Vicious Empowerment

Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe. — In-game description

Vicious Empowerment

Specialization

Catalyst (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

“

0.25¼

Vicious Empowerment

Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.

₂ Elemental Empowerment (15s): +2% All Stats

₂ Might (10s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shocking Aura — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Transmute Lightning — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Updraft — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Earthen Rush — Dagger, when attuned to earth
•   Earthquake — Dagger, when attuned to earth
•   Dazing Discharge — Pistol, when attuned to air
•   Boulder Blast — Pistol, when attuned to earth
•   Comet — Focus, when attuned to water
•   Gale — Focus, when attuned to air
•   Gust — Staff, when attuned to air
•   Static Field — Staff, when attuned to air
•   Unsteady Ground — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Shock Wave — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Undertow — Spear, when attuned to water
•   Twister — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Lesser Derecho — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Derecho — Spear, when attuned to air
•   Harden — Spear, when attuned to earth
•   Undercurrent — Trident, when attuned to water
•   Electrocute — Trident, when attuned to air
•   Air Bubble — Trident, when attuned to air
•   Lightning Cage — Trident, when attuned to air
•   Rock Anchor — Trident, when attuned to earth
•   Wind Storm — Hammer, when attuned to air
•   Shock Blast — Hammer, when attuned to air
•   Ground Pound — Hammer, when attuned to earth

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deep Freeze — Frost Bow
•   Wind Blast — Lightning Hammer
•   Static Field — Lightning Hammer
•   Magnetic Surge — Magnetic Shield (bundle)
•   Magnetic Shield — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Debris Tornado — Tornado
•   Dust Charge — Tornado

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Arcane Wave — Arcane
•   Signet of Earth — Signet

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Tornado — Cantrip
•   Whirlpool — Cantrip
•   Shocking Bolt
•   Stomp
•   Crashing Waves

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Fire

• Power Overwhelming — While at or above the might threshold, gain increased power. Power bonuses are doubled while attuned to fire.

Arcane

• Bountiful Power — Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Catalyst

• Empowered Empowerment — Elemental Empowerment is more effective. While at maximum stacks of Elemental Empowerment, its effectiveness is increased further.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Arcane

• Arcane Lightning — Arcane skills grant increased ferocity and have additional effects.

Notes

Bug:

  Crashing Waves (ice elemental) and   Shocking Bolt (air elemental) don't trigger the effect of this trait.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Vicious Empowerment has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Vicious Empowerment was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
September 21, 2021	Vicious Empowerment was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 2.