Chaotic Transference

When you grant chaos aura to yourself, grant it to nearby allies. When you apply chaos aura to an ally, grant them boons. — In-game description

Chaotic Transference

Specialization

Chaos (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Chaotic Transference

When you grant chaos aura to yourself, grant it to nearby allies. When you apply chaos aura to an ally, grant them boons.

 Regen (4s): 520 Heal

 Chaos Aura (4s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

 Chaos Aura (2s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Chaos Armor — Staff
•   Imminent Voyage — Trident

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Chaos

• Chaotic Persistence — Gain concentration and expertise while affected by regeneration.

Mirage

• Renewing Oasis — Gain regeneration when you gain Mirage Cloak. The duration of incoming damaging conditions is reduced while you are regenerating.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Chaos

• Illusionary Membrane — Gain chaos aura when you use Shatter skill 2. While you have chaos aura, condition damage you deal is increased.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	Reduced the shared chaos aura duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds in WvW only.
November 28, 2023	This trait has been reworked. When you grant chaos aura to yourself, also grant it to nearby allies. When you grant chaos aura to an ally, also grant them regeneration.
May 11, 2021	This trait has been reworked. Chaos Armor grants 3 seconds of protection. Gain regeneration for 5 seconds with a 15-second cooldown when gaining protection.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased toughness to condition damage conversion from 7% to 13%. Reduced concentration to expertise conversion from 13% to 5%.
August 28, 2018	Reduced the condition damage based on the mesmer's toughness from 10% to 7%. This trait now also grants 13% of the mesmer's concentration as expertise.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
December 10, 2013	Increased the conversion from 5% to 10%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Chaotic Transference has been added to the game.