Detonate Orb of Light

Detonate the orb to heal nearby allies. Orb of Light takes longer to recharge if detonated. — In-game description

Detonate Orb of Light

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Sequence

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Game link

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Detonate Orb of Light

Detonate the orb to heal nearby allies. Orb of Light takes longer to recharge if detonated.

 Damage: 242 (0.6)^?

 Healing: 788 (1.2)^?

 Light Aura (4s): When struck, you gain resolution. Incoming condition damage is reduced by 10%. (Cooldown: 1s)

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Notes

• The heal is equal to (20 + Level^2 * 0.12 + Healing Power * 1.0).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 28, 2018	This skill, along with Orb of Light, has been reworked into a ground-targeted ranged attack and has been renamed Holy Strike.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Orb of Light: Reduced the extended recharge time of this skill when detonating the orb of light from 400% to 300%. Detonating the orb of light now grants light aura to allies, in addition to its previous effects. This skill has been unsplit from PvP and will use the 20% higher heal scaling in all game types.
June 20, 2017	The heal scaling of this skill has been increased by 20% in PvP only.
December 13, 2016	The healing contribution of this ability has been increased by 67%.
February 26, 2013	Increased this ability's scaling with healing power by 50% and reduced its level scaling by 20%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Detonate Orb of Light has been added to the game.