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Trivia: skill history

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{{Skill infobox
| id = 86
| name = Grenth's Balance
| campaign = Core
| profession = Necromancer
| type = Spell
| elite = yes
| energy = 10
| recharge = 10
| activation = {{1/4}}
| causes1 = Health Gain
| causes2 = Health Loss
| description = [[Elite]] [[Spell]]. If [[target]] [[foe]] has more [[Health]] than you, you [[Health gain|gain]] half the difference (up to your maximum Health), and that foe [[Health loss|loses]] an equal amount. If this foe has less Health than you, you lose half the difference, and that foe gains an equal amount.
| concise description = Elite Spell. You gain Health equal to half the difference between you and target, and this foe loses an equal amount. {{gray|If this foe has less Health than you, you lose Health equal to half the difference.}}
}}

== Acquisition ==
'''[[Signet of Capture]]'''
* [[Prophecies]]
** [[Facet of Darkness]] ([[The Dragon's Lair]])
** [[Mragga]] ([[Frozen Forest]], during [[The Hero's Challenge]])
** [[Grentchus Magnus]] ([[Nebo Terrace]], during [[The Greatest Snowman Ever Made]])
* [[Factions]]
** [[Kuonghsang]] ([[Nahpui Quarter]])
* [[Nightfall]]
** [[Armind the Balancer]] ([[Bahdok Caverns]])
* [[Eye of the North]]
** [[Facet of Death]] ([[Sparkfly Swamp]] during [[The Cipher of Grenth]] and [[Varajar Fells]] during [[The Path to Revelations]])

== Notes ==
* Grenth's Balance is most effective when:
** The target has as much health as possible ''and''
** The caster has a high maximum health, but is left with very little actual health.

* Effects that cause spell casting to inflict health loss or gain (e.g. [[Backfire]], [[Vigorous Spirit]]) trigger ''before'' this skill checks the caster's health.
** If that effect brings the caster's health to zero, then Grenth's Balance still causes the target to lose health, but the caster dies before they can gain any health.
* The [[AI]] uses Grenth's Balance properly, prioritizing high health targets.

{{anomaly|The concise description omits the fact that your health gain (and your target's health loss) is capped by your maximum health.}}

== Trivia ==
* This skill was named "Charon's Balance" during the beta ([http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Emily_Diehl/Trivia_archive_2&oldid=571864#Grenth.27s_Balance source]). [[W:Charon (mythology)|Charon]] refers to the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology.
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[[de:Grenths Ausgleich]]
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Grenth's Balance - Revision history

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