Redemption

Cast Lesser Litany of Wrath when you activate Virtue skill 3. — In-game description

Redemption

Specialization

Valor (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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10

Redemption

Cast Lesser Litany of Wrath when you activate Virtue skill 3.

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser Litany of Wrath			Meditation. Heal yourself. For a brief time, heal yourself based on a percentage of damage dealt to enemies.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Virtue of Courage — Virtue
•   Shield of Courage — Virtue
•   Tome of Courage — Virtue
•   Crashing Courage — Virtue
•   Radiant Courage — Virtue

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: The icon for this trait has now been updated, as previously noted but not conducted under Game updates/2026-03-17.
March 19, 2024	Increased the duration of Lesser Litany of Wrath from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
November 28, 2023	This trait has been reworked and renamed Redemption. Cast Lesser Litany of Wrath when you use virtue skill 3. Lesser Litany of Wrath lasts for 3 seconds.
June 28, 2022	This trait has been reworked. It now grants protection to allies while in combat, applying protection with a 3-second duration on a 10-second interval.
May 08, 2018	Reduced the toughness granted by this trait from 150 to 100 at level 80.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
July 01, 2014	Added a combat-only skill fact.
December 14, 2012	Now activates more quickly when entering combat, and scales from 0-70 defense instead of being capped at 30.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Strength in Numbers has been added to the game.