of Chant of Action.
• Calming Tongue — Chant of Recuperation removes conditions from affected allies when activated.
• Strengthening Stanzas — Refrains grant bonus effects to you while they are active.
• Feverish Pulse — Using a chant reduces the recharge of your other chants and grants boon to affected allies.
• Brisk Pacing — Deal increased damage based on your motivation level.
• Enduring Refrain — Refrain effects of chants are stronger. Gain additional motivation when you activate a chant.

Notes

Anomaly:

Boon skill facts are flipped in PvE

• When using this skill, the player character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines:
  • "Forge the way!"
  • "Never give up!"

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 03, 2026	Increased the cooldown from 8 seconds to 12 seconds and increased the motivation per level from 1/1/1 to 1/2/3 in PvP and WvW. Reduced the initial might stacks from 3 to 2, reduced the might duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds, and reduced the fury duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
December 09, 2025	Reduced the might stacks on initial activation from 3 to 2 in WvW only. Reduced the fury duration on initial activation and the second and third levels of refrain from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in WvW only.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Chant of Action has been added to the game. Reduced the might duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds and the fury duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in WvW only.
August 19, 2025	Chant of Action was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.