Upper Hand

Gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack. — In-game description

Upper Hand

2

5

Specialization

Acrobatics (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

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Gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack.

  Regen (6s): 780 Heal

  Initiative: 1

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 3 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 22, 2017	The internal cooldown on this trait has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds in PvP only.
January 26, 2016	This trait now grants regeneration for 6 seconds when the initiative regain occurs.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Upper Hand has been added to the game.