Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that damages and dazes foes on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward. — In-game description

Banner of Strength

   

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Banner

Summons

Banner of Strength

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

14405

This skill has an underwater replacement: Banner of Strength (underwater)

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Banner of Strength

Banner. Place a banner that damages and dazes foes on initial placement, then pulses boons to you and nearby allies afterward.

 Damage: 532 (2.0)^?

₂ Might (10s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Duration: 15 seconds

 Attack Radius: 180

 Boon Radius: 360

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Body Blow — Stuns, dazes, knockbacks, pulls, pushes, and launches inflict vulnerability and weakness.
• Pinnacle of Strength — Might applied to you grants more power. Your critical-hit chance is increased.
• Might Makes Right — Gain health and endurance whenever you apply might to yourself.
• Aggressive Onslaught — Gain quickness when you disable an enemy. While you have quickness, your movement speed is increased. This stacks with other movement speed increases.

Arms

• Opportunist — Gain fury and adrenaline when you immobilize or disable a foe.
• Unsuspecting Foe — Increased critical-hit chance against disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Defense

• Merciless Hammer — Hammer and mace skills deal increased damage when striking a disabled or defiant foe. Gain adrenaline when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, taunt, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, and launch.
• Stalwart Strength — Gain stability when you disable a foe. Deal increased strike damage while you have stability.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.
• Mending Might — Applying might to an ally heals you.
• Phalanx Strength — When you grant yourself might, grant it to nearby allies as well.

Discipline

• Doubled Standards — Banners grant resolution to allies when they are dropped. Pulsing boons applied through banners last longer.

Spellbreaker

• No Escape — Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
• Dispelling Force — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
• Attacker's Insight — Gain Insight when disabling foes or removing boons. Full Counter refreshes all burst skills on hit. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear.

Notes

Bug:

The Blast finisher line is not shown in-game, but it still functions correctly.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 24, 2026	Fixed a graphics error in the targeting decal for Battle Standard, Banner of Strength, and Banner of Discipline.
September 13, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented banner effects from prioritizing the warrior who placed them and their party or squad over other allies.
August 02, 2022	Recharge reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds (except Battle Standard). Animation changed; casting time reduced by 0.2 seconds (except Battle Standard). Light combo field radius reduced from 600 to 360. Combo field duration reduced to from 5 seconds to 3 seconds. Pulsing boon radius reduced to 360. Once placed, banners last for 15 seconds and can no longer be picked up. Banners no longer grant quickness on placement by default (except for Banner of Tactics in PvE only). All banner skills (except for Battle Standard) have been reworked. They now grant different boons when placed, depending on the banner: Banner of Strength: Damages and dazes enemies. This skill no longer creates a light combo field but acts as a blast finisher instead. Pulsing boons have changed to the following: Banner of Strength: Might (10 seconds, two stacks)
June 28, 2022	Banners no longer provide attribute bonuses to allies. Instead, quickness is granted to allies in the area when the warrior uses the banner skill, and then the banner will continue to pulse boons to nearby allies for the remainder of its duration. Each banner provides a different boon, as follows: Banner of Strength: Might for 5 seconds Picking up a banner no longer reduces the recharge time of the skill. Instead, they can be carried around and dropped to reposition them. Picking up a banner does not grant the warrior additional skills, but they will continue to pulse their associated boons when picked up. The delay before you can pick up a dropped banner has been increased from 1 second to 3 seconds. All Banners (except Battle Standard): Recharge time reduced from 80 seconds to 60 seconds.
May 11, 2021	Reduced the number of allied targets affected from 10 to 5. The Discipline trait Doubled Standards now increases the number of allied targets from 5 to 10. Banners no longer cause blast finishers. They now create a light combo field that persists for 5 seconds after the banner is summoned.
November 19, 2019	A 1-second delay before banners can be picked up has been added.
March 05, 2019	Banners no longer have skills and are instead destroyed when they're picked up. Banners can now only be picked up by the warrior who summoned them. Reduced all banners' stat gains from 170 to 100 at level 80. Banners' durations have been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds. All utility-slot banner skills have had their recharge times reduced from 120 seconds to 80 seconds. Picking up a banner now reduces the recharge time of that banner by 60 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused banner effects to display at a selected enemy's location rather than the player's location when using a banner underwater.
February 22, 2017	Increased the number of enhancement targets from 5 to 10.
August 20, 2013	Updated this skill to properly display their duration.
May 28, 2013	Warrior banners now apply their buffs immediately.
March 26, 2013	Increased power and condition damage granted to allies from 90 at level 80 to 170.
January 28, 2013	This skill's descriptions have been updated.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Banner of Strength has been added to the game.

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