Awaken the Pain

Might grants you more power. Gain might when entering shroud. — In-game description

Awaken the Pain

Specialization

Spite (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Awaken the Pain

Might grants you more power. Gain might when entering shroud.

₅ Might (5s): 150 Condition Damage, 200 Power

 Power: +10

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Consume — Sword
•   Extirpate — Spear
•   Oppressive Collapse — Torch

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blood Is Power — Corruption
•   Well of Power — Well
•   "You Are All Weaklings!" — Shout
•   Desiccate — Punishment
•   Elixir of Risk — Elixir

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout
•   Ghastly Breach — Punishment
•   Elixir of Ambition — Elixir

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Death Shroud — Shroud
•   Reaper's Shroud — Shroud
•   Desert Shroud — Shroud, Shade
•   Harbinger Shroud — Shroud
•   Ritualist's Shroud — Shroud
•   Innervate Anguish

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Spite

• Reaper's Might — Shroud skill 1 grants might.
• Siphoned Power — Gain might when you strike a foe below the health threshold.

Reaper

• Chilling Victory — Striking a chilled foe grants might and life force. Single attacks can activate this trait more than once before recharging.

Scourge

• Abrasive Grit — Granting an ally a barrier removes conditions afflicting them and grants might. This effect only occurs with barrier from scourge skills and traits.

Ritualist

• Empowering Spirits — Grant boons to nearby allies when you summon a spirit.

Notes

• With this trait, each stack of Might grants 40 Power and 30 Condition Damage which adds up to 1000 Power and 750 Condition Damage with 25 stacks of Might.
  • Compared with unmodified Might, each stack of which grants 30 Power and 30 Condition Damage, this results in an increase in 250 Power at 25 stacks of might.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	This trait has been moved to the master minor slot, replacing Death's Embrace, and it no longer causes might to grant less condition damage.
November 07, 2017	Awaken the Pain has been added to the game and replaced Rending Shroud.