Tides of Time

Grant boons to nearby allies as you launch a wave of temporal energy that damages and stops enemies it passes through, then returns to you. Touching the returning wave reduces the recharge of this skill. — In-game description

Tides of Time

0.75¾  35    

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Chronomancer

Weapon

Shield

Game link

API

API

Gallery
Appearance when choosing where to target.

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Grant boons to nearby allies as you launch a wave of temporal energy that damages and stops enemies it passes through, then returns to you. Touching the returning wave reduces the recharge of this skill.

  Damage: 495 (1.5)^?

  Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

  Swiftness (5s): +33% Movement Speed

 ₈ Might (15s): 240 Condition Damage, 240 Power

 ₅ Might (15s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

  Stun (1s): Unable to act.

  Blocks Missiles

  Recharge Time Reduced: 10 seconds

  Ally Boon Radius: 360

  Number of Targets: 5

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Chronomancer

• Stretched Time — The first pulse of a well also applies alacrity to allies near the well. Tides of Time now also applies alacrity in an area when cast.
• Seize the Moment — You and nearby allies gain quickness for each clone you shatter. Tides of Time now also applies quickness in an area when cast.

Notes

• Breakbar damage is affected by Sigil of Paralyzation.
• This skill has no target limit, and will affect all targets it passes through.
• Will disappear when it collides with terrain or blocked targets.

Gallery

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  Tides of Time. A wall of temporal energy travels back and forth, applying its effects on either trajectories.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Catching the returning wave while under the effects of Continuum Shift will now also reduce the recharge of this skill after exiting Continuum Shift. Increased the number of might stacks from 5 to 8 in PvE only.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 1.3 to 1.5.
June 28, 2022	Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 35 seconds. The stun-enemy and ally-boon components of this skill now each have separate 5-target caps. This skill no longer applies quickness and alacrity to allies the wave passes through. Instead, it applies swiftness for 5 seconds and 5 stacks of might for 15 seconds in a radius of 360 when cast. The trait Seize the Moment now also adds 5 seconds of quickness while Stretched Time (formerly Lost Time) adds 5 seconds of alacrity. Damage coefficient increased from 0.8 to 1.3 in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.8 to 0.01.
March 05, 2019	This skill's collision logic has been updated to reduce instances where the projectile could be unexpectedly destroyed. The returning wave now returns toward the current location of the mesmer rather than trying to predict the mesmer's future location based on movement speed and direction. This skill now applies quickness while traveling outward and alacrity while returning.
December 11, 2018	Fixed a bug in which this skill could strike foes multiple times per wave.
March 27, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused the recharge refund to fail if the chronomancer catches a wave from another chronomancer.
February 08, 2018	Updated aiming calculations for this skill so that it more accurately reflects the intended firing direction while the caster is moving. The wave will now attempt to fire in the aimed direction relative to the player character's facing.
February 06, 2018	This skill no longer applies quickness. Instead, it applies 2 seconds of alacrity to allies when the skill's wave animation passes through them. This skill now uses ground targeting.
December 12, 2017	Improved the consistency of the returning wave in situations where the outgoing wave impacts walls or terrain
May 16, 2017	The casting time of this skill has been increased from 0.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds.
November 04, 2015	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to destroy unblockable projectiles.
October 29, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused the effects from this skill to fail to appear under certain graphical settings.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Tides of Time has been added to the game.