Sword of Justice

Spirit Weapon. Will the Sword of Justice to appear beside your enemy and attack nearby foes. — In-game description

Sword of Justice

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Spirit Weapon

Summons

Sword of Justice

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

9168, 44846

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0.5½  

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1

5

 

3

3

2

 

Sword of Justice

Spirit Weapon. Will the Sword of Justice to appear beside your enemy and attack nearby foes.

 Damage (4x): 852 (3.2)^?

 Damage (4x): 764 (2.88)^?

 Damage (4x): 480 (1.8)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (8s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

₁₂ Vulnerability (6s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

 Number of Targets: 5

 Count Recharge: 15 seconds

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Casts: 3

 Casts: 2

 Radius: 180

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Each hit applies 3 stacks of Vulnerability for a total of 12.

Related traits

Zeal

• Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Eternal Armory — Spirit Weapons gain additional casts and burn foes with their first strike.

Dragonhunter

• Zealot's Aggression — Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Reduced ammunition recharge from 20 seconds to 15 seconds in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Increased power coefficient per strike from 0.72 to 0.8 in PvE only.
May 10, 2022	Reduced power coefficient per hit from 0.54 to 0.45 in WvW only. Reduced ammunition count from 3 to 2 in WvW only.
March 23, 2021	Reduced ammunition count from 3 to 2 in PvP only. Increased cooldown between skill uses from 1 second to 5 seconds in PvP only.
December 01, 2020	Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.72 to 0.54 in WvW only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced vulnerability duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
April 23, 2019	These skills are now all ground-targeted while the player is on land.
August 28, 2018	This skill now applies cripple for 3 seconds in addition to its other effects.
May 08, 2018	This skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use a 20-second cooldown in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Reduced the ammo-recharge time from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	This skill now summons the Sword of Justice at your target's location rather than beside you. Reduced the recharge time between casts from 8 seconds to 1 second. Spirit Weapons: Fixed a bug that prevented players from animating properly when using these skills while equipped with a two-handed weapon.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Reduced the cast time of this skill from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
August 17, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented Sword of Justice damage from scaling with the guardian's attributes. Sword of Justice: Increased the base damage of this skill by 80%.
August 16, 2017	Fixed a bug that could cause this skill to strike fewer times than expected if the guardian was attacking at the same time.
August 10, 2017	Fixed a bug that could cause spirit weapons to go on cooldown after not being used for a sufficient amount of time.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Spirit weapons have been reworked. They now use the ammo system. Sword of Justice: This now has an ammo count of 3, and using the skill targets an area for the sword to repeatedly attack. Count recharge is 25 seconds.
July 28, 2015	Removed the unnecessary skill fact when Expeditious Spirit is equipped.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Improved Spirit-Weapon Duration is now baseline. Spirit weapons last 50% longer.
September 09, 2014	This spirit weapon is no longer destroyed when the Command skill is used.
August 06, 2013	Removed the range skill fact on the summon.
February 26, 2013	The health of this spirit has been increased by 30%.
January 28, 2013	Fixed the damage displayed the descriptions for this skill and its Command variant.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Sword of Justice has been added to the game.