Well of Calamity

Well. Create a well that rends time, damaging, weakening, and crippling foes in the area. When the final pulse of Well of Calamity triggers, it deals massive damage to foes in the area. — In-game description

Well of Calamity

 0.75¾  20    

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Chronomancer

Slot

Utility

Type

Well

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Well. Create a well that rends time, damaging, weakening, and crippling foes in the area. When the final pulse of Well of Calamity triggers, it deals massive damage to foes in the area.

  Pulse Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

  Final Damage: 798 (3.0)^?

  Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Chronomancer

• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.
• All's Well That Ends Well — Wells heal allies when they end.
• 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.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 29, 2022	Increased power coefficient of initial strikes from 0.5 to 1.0 in PvE only.
February 22, 2017	Fixed a bug that caused wells to display their effects incorrectly while under the effects of quickness or slow.
October 18, 2016	Fixed a bug that allowed this ability to apply conditions through all forms of defense.
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.
November 17, 2015	Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Well of Calamity has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The skill icon appears to depict a moon (or a similar natural satellite) crashing into a planet.
• When using the skill, an image of a Death's-head hawkmoth appears on the ground.
• The wording of the description of this skill is a subtle reference to BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. Several other Chronomancer abilities reference this series as well.
• Well of Calamity's most prominent sound effect is its ticking sound, which plays strongest on a pulse. The note on the final pulse whirls up to match the graphic of flying crystal.