Heat the Soul

Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill. — In-game description

Heat the Soul

Specialization

Berserker (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Heat the Soul

Grant boons to nearby allies when you use a Burst skill.

 Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (5s): Skills and actions are faster.

₃ Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

 Fury (5s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (5s): +20% Critical Chance

₃ Might (10s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power

 Radius: 480

— In-game description

Mechanics

• This trait only activates upon successfully hitting an enemy target, and only activates once per Burst.
  • Hitting an enemy is not required with either   Combustive Shot or   Scorched Earth. These skills just need to successfully spawn their AoE.
    • This is a mechanic shared with  Adrenal Health and  Berserker's Power.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
•   Breaching Strike — Dagger, Burst
•   Skull Crack — Mace, Burst
•   Flurry — Sword, Burst
•   Arcing Slice — Greatsword, Burst
•   Earthshaker — Hammer, Burst
•   Combustive Shot — Longbow, Burst
•   Kill Shot — Rifle, Burst
•   Path to Victory — Staff, Burst
•   Harrier's Toss — Spear, Burst
•   Whirling Strike — Spear, Burst
•   Forceful Shot — Harpoon gun, Burst
•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
•   Slicing Maelstrom — Dagger, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Arc Divider — Greatsword, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rampart Splitter — Staff, Primal Burst
•   Wild Throw — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	Increased the quickness duration from 3 to 5 seconds in PvE only.
October 08, 2024	This trait now applies might to allies in addition to its previous effects.
December 12, 2023	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to give less might than intended in PvP and WvW.
November 28, 2023	This trait no longer has an internal cooldown. Reduced the quickness duration from 4 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only. Decapitate grants 2 seconds of quickness.
July 18, 2023	Increased quickness duration from 3.5 seconds to 4 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	This trait has been reworked. This trait will now grant boons to nearby allies when you strike an enemy with a burst skill.
December 11, 2018	The amount of condition damage that increases while wielding a torch has been reduced from a maximum of 150 to a maximum of 120. Warriors now gain up to 120 condition damage regardless of the weapon they are wielding.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Heat the Soul has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The name of this trait is likely a reference to the fighting game series Bleach: Heat the Soul.