Empathic Bond/history

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March 19, 2024

  • This trait has moved to the master tier, replacing Shared Anguish. This trait now cleanses conditions when swapping pets instead of when using a Beast skill.
Empathic Bond.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Master
Type
Major
Game link
Empathic Bond

Remove conditions when you swap pets.

Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions Removed: 2
Miscellaneous effect.png Combat Only

— In-game description

February 14, 2023

  • Empathic Bond: This trait has been reworked. It now causes beast skills to remove conditions from the ranger and their pet.
Empathic Bond.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
20 Recharge time
Empathic Bond

Using a Beast trait[sic] removes conditions from you and your pet.
Swapping pets recharges this trait.

Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions Removed: 2

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

  • Empathic Bond: This trait has been reworked and now splits the duration of conditions applied to you between you and your pet.
Empathic Bond.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Empathic Bond

Condition durations are split between you and your pet.
Conditions are not split while your pet is downed.

Duration.png Personal Condition Duration: 50%
Duration.png Personal Condition Duration: 80%
Duration.png Pet Condition Duration: 50%
Duration.png Pet Condition Duration: 20%

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

Empathic Bond.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Empathic Bond

Pets periodically take conditions from you.

Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions removed: 3
Radius.png Interval: 10 s

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

  • Empathic Bond: Fixed a bug so conditions will only be transferred when the pet is alive.

February 26, 2013

  • Empathic Bond: Fixed a bug that wouldn't apply transferred conditions to pets.
    • This trait now transfers three conditions to the ranger's pet every 10 seconds rather than all of them.
Trait XI.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Empathic Bond

Pets periodically take conditions from you.

Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions removed: 3
Radius.png Interval: 10 s

— In-game description

Original version

Trait XI.png

Empathic Bond

Specialization
Ranger icon small.png Wilderness Survival
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Empathic Bond

Pets periodically take conditions from you.

— In-game description