Chain Reactivity

Gain barrier when you successfully finish a combo field with a leap or a blast. Every third successful finish grants you might and a larger barrier that is shared with allies. — In-game description

Chain Reactivity

Specialization

Alchemy (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Chain Reactivity

Gain barrier when you successfully finish a combo field with a leap or a blast. Every third successful finish grants you might and a larger barrier that is shared with allies.

 Barrier: 500 (0.1)^?

 Third-Trigger Barrier: 1,500 (0.3)^?

 Ally Barrier: 1,000 (0.2)^?

 Ally Barrier: 500 (0.1)^?

₆ Third-Trigger Might (8s): 180 Condition Damage, 180 Power

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Glue Shot — Pistol
•   Radiant Arc — Sword
•   Magnetic Inversion — Shield
•   Jump Shot — Rifle
•   Essence of Animated Sand — Short bow
•   Essence of Borrowed Time — Short bow
•   Conduit Surge — Spear
•   Devastator — Spear
•   Timed Charge — Harpoon gun
•   Rocket Charge — Hammer
•   Radiant Arc — Sword
•   Energizing Slam — Mace

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Infusion Bomb — Med Kit
•   Galvanic Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Big Ol' Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Acid Bomb — Elixir Gun
•   Flame Blast — Flamethrower

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Holo Leap — Engage Photon Forge
•   Holographic Shockwave — Engage Photon Forge

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Detonate Healing Turret
•   Coolant Blast — Exceed

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Rocket Boots — Gadget
•   Rocket Boots — Gadget
•   Throw Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate Flame Turret
•   Detonate Harpoon Turret
•   Detonate Net Turret
•   Detonate Rifle Turret
•   Detonate Rocket Turret
•   Detonate Rocket Turret
•   Thump
•   Detonate Thumper Turret
•   Blast Gyro — Well
•   Solid State — Stance

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Supply Crate — Turret
•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets
•   Supply Crate — Turret
•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Orbital Strike — Tool belt
•   Rumble — Tool belt
•   Offensive Protocol: Demolish — Morph

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Orbital Command Strike — Aim-Assisted Rocket

Notes

Bug:

The barrier applied to allies does not show up in the combat log or over allies' heads.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	The larger barrier generated by the third successful trigger will now also be applied to allies at a reduced amount.
June 24, 2025	This trait has been reworked and renamed Chain Reactivity. Successfully comