Destructive Was Glaive

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Elite Item Spell. Hold Glaive's ashes for up to 30...54...60 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 15...71...85 lightning damage.

PvP.jpg This skill has a PvP-only version — see Destructive Was Glaive (PvP).

Elite Item Spell. Hold Glaive's ashes for up to 30...54...60 seconds. While you hold her ashes, all Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. When you drop her ashes, all foes in the area are struck for 15...71...85 lightning damage.

Concise description
Elite Item Spell. (30...54...60 seconds.) Your Ritualist skills have 20% armor penetration. Drop effect: deals 15...71...85 lightning damage to all foes in the area.


Progression
0
30
15
1
32
20
2
34
24
3
36
29
4
38
34
5
40
38
6
42
43
7
44
48
8
46
52
9
48
57
10
50
62
11
52
66
12
54
71
13
56
76
14
58
80
15
60
85
16
62
90
17
64
94
18
66
99
19
68
104
20
70
108
21
72
113

Acquisition[edit]

Signet of Capture

Related skills[edit]

Hero Usage[edit]

  • Heroes only cast this spell when there are foes adjacent to them. Under no circumstances will they drop the ashes, nor will they make any attempt to move closer to foes.

Notes[edit]

  • The damage caused when the ashes are dropped benefits from the 20% armor penetration effect.

Trivia[edit]

Anomaly Anomaly.When dropped, the chat log notes your dropping the ashes as "You drop a Destructive was Glaive." When most ashes from an item spell are dropped, the chat log notes this as "You drop an Ashes of..." followed by the name of the item spell. Example: "You drop an Ashes of Grasping Kuurong."
  • Lady Glaive is a Corsair leader in ancient Elonian history, and her diadem is mentioned in the Pogahn Passage mission.
    • During the Nightfall PvP weekend, this skill was called Destructive was Zuuyun. This name comes from Zuuyun Point.
    • In the first version this item spell could be cast on allies.
  • This is the only item spell that does not depict its namesake in the skill icon.