List of elementalist traits

This is a list of elementalist traits.

Fire

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"Raging flames, annihilate my foes."

Fire-based magic focuses on raw power and spells, dealing severe damage to multiple foes at once. Attuning to fire improves your ability to inflict burning and apply might to yourself.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Empowering Flame		Gain power while in fire attunement.
Major Adept	Burning Precision	5	Burning you inflict has increased duration and your critical hits gain a chance to inflict burning.
Major Adept	Conjurer		Gain fire aura when an ally picks up a conjured weapon.
Major Adept	Burning Fire		Cast Lesser Cleansing Fire when you have a number of conditions on you.
Minor Master	Sunspot		Gain a fire aura, and damage nearby foes when you attune to fire. Also triggers on overload skills.
Major Master	Burning Rage		Sunspot inflicts burning, and its radius is increased. Your condition damage is increased.
Major Master	Smothering Auras		Fire auras have increased duration. Applying auras to allies removes conditions, and transmuting auras removes conditions from nearby allies.
Major Master	Power Overwhelming		While at or above the might threshold, gain increased power. Power bonuses are doubled while attuned to fire.
Minor Grandmaster	Pyromancer's Training		Your fire-weapon skills gain reduced recharge. Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
Major Grandmaster	Persisting Flames		Fire fields created by weapon skills last longer. Whenever your fire fields hit a foe, gain increased strike damage for a duration.
Major Grandmaster	Pyromancer's Puissance		Gain might for using any skill while attuned to fire. When leaving fire attunement or successfully completing a fire overload, unleash a Flame Expulsion.
Major Grandmaster	Blinding Ashes	8	Inflict blindness on foes you burn. This trait can only affect the same enemy once per interval.

Air

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"Swift as the wind, deadly as lightning."

Air-based magic specializes in high single-target damage and improving your mobility. It enhances the power of your critical hits and grants bonus effects when you disable an enemy.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Zephyr's Speed		Your chance to critically strike is increased. While attuned to air, your movement speed is also increased.
Major Adept	Zephyr's Boon		Grant boons to allies you grant auras to.
Major Adept	One with Air		Gain superspeed when attuning to air.
Major Adept	Ferocious Winds		Gain ferocity based on your precision.
Minor Master	Electric Discharge		Strike your target with a bolt of lightning when attuning to air. Also triggers on overload skills.
Major Master	Inscription		Gain boons upon casting a glyph based on your attunement.
Major Master	Raging Storm	8	Critically striking a foe grants fury. Gain ferocity while under the effects of fury.
Major Master	Stormsoul		Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Outgoing stun duration increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Minor Grandmaster	Aeromancer's Training		Gain ferocity, and gain additional ferocity while attuned to air. Air weapon skills get a reduced recharge time.
Major Grandmaster	Bolt to the Heart		Deal increased strike damage to enemies below the health threshold.
Major Grandmaster	Fresh Air		Recharge air attunement on a critical hit. Gain a ferocity boost when attuning to air.
Major Grandmaster	Lightning Rod		Cast Lightning Rod when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Earth

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"I am a mountain, solid and enduring."

Earth-based magic grants defensive benefits, reducing incoming damage and the severity of conditions. Attuning to earth gives you a superior advantage in combat, granting you abilities that cripple and immobilize your foes.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Stone Flesh		Strike damage taken is reduced while attuned to earth.
Major Adept	Earth's Embrace	15	Gain resistance after using a healing skill.
Major Adept	Serrated Stones		Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
Major Adept	Elemental Shielding		Auras you grant to allies also grant protection.
Minor Master	Earthen Blast		Gain barrier and cripple nearby foes when attuning to earth. Also triggers on overload skills. Barrier will not be gained when attuning to the same element.
Major Master	Strength of Stone	3	Gain condition damage based on your toughness. Inflict bleeding when you immobilize a foe. Bleeding can only occur on the same target once per interval.
Major Master	Rock Solid		Grant stability to nearby allies when attuning to earth. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
Major Master	Earthen Blessing		Decrease the duration of movement-impairing conditions applied to you. Restore endurance when you receive one of these conditions.
Minor Grandmaster	Geomancer's Training		Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Diamond Skin	1	Remove conditions from yourself when you successfully combo a field with a leap finisher. Remove conditions from nearby allies when you successfully combo a field with a blast finisher.
Major Grandmaster	Written in Stone		Signets continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging. Gain an aura when you use a signet skill.
Major Grandmaster	Stone Heart		You cannot be critically hit for a duration of time after entering or exiting earth attunement. Remaining effect duration is lost when exiting.

