Symbol of Energy

Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground. — In-game description

Symbol of Energy

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Dragonhunter

Weapon

Longbow

Type

Symbol

Game link

API

29789

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0.5½  12  

Symbol of Energy

Symbol. Fire a slow, arcing arrow that explodes on impact to burn targets and sear a symbol of energy into the ground.

 Damage: 266 (0.69)^?

 Damage: 166 (0.43)^?

 Vigor (3s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Burning (12s): 1,572 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 5

 Radius: 180

 Combo Field: Light

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Fiery Wrath — Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
• Symbolic Exposure — Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
• Renewing Splendor — Heal yourself when you create a light field or finish a combo in a light field.
• Symbolic Avenger — Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.

Radiance

• Inner Fire — Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
• Radiant Fire — Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
• Amplified Wrath — Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Writ of Persistence — Symbols are improved and heal allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	The projectile fired by this skill is now unblockable.
May 11, 2021	Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. Casting time reduced by 0.3 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.69 to 0.43.
July 16, 2019	Increased projectile speed by 25%.
October 02, 2018	The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by 0.25 seconds.
December 12, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from displaying the increased damage dealt when equipped with Symbolic Power. Burning stacks inflicted have been adjusted from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 1 stack for 12 seconds.
April 19, 2016	The damage of this skill has been increased by 25%.
February 23, 2016	Updated this ability to display a red ring to enemies rather than a combo ring.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Symbol of Energy has been added to the game.