Heightened Focus

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Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline (trait list)
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Training cost
8 Hero points
Game link
API
API
12 Recharge time
Heightened Focus

Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.

Radius.png Health Threshold: 50%
Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Quickness.png Quickness (20.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.
Heightened Focus.png2 Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +10% Healing Increase to Others
Heightened Focus.png2 Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +70.5½% Healing Increase to Others
Heightened Focus.png3 Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +15% Healing Increase to Others
Heightened Focus.png3 Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +110.25¼% Healing Increase to Others
Heightened Focus.png4 Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +20% Healing Increase to Others
Heightened Focus.png4 Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +15% Healing Increase to Others

— In-game description

Related skills[edit]

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

Version history[edit]

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch Changes
September 10, 2024
  • Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from functioning with spear burst skills.
June 25, 2024
  • This trait now also grants the user increased outgoing healing for a duration when striking an enemy with a burst skill, based on the adrenaline spent.
November 28, 2023
  • This trait will now also recharge all burst skills when it activates. Reduced the cooldown from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
  • Removed bonus critical chance.
  • Added: Striking a foe below 50% health grants quickness for 4 seconds.
  • This trait has a 15-second internal cooldown.
May 20, 2014
  • The bonus critical chance provided from this trait will now correctly display on the Hero panel.
July 23, 2013
  • This trait now applies the appropriate crit chance per adrenaline level.
June 25, 2013
  • This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier.
  • This trait now grants 5%, 10%, and 15% critical chance based on adrenaline level.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Heightened Focus has been added to the game.