Honor

Specialization background.

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"On my honor, I will protect you."

Honor improves your ability to assist allies through healing, cleansing, and revival. Many of its abilities affect multiple allies at once and have large areas of effect.

— In-game description

Honor is a core specialization for the guardian that focuses on healing allies.

Honor may enhance the mace, staff, symbol and shout skills.

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Vigorous Precision		Gain vigor at the end of your dodge roll.
Major Adept	Invigorated Bulwark		Increase your healing to other allies each time you block an attack. Mace skills gain reduced recharge and their boons gain increased duration.
Major Adept	Protective Reviver		Cast Lesser Shield of Absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Shield of Absorption revives allies when it detonates.
Major Adept	Protector's Restoration		Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you use a healing skill.
Minor Master	Selfless Daring		The end of your dodge roll heals nearby allies.
Major Master	Honorable Staff		Gain concentration. Empower now grants endurance to allies in addition to its effects. Staff skills recharge time is reduced.
Major Master	Pure of Heart		Aegis heals when it blocks an attack.
Major Master	Empowering Might	1	Grant might to nearby allies when you critically strike.
Minor Grandmaster	Purity of Body		Your Virtue skill 2 passive also regenerates endurance.
Major Grandmaster	Pure of Voice		Shout skills convert conditions to boons on allies.
Major Grandmaster	Writ of Persistence		Symbols are improved and heal allies.
Major Grandmaster	Force of Will		Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality.

See also: List of guardian traits

Version history

For a detailed specialization history, see here.

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