Chaotic Potency

Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a staff. Staff and trident skills gain reduced recharge. — In-game description

Chaotic Potency

Specialization

Chaos (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Chaotic Potency

Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a staff. Staff and trident skills gain reduced recharge.

 Condition Damage: +120

 Condition Damage: +120

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

— In-game description

Notes

	Skill	Traited recharge
Staff	Phase Retreat (PvE)	10	→	8
	Phase Retreat (WvW, PvP)	12	→	9.6
	Phantasmal Warlock (PvE)	15	→	12
	Phantasmal Warlock (WvW, PvP)	18	→	14.4
	Chaos Armor (PvE)	20	→	16
	Chaos Armor (WvW, PvP)	25	→	20
	Chaos Storm (PvE)	25	→	20
	Chaos Storm (WvW, PvP)	35	→	28
Trident	Blinding Tide	8	→	6.4
	Imminent Voyage	12	→	9.6
	Phantasmal Whaler	5	→	4
	Illusion of Drowning	25	→	20

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	This trait has been reworked and renamed Chaotic Potency. Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a staff. Recharge of staff skills is reduced.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced protection duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
December 03, 2019	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from reducing the recharge of Lesser Chaos Storm.
March 27, 2018	Fixed a bug in which this trait did not properly reduce the recharge time of trident skills.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait now grants a flat 20% recharge reduction to staff and trident skills instead of scaling the recharge reduction with Chaos Armor. Fixed a bug that caused this trait to grant an unlisted 50 Toughness while wielding a staff or trident.
January 26, 2016	The duration of protection has been reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
September 29, 2015	Increased the recharge reduction from 2% to 2.5%.
June 24, 2015	Reduced the recharge reduction percent of staff skills per pulse of chaos armor from 5% to 2%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. No longer grants toughness while wielding a staff or trident. No longer reduces recharge of staff skills. Added: When you gain Chaos Armor, you also gain protection for 5 seconds. While you have Chaos Armor, your staff and trident skills recharge by 5% of their full recharge every second.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Chaotic Dampening has been added to the game.