Heightened Focus/history

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November 28, 2023

  • Heightened Focus: This trait will now also recharge all burst skills when it activates. Reduced the cooldown from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
Heightened Focus.png

Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
12 Recharge time
Heightened Focus

Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold.

Radius.png Health Threshold: 50%
Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Quickness.png Quickness (20.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Heightened Focus: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
Heightened Focus.png

Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
15 Recharge time
Heightened Focus

Gain quickness when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold.

Radius.png Health Threshold: 50%
Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Quickness.png Quickness (20.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Heightened Focus: 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.
Heightened Focus.png

Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
15 Recharge time
Heightened Focus

Gain Quickness when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold.

Radius.png Health Threshold: 50%
Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.

— In-game description

May 20, 2014

  • Heightened Focus: The bonus critical chance provided from this trait will now correctly display on the Hero panel.

July 23, 2013

  • Heightened Focus: This trait now applies the appropriate crit chance per adrenaline level.

June 25, 2013

  • Heightened Focus: This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier.
    • This trait now grants 5%, 10%, and 15% critical chance based on adrenaline level.
Trait XII.png

Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Heightened Focus

Gain a 5% critical-hit chance for 1 stage of adrenaline, 10% for 2 stages, and 15% for 3 stages.

Critical Chance.png Adrenaline stage 1: 5%
Critical Chance.png Adrenaline stage 2: 10%
Critical Chance.png Adrenaline stage 3: 15%

— In-game description

Original version

Trait V.png

Heightened Focus

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Discipline
Tier
Adept
Type
Major
Heightened Focus

Gain a 2% critical-hit chance for 1 stage of adrenaline, 5% for 2 stages, and 9% for 3 stages.

— In-game description