Time Catches Up

Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes. — In-game description

Time Catches Up

Specialization

Chronomancer (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Time Catches Up

Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase: 5%

 Superspeed (5s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bladecall — Dagger
•   Phantasmal Duelist — Pistol
•   Ether Clone — Scepter
•   Illusionary Counter — Scepter
•   Counterspell — Scepter
•   Illusionary Leap — Sword
•   Swap — Sword
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Phantasmal Swordsman — Sword
•   Temporal Curtain — Focus
•   Phantasmal Warden — Focus
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Mirror Blade — Greatsword
•   Mind Stab — Greatsword
•   Phantasmal Berserker — Greatsword
•   Journey — Rifle
•   Phantasmal Sharpshooter — Rifle
•   Phase Retreat — Staff
•   Phantasmal Warlock — Staff
•   Chaos Armor — Staff
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Feigned Surge — Spear
•   Mind the Gap — Spear
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Slipstream — Spear
•   Phantasmal Lancer — Spear
•   Imminent Voyage — Trident
•   Phantasmal Whaler — Trident
•   Echo of Memory — Shield
•   Deja Vu — Shield

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Clone
•   Mirror Images — Clone
•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Phantasmal Disenchanter — Phantasm
•   Well of Calamity — Well
•   Well of Senility — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Distortion — Shatter
•   Split Second — Shatter
•   Rewinder — Shatter
•   Time Sink — Shatter
•   Continuum Split — Shatter

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception
•   Phantasmal Rogue

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception
•   Phantasmal Rogue

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Chaos Storm — Method of Madness

Notes

• Grants Phantasms superspeed.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 06, 2018	Increased shatter damage against movement-impaired foes by 10% in PvE, and by 5% in PvP and WvW.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Time Catches Up has been added to the game.