Well of Action

Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting boons to allies. — In-game description

Well of Action

   

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Chronomancer

Slot

Utility

Type

Well

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

30814

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25

 

Well of Action

Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting boons to allies.

 Pulse Damage: 399 (1.5)^?

 Pulse Damage: 186 (0.7)^?

 Slow (1s): Skills and actions are slower.

 Superspeed (5s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

 Superspeed (3s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

₈ Might (15s): Increased outgoing damage; stacks intensity.

₅ Might (6s): Increased outgoing damage; stacks intensity.

 Fury (6s): Critical Chance increased; stacks duration.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 3

 Duration: 3 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Ethereal

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Chronomancer

• All's Well That Ends Well — Wells heal allies when they end.
• Danger Time — Gain additional critical-hit chance against slowed enemies. This bonus also applies to your illusions.

Notes

• Despite the skill description, this Well pulses 4 times, with the first pulse applying on Well placement.
  • The first 3 pulses each deal the listed damage and apply slow.
  • The last pulse applies superspeed and boons (and activates All's Well That Ends Well if you have it traited).

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only. Increased pulse power coefficient from 0.7 to 1.5 in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	This skill now grants might and fury to allies on its final pulse in addition to superspeed.
June 28, 2022	Now provides Superspeed to allies on the final pulse instead of quickness.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The duration of quickness that the final pulse of this skill applies has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
February 22, 2017	Increased the quickness duration from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Fixed a bug that caused wells to display their effects incorrectly while under the effects of quickness or slow.
May 17, 2016	The visual effects of this skill has been restored to their original state for the player. The previous effects are now used as the lower level-of-detail versions.
April 19, 2016	The recharge time of this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
November 17, 2015	Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Well of Action has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The skill icon depicts a d20, a special die often used for pen-and-paper roleplaying games.
• Well of Action's signature sound effect has a ticking sound, while a low chime rings, getting longer with each pulse. The ending pulse plays the sound of cogs spinning.