Temporal Rift

Slice into the Mists, creating an unstable rift. After a short duration, this rift will collapse in on itself, pulling in enemies. — In-game description

Temporal Rift

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand axe

Game link

API

28409

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0.5½  10  15  

Temporal Rift

Slice into the Mists, creating an unstable rift. After a short duration, this rift will collapse in on itself, pulling in enemies.

 Damage: 275 (0.75)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

₄ Torment (10s): 880 Damage, 1,272 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration: 0.75¾ seconds

 Width: 300

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Corruption

• Acolyte of Torment — Torment deals increased damage.
• Pact of Pain — Conditions you apply to foes last longer, but conditions applied to you also last longer.
• Yearning Empowerment — Damaging conditions you apply last longer.

Retribution

• Dwarven Battle Training — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Disabling a foe applies weakness. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.

Salvation

• Words of Censure — Blinding, immobilizing, or affecting a foe with crowd control heals nearby allies. Skills that strike many foes at the same time can heal multiple times.

Renegade

• Ashen Demeanor — Disabling a foe cripples your enemy, which leaves them vulnerable and inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.

Notes

• The rift is a 300x900 rectangular area which will pull enemies horizontally into a straight line in front of the player, in order to group them for cone or line area of effect attacks such as Frigid Blitz, Coalescence of Ruin, Surge of the Mists or Mace skills.
• The tooltip is missing the Pull icon and defiance break amount of 150.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 30, 2024	Reduced the time the rift takes to collapse from 0.9 seconds to 0.75 seconds.
May 11, 2021	Reduced torment duration from 12 seconds to 10 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This skill no longer inflicts confusion. Increased the amount of torment applied in PvE from 2 stacks to 4 stacks. (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.75 to 0.01. Adjusted base torment from 2 stacks for 12 seconds to 1 stack for 1 second.
February 06, 2018	The condition-damage application from this skill has been split between game modes. This skill will apply 4 stacks of confusion for 8 seconds in PvE, and 6 stacks of confusion for 3 seconds in PvP and WvW.
December 12, 2017	Torment has been adjusted from 3 stacks for 8 seconds to 2 stacks for 12 seconds.
May 16, 2017	In addition to its current effects, this skill now applies 3 stacks of confusion for 8 seconds to enemies that are currently using a skill when struck by it.
February 22, 2017	This skill will now more reliably hit enemies on slopes.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Temporal Rift has been added to the game.