Guild Wars 2

Hey Guardian players,

as a condition thief player it seems to be impossible to deal any damage to spirit weapons but I’ve seen them damaged already. So how can you deal damage to them?
Ele’s splash AoEs maybe?

Anyway is this considered a bug?

you can’t kill them. you have to avoid them. this is not a bug, it’s how they’re designed. idk where you saw them damaged (unless it’s like bridgette’s in CM) but you were mistaken. spirit weapons only die when their timer runs up or they’re commanded without the proper trait.

I’ve seen a spirit sword “die” 2 mins ago. It had burning applied once before its hp dropped to 0. So any hints on that?

It was probably traited to apply burning when it attacked, but not traited to persist after use of the special ability. If you don’t trait them for it, they will die when you use their secondary ability.

Doesn’t it die instantly then? The one I saw dying took dmg.

There may be outlier cases in which a Spirit Weapon takes incidental damage, but I’m not aware of any situation. Essentially, Spirit Weapons are immune to damage, cannot be destroyed by an enemy player, and can be traited for additional effects like burning.

If you’re having trouble with Spirit Weapons Guardians, there are a few ways to counter them, but damaging their weapons won’t work.

I think they can get damaged by Retaliation.