Hammer of Wisdom

Spirit Weapon. Order the Hammer of Wisdom to knock down your foe. — In-game description

Hammer of Wisdom

 

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Spirit Weapon

Summons

Hammer of Wisdom

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

9125, 46170

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0.5½  8  2  

Hammer of Wisdom

Spirit Weapon. Order the Hammer of Wisdom to knock down your foe.

 Damage: 319 (1.2)^?

 Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

 Knockdown: 2 seconds

 Number of Targets: 3

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Count Recharge: 24 seconds

 Casts: 2

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Zeal

• Eternal Armory — Spirit Weapons gain additional casts and burn foes with their first strike.

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Dragonhunter

• Dulled Senses — Cripple enemies that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Heavy Light — Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled, exposed, or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Firebrand

• Stoic Demeanor — Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Notes

Bugs:

When Eternal Armory is traited, and when on land, and with Snap Ground Target to Current Target checked (in General Options), Hammer of Wisdom does not target the current target like it's supposed to. Instead, it targets the current location of the mouse cursor.

• When Eternal Armory is not traited, and when on land, and with Snap Ground Target to Current Target checked, Hammer of Wisdom targets the current target like it's supposed to.
• When under water, Snap Ground Target to Current Target works properly with Eternal Armory either traited or untraited, just not on land.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced ammunition recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE and from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in PvP and WvW.
May 02, 2023	Fixed an issue that displayed an incorrect number of targets when the Eternal Armory trait was equipped.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.01. Increased ammo recharge from 25 seconds to 30 seconds
April 23, 2019	These skills are now all ground-targeted while the player is on land. Updated the tooltip to display the sink effect instead of the knockdown effect while underwater. Fixed an issue in which the sink duration was 1 second instead of 2 seconds.
May 08, 2018	The ammunition recharge of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 25-second cooldown in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Reduced the ammo-recharge time from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	Spirit Weapons: Fixed a bug that prevented players from animating properly when using these skills while equipped with a two-handed weapon.
September 29, 2017	Fixed a bug in which this skill caused crashes.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Reduced the cast time of this skill from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Increased the number of targets affected by this skill from 1 to 3. Increased damage by 20%.
August 16, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented Hammer of Wisdom damage from scaling with the guardian's attributes.
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. Hammer of Wisdom: This now has an ammo count of 2, and using the skill orders the hammer to knock down your foe. Count recharge is 30 seconds.
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 20, 2013	Updated the damage facts for this skill as well as its Command skill.
August 06, 2013	Removed the range skill fact on the summon.
April 30, 2013	Increased health of this summoned spirit by 25%.
February 26, 2013	The health of this spirit has been increased by 33%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Hammer of Wisdom has been added to the game.