Spiteful Spirit

Strike around you when entering shroud. — In-game description

Spiteful Spirit

Specialization

Spite (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Spiteful Spirit

Strike around you when entering shroud.

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Spiteful Spirit (PvE)			Cripple nearby foes and convert their boons into conditions. Gain resolution for each foe you strike. Remove additional boons on foes below the health threshold.
Spiteful Spirit (PvP)			Cripple nearby foes and convert their boons into conditions. Gain resolution for each foe you strike. Remove additional boons on foes below the health threshold.
Spiteful Spirit (WvW)			Cripple nearby foes and convert their boons into conditions. Gain resolution for each foe you strike. Remove additional boons on foes below the health threshold.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Death Shroud — Shroud
•   Reaper's Shroud — Shroud
•   Desert Shroud — Shade, Shroud
•   Harbinger Shroud — Shroud

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the number of boons removed from 2 to 1 in WvW only.
February 11, 2025	Increased the number of boons removed from 1 to 2 in WvW and PvP.
June 27, 2023	This trait now removes boons instead of converting them into conditions.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.4 to 0.1. Reduced number of boons corrupted from 2 to 1. Reduced additional boons corrupted against foes under 50% health from 2 to 1.
December 11, 2018	The damage of this trait has been increased by 25% in PvE, and it will no longer be able to critically hit foes in all game modes.
October 16, 2018	The area-of-effect damage inflicted by this trait has been split and will now use a 50% reduced value in PvP and WvW.
November 07, 2017	The attack caused by this trait now converts 2 additional boons on targets below 50% health.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug that caused this trait to be nonfunctional while underwater. Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from granting retaliation. Fixed a bug that caused this trait to fail to display the number of boons converted. Increased the number of boons converted from 1 to 2.
May 16, 2017	Updated this trait to clarify that it is no longer casting Unholy Feast.
July 26, 2016	The version of Unholy Feast that this trait executes will now include the player's weapon damage.
January 26, 2016	This trait's recharge has been removed. The attack from this trait is now referred to as "Spiteful Spirit" in the combat log instead of "Unholy Feast," and its particle effects have been updated.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Reduced the recharge on this trait to match the recharge reduction on Unholy Feast.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. This trait has been reworked: Entering shroud casts the axe skill Unholy Feast. This trait benefits from the recharge bonus of Unholy Fervor.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Spiteful Spirit has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this trait.