Power Wrench

Reduces recharge of your tool-kit skills. Reduce the recharge of your elite skill when you dodge. — In-game description

Power Wrench

Specialization

Tools (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Reduces recharge of your tool-kit skills. Reduce the recharge of your elite skill when you dodge.

  Recharge Reduced: 33%

  Recharge Reduced: 20%

  Elite Recharge Reduced: 3 seconds

  Elite Recharge Reduced: 1 second

— In-game description

Notes

Traited recharge in PvE (33%)

	Skill	Traited recharge
Tool Kit	Box of Nails	0.25	→	0.1675
	Box of Piranhas	0.25	→	0.1675
	Pry Bar (PvE)	15	→	10.05
	Gear Shield	20	→	13.4
	Magnet (PvE)	20	→	13.4

Traited recharge in WvW and PvP (20%)

	Skill	Traited recharge
Tool Kit	Box of Nails	0.25	→	0.2
	Box of Piranhas	0.25	→	0.2
	Pry Bar (WvW, PvP)	15	→	12
	Gear Shield	20	→	16
	Magnet (WvW, PvP)	25	→	20

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 09, 2021	Fixed a bug in which this trait erroneously displayed increased damage for the Tool Kit autoattack.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced cooldown reduction from 33% to 20%. Reduced elite skill recharge from 3 seconds to 1 second.
October 02, 2018	This trait no longer increases tool kit damage or turret repairs. This trait now reduces the recharge time of the engineer's elite skill by 3 seconds when they dodge, in addition to its previous 33% tool kit recharge reduction.
January 26, 2016	The recharge reduction of this trait has been increased from 20% to 33%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Adept tier.
September 09, 2014	This trait now increases the base damage of Tool Kit abilities by 10% instead of adding the crippled condition to wrench attacks. The crippled condition for wrench attacks is now baseline for the kit.
July 01, 2014	Added a cripple skill fact while traited with Power Wrench.
June 03, 2014	Added a cripple skill fact while the Power Wrench trait is equipped.
November 26, 2013	Updated the description and skill fact to indicate the actual functionality of this skill.
November 15, 2012	This trait now applies to Gear Shield and Magnet.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Power Wrench has been added to the game.