Shredding

Lively Lute fires an additional wave at your enemy. The lute's damage bonus is increased. — In-game description

Shredding

Specialization

Troubadour (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Shredding

Lively Lute fires an additional wave at your enemy. The lute's damage bonus is increased.

 Lute-Playing Damage Increase: 15%

 Lute-Playing Damage Increase: 10%

— In-game description

Mechanics

• The damage increase added to this trait is additive:

 Lute Playing: +10% Healing Increase to Others, +25% Damage, +25% Condition Damage

 Lute Playing: +10% Healing Increase to Others, +15% Damage, +15% Condition Damage

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lively Lute — Instrument

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Shredding has been added to the game. This trait now causes Lively Lute to fire an additional projectile instead of increasing damage per wave. Reduced the damage increase while the lute is playing from 20% to 15% in PvE only.
August 19, 2025	Shredding was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.