Water

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"Soothing water heals all wounds."

Water-based magic specializes in superior support abilities, healing allies and cleansing various ailments. Utilizing various water-based abilities also allows you to support your allies by chilling your foes and inflicting vulnerability.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Soothing Mist		You and nearby allies recover health while you are attuned to water.
Major Adept	Soothing Ice	15	Gain regeneration and frost aura when using a healing skill.
Major Adept	Piercing Shards		Vulnerability you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. Damage bonus is doubled while attuned to water.
Major Adept	Stop, Drop, and Roll	10	Dodging removes burning and chilled from nearby allies.
Minor Master	Healing Ripple		Heal nearby allies when attuning to water. This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element, but will be triggered by overload skills.
Major Master	Soothing Disruption		Cantrips grant boons.
Major Master	Cleansing Wave		Remove conditions from nearby allies when attuning to water.
Major Master	Flow like Water	4	Deal increased strike damage, which is further increased while your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.
Minor Grandmaster	Aquamancer's Training		Increase healing to other allies. Water-weapon skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Cleansing Water		Cleanse conditions from allies you grant regeneration to.
Major Grandmaster	Powerful Aura		Any aura you grant yourself is granted to nearby allies.
Major Grandmaster	Soothing Power		Gain vitality. Soothing Mist is more effective.

Arcane

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"The elements are at my command!"

The arcane specialization focuses on switching between elemental attunements, utilizing various benefits when jumping to a new element. Arcane abilities and traits also offer several ways to gain boons and additional boon duration.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Arcane Prowess		Gain boons when you switch attunements.
Major Adept	Arcane Precision	3	Your critical strikes have a chance to inflict a condition based on your attunement.
Major Adept	Renewing Stamina	10	Gain vigor when you critically strike a foe.
Major Adept	Arcane Restoration		Swapping attunements restores health.
Minor Master	Elemental Attunement		Grant a boon to nearby allies when changing attunements. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
Major Master	Arcane Resurrection	20	Cast Geyser when you begin reviving a downed ally. Geyser now partially revives downed allies. When you begin reviving an ally, you gain an aura based on your attunement.
Major Master	Elemental Lockdown	1	When you disable a foe, gain a boon based upon your current attunement.
Major Master	Final Shielding		Cast Lesser Arcane Shield when you use an elite skill.
Minor Grandmaster	Elemental Enchantment		Gain concentration and your attunements gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Evasive Arcana	10	Cast a skill when you dodge based on your attunement.
Major Grandmaster	Arcane Lightning		Arcane skills grant increased ferocity and have additional effects.
Major Grandmaster	Bountiful Power		Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Tempest

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"My power, coming to a peak!"

Overload your attunements to become a powerful singularity of elemental power, shouting at your foes and calling upon your allies. The tempest specialization offers superior area-of-effect abilities in exchange for a slower attunement rotation.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Warhorn Proficiency		You can wield the warhorn weapon.
Minor Adept	Singularity		Attain elemental singularity by remaining in an attunement for a period of time. Upon attaining singularity, you may overload the attunement to your vicinity. Gain access to Shouts.
Major Adept	Gale Song		Grant protection to nearby allies when you use a healing skill.
Major Adept	Latent Stamina	10	Grant vigor to nearby allies when attuning to water. Restore endurance to allies you grant vigor.
Major Adept	Unstable Conduit		Overloads grant an aura based on your attunement.
Minor Master	Gathered Focus		Your concentration is increased.
Major Master	Tempestuous Aria		Using a shout grants allies might. Granting an aura to an ally increases your outgoing damage for a period of time.
Major Master	Harmonious Conduit		Gain stability and swiftness when starting an overload.
Major Master	Invigorating Torrents		Auras you grant also grant regeneration and vigor.
Minor Grandmaster	Hardy Conduit		Overloads grant protection to nearby allies. Protection gains increased damage reduction.
Major Grandmaster	Transcendent Tempest		Time to attain singularity is reduced. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
Major Grandmaster	Lucid Singularity		Apply boons to nearby allies while channeling and when successfully completing a channel.
Major Grandmaster	Elemental Bastion	30	Heal allies you grant an aura to. Grant frost aura to nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.

Weaver

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"The elements are twisting, turning—melding as one."

The weaver gains the ability to combine two different elements and wield them simultaneously. Rapidly combine elements to create a fast and dynamic fighting style that dances in and out of combat.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Sword Proficiency		You can wield swords in your main hand.
Minor Adept	Weaver		Your active attunement is now applied to your main hand, with the old attunement moving to your off hand. Attunement recharges are reduced. Gain access to Dual Attack and the Stance utility types.
Major Adept	Superior Elements	4	Dual Attack skills weaken enemies. Attacks against weakened foes have increased critical chance.
Major Adept	Elemental Pursuit	10	Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.
Major Adept	Master's Fortitude		Gain increased vitality when wielding a sword. Gain bonus vitality based on a portion of your power and condition damage.
Minor Master	Elemental Refreshment		Grant barrier to yourself when using Dual Attack skills.
Major Master	Weaver's Prowess		Gain increased condition damage and duration for a period of time after attuning to a different element.
Major Master	Swift Revenge		Gain swiftness when using a Dual Attack. Deal increased strike damage to enemies while under the effects of swiftness or superspeed.
Major Master	Bolstered Elements	30	Gain protection when activating a Stance. Activate Lesser Stone Resonance when using an elite skill.
Minor Grandmaster	Elemental Polyphony		Gain attributes based on your current attunement. When dual attuned, gain both benefits.
Major Grandmaster	Elements of Rage		Gain a bonus to all damage dealt for a period of time when attuned to a single element. Gain precision based on a percentage of your vitality.
Major Grandmaster	Woven Stride	3	Gain swiftness when you are inflicted with inhibiting conditions. When gaining either superspeed or swiftness, also gain regeneration and cleanse a condition. Swiftness has increased effectiveness.
Major Grandmaster	Invigorating Strikes		Gain vigor when using a Dual Attack. Dodge rolling grants a barrier.

Catalyst

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"My power shapes and bends the world."

Master cutting-edge Canthan technology to wield nature's forces with scientific precision. Imbue the elements into your jade-tech Sphere, creating wells of immense power.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Hammer Proficiency		You can wield hammers.
Minor Adept	Depth of Elements	15	Build up elemental energy when you strike foes. Energy is consumed to imbue the Jade Sphere with different elements, creating combo fields and granting boons to allies in the area. Gain access to Augments.
Major Adept	Hardened Auras		Damage reduction is increased when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
Major Adept	Vicious Empowerment	0.25¼	Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.
Major Adept	Energized Elements		Gain energy and fury when you switch attunements. Energy can only be gained while in combat.
Minor Master	Elemental Empowerment	15	Gain Elemental Empowerment while in combat.
Major Master	Empowering Auras		Gain increased outgoing damage when you grant yourself an aura. When this triggers, the duration of all stacks are refreshed.
Major Master	Evasive Empowerment	1	Gain Elemental Empowerment and vigor while evading an attack.
Major Master	Spectacular Sphere		Your jade sphere is larger and grants quickness and an additional boon based on your current attunement to nearby allies when activated.
Minor Grandmaster	Elemental Epitome	10	Gain an aura based on your current attunement when you combo. Gain Elemental Empowerment when you grant yourself an aura. Auras can be gained this way once per attunement per interval.
Major Grandmaster	Staunch Auras		Gain stability when you grant yourself an aura.
Major Grandmaster	Empowered Empowerment		Elemental Empowerment is more effective. While at maximum stacks of Elemental Empowerment, its effectiveness is increased further.
Major Grandmaster	Sphere Specialist		Boons applied by your Jade Sphere have increased duration. You can now gain energy while jade spheres are active.

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