Soothing Bastion

Activate Crystal Hibernation when struck while below the health threshold. Shield skills increase the duration of boons on nearby allies. — In-game description

Soothing Bastion

Specialization

Herald (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

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Soothing Bastion

Activate Crystal Hibernation when struck while below the health threshold. Shield skills increase the duration of boons on nearby allies.

 Health Threshold: 25%

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration Increase: 2 seconds

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Crystal Hibernation (PvE, WvW)	3	25	Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.
Crystal Hibernation (PvP)	3	60	Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.

Notes

• Contrary to the skill's description, it does not improve boon duration. Instead, it extends the duration of the current stack of your boons by 2 seconds. For example, if you have 2 stacks of might for 3 seconds and protection for 3 seconds, those boons will be increased to a 5 second duration.
• The boon duration increase effect is applied at the end of the skill.
• The Crystal Hibernation effect will prevent the player from moving or using non-instant skills, including Riposting Shadows, and cannot be cancelled except by weapon swapping.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 28, 2018	Trait was removed from the game.
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 60 seconds in PvP only.
February 23, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from properly extending boon durations.
January 26, 2016	Crystal Hibernation: The base healing per level from this skill has been reduced by 36%. This affects Soothing Bastion as well.
November 17, 2015	Added a displayed effect for this trait when it is off recharge and can be triggered.
October 27, 2015	Increased the recharge from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Soothing Bastion has been added to the game.