Moment of Clarity

Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval. — In-game description

Moment of Clarity

Specialization

Marksmanship (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Moment of Clarity

Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations that you inflict last longer.
This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +50% damage on next attack.

 Attack of Opportunity (10s): +10% damage on next attack.

 Duration Increase: 50%

 Duration Increase: 10%

 Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Path of Scars — Axe
•   Oaken Cudgel — Mace
•   Wild Strikes — Mace
•   Call of the Wild — Warhorn
•   Counterattack Kick — Greatsword
•   Hilt Bash — Greatsword
•   Point-Blank Shot — Longbow
•   Concussion Shot — Short bow
•   Counterstrike — Spear
•   Predator's Ambush — Spear
•   Deft Strike — Sword
•   Overbearing Smash — Hammer
•   Thump — Hammer

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Supersonic Arrow — Cyclone Bow

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Call Lightning — Spirit
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Glyph of Equality — Glyph
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph
•   Exploding Spores — Cantrip
•   Wind Shear — Squall

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Perfect Storm — Squall

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bumble
•   Slam
•   Tail Lash
•   Bop
•   Brutal Charge
•   Brutal Charge
•   Charge
•   Fear
•   Heavy Shot
•   Wing Buffet
•   Prelude Lash — Beast

Pet skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bloodthirsty Charge — Juvenile Wallow
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Black Moa
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Pink Moa
•   Dimension Breach — Juvenile Aether Hunter
•   Fang Grapple — Juvenile Fanged Iboga
•   Head Toss — Juvenile Rock Gazelle
•   Icy Roar — Juvenile Polar Bear
•   Lashtail Venom — Juvenile Lashtail Devourer
•   Ley Energy Pulse — Juvenile Sky-Chak Striker
•   Lightning Assault — Juvenile Electric Wyvern
•   Piercing Shriek — Juvenile Raptor Swiftwing
•   Stunning Rush — Juvenile Armor Fish
•   Terrifying Howl — Juvenile Wolf
•   Bop — Juvenile Warclaw
•   Brutal Charge — Canine
•   Brutal Charge — Porcine
•   Bumble — Juvenile Janthiri Bee
•   Charge — Rock Gazelle
•   Fear — Juvenile Shark
•   Heavy Shot — Juvenile Siege Turtle
•   Slam — Juvenile Siege Turtle
•   Tail Lash — Devourer
•   Wing Buffet — Wyvern
•   Wing Buffet — Juvenile Phoenix

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Beastmastery

• Beastly Warden — Beast abilities taunt nearby foes. Ursine and porcine pets deal increased damage and have increased health.

Druid

• Blood Moon — Daze enemies when you become a celestial avatar. Inflict bleeding on enemies you immobilize or disable.

Notes

Bug:

The increased Daze and Stun duration is not shown on tooltips.

• On interrupt, you and your pet receive  Attack of Opportunity, which increases the damage of your next attack by 50%.
• Interrupts caused by your pet do not trigger the effect.
• Skills that hit multiple times such as Rapid Fire will only have its first hit in the chain affected by this effect.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Reduced the daze and stun duration increase from 50% to 10% in PvP and WvW.
October 26, 2021	Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
December 12, 2017	Skills, traits, and sigils that have bonus effects when interrupting foes will now activate when used against foes with defiance bars as though they had been interrupted, with a 3-second cooldown.
January 26, 2016	The effectiveness of this trait has been reduced from 100% stun and daze durations to 50% stun and daze durations.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Marksmanship Master tier. Removed recharge.
December 10, 2013	Stun duration increased from 50% to 100%.
December 14, 2012	Now also increases daze and stun duration by 50%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Moment of Clarity has been added to the game.