Well of Action

Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting quickness to allies. — In-game description

Well of Action

 0.75¾  25    

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Chronomancer

Slot

Utility

Type

Well

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

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Well. Create a well of delayed time, damaging and slowing foes. When the well expires, time snaps back, granting quickness to allies.

  Pulse Damage: 186 (0.7)^?

  Slow (1s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Quickness (5s): Skills and actions are faster.

  Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 900

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

Chronomancer

• All's Well That Ends Well — Wells heal allies when they end.
• Danger Time — Gain additional critical-hit chance against slowed enemies. Critical hits deal additional damage to slowed enemies. This bonus also applies to your illusions.
• Lost Time — Gain alacrity when you inflict slow.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The duration of quickness that the final pulse of this skill applies has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
February 22, 2017	Increased the quickness duration from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Fixed a bug that caused wells to display their effects incorrectly while under the effects of quickness or slow.
May 17, 2016	The visual effects of this skill has been restored to their original state for the player. The previous effects are now used as the lower level-of-detail versions.
April 19, 2016	The recharge time of this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
November 17, 2015	Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Well of Action has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The skill icon depicts a d20, a special die often used for pen-and-paper roleplaying games.
• Well of Action's signature sound effect has a ticking sound, while a low chime rings, getting longer with each pulse. The ending pulse plays the sound of cogs spinning.