Effulgent Stance

Stance. Grant barrier and light aura to nearby allies, then enter a stance that charges up a burst of light when striking or struck by enemies. The burst of light dazes enemies if fully charged. — In-game description

Effulgent Stance

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Luminary

Slot

Utility

Type

Stance

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

76813

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Effulgent Stance

Stance. Grant barrier and light aura to nearby allies, then enter a stance that charges up a burst of light when striking or struck by enemies. The burst of light dazes enemies if fully charged.

 Damage: 1,064 (4.0)^?

 Damage: 558 (2.1)^?

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

 Barrier: 2,245 (1.0)^?

 Barrier: 3,973 (0.2)^?

 Barrier: 2,053 (0.2)^?

 Light Aura (4s): -10% Incoming Condition Damage

 Effulgent Stance (4s): Gain stacks when striking or being struck by an enemy. When this ends, damage nearby enemies based on the number of stacks.

 Maximum-Strength Daze: 2 seconds

 Maximum-Strength Daze: 1 second

 Defiance Break: 200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Damage scales linearly per stack, with a maximum of 10 stacks.
• The tooltip lists the maximum and minimum damage dealt when the stance effect ends.

Related traits

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Luminary

• Shimmering Stances — Stances grant protection to affected allies and blind affected enemies.
• Purging Light — Remove conditions from nearby allies when you grant yourself light aura. Gain light aura when you use a healing skill.
• Sovereign of Light — Gain light aura when entering Radiant Forge. Luminary skills detonate light aura, damaging enemies and healing allies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the base barrier from 3,973 to 2,245 and increased the healing power coefficient from 0.2 to 1.0 in PvE only.
January 13, 2026	Reduced the base barrier from 2,980 to 2,053 in PvP only.
November 05, 2025	Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds, lowered the maximum-strength power coefficient from 2.7 to 2.1, and reduced the daze duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in WvW and PvP.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Effulgent Stance has been added to the game. Reduced the base barrier from 3,973 to 2,980 in PvP only.
August 19, 2025	Effulgent Stance was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.