Reconstruction Field

Establish a defensive field, granting protection to allies in its area. — In-game description

Reconstruction Field

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Parent skill

  Medic Gyro

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Tool belt

Game link

API

29505

“

0.5½  

25

20

 

Reconstruction Field

Establish a defensive field, granting protection to allies in its area.

 Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (1s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Pulses: 3

 Duration: 2 seconds

 Radius: 300

 Combo Field: Water

— In-game description

Related traits

Inventions

• Over Shield — Shield skills grant protection to nearby allies. Protection on you gains increased damage reduction.
• Automated Medical Response — Grant regeneration to nearby allies when you use a healing skill's associated tool belt skill.
• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.
• Anticorrosion Plating — When you grant protection to an ally, cleanse conditions from them.

Alchemy

• Compounding Chemicals — Heal yourself when you grant yourself a boon. Remove a condition from yourself when you use an elixir skill. Gain increased concentration.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Scrapper

• Speed of Synergy — Using a heal skill grants superspeed in a radius around you. Using a healing skill's associated tool-belt skill grants you personal superspeed.
• Expert Examination — Your function gyro grants protection to allies when cast. Using a healing skill's associated toolbelt grants protection to nearby allies.

Notes

• The field is centered around and moves with the character.
• The aquatic version uses the terrestrial animation.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced protection duration from 2 seconds to 1 second.
May 14, 2019	Reduced the number of pulses from 5 to 3. Increased protection duration from 1 second to 2 seconds.
July 26, 2016	Added a casting time of 0.5 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Reconstruction Field has been added to the game.