Seize the Moment

You and nearby allies gain quickness for each clone you shatter. Grant quickness to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm. — In-game description

Seize the Moment

Specialization

Chronomancer (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Seize the Moment

You and nearby allies gain quickness for each clone you shatter. Grant quickness to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm.

 Quickness per Clone (1s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness per Clone (0.75¾s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Notes

• Affects up to 5 targets including the mesmer.
• The mesmer is also considered a clone.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 30, 2024	Reduced the quickness per clone from 1 second to 0.75 seconds in WvW only.
July 18, 2023	Reduced phantasm quickness duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvP and from 3 seconds to 1 second in WvW.
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer causes Tides of Time to grant quickness and instead grants quickness to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm. Increased the quickness per clone from 0.75 seconds to 1.5 seconds in WvW only.
June 28, 2022	Radius increased from 240 to 360. Tides of Time now also applies quickness in a radius of 360 for a duration of 5 seconds when cast.
May 11, 2021	Quickness duration per clone shattered has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	This trait has been reworked. It now counts the mesmer as a clone. Reduced quickness gained per clone in PvE from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds. Reduced quickness gained per clone in PvP and WvW from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 2 seconds to 1 second.
October 01, 2019	This trait now applies quickness in a 240 area-of-effect radius around the mesmer and can hit 5 targets (including the mesmer).
July 16, 2019	The quickness per clone shattered has been increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
April 23, 2019	This trait now grants the full quickness amount as soon as it is activated instead of waiting for illusions to shatter.
March 27, 2018	Fixed the tooltip for this trait that incorrectly referenced illusions instead of clones.
February 06, 2018	Increased the duration of quickness per each summoned illusion from 1 second to 1.5 seconds. Updated the description to specify that it counts clones rather than all illusion types.
November 17, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused the quickness from this trait to not appear as a skill fact on the shatters it affected.
November 04, 2015	Updated this trait to count the player as an illusion, as do other similar traits.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Seize the Moment has been added to the game.