Protective Reviver

Cast Lesser Shield of Absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Shield of Absorption revives allies when it detonates. — In-game description

Protective Reviver

Specialization

Honor (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Protective Reviver

Cast Lesser Shield of Absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Shield of Absorption revives allies when it detonates.

 Revive Percentage: 15%

 Revive Percentage: 3%

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser Shield of Absorption		24	Create a dome around you that pushes foes back and absorbs projectiles. After a duration, it detonates, healing nearby allies.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 03, 2019	This trait no longer increases revival speed and no longer grants boons on a successful revival. Fixed the skill fact to show the correct 3-second duration. Fixed a bug that prevented the recharge of Lesser Shield of Absorption from being affected by Stalwart Defender. Lesser Shield of Absorption now heals nearby allies when it ends. Upon detonation, this trait also now causes all versions of Shield of Absorption to revive allies by 15% in PvE and 3% in competitive modes.
July 16, 2019	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to not increase revive speed.
January 26, 2016	This trait now also increases the revive speed of the guardian by 10%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Activate a shield of absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Cooldown: 24 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Protective Reviver has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Prior to release, this skill was named "Shielding Hands", which was the name of a Guild Wars monk skill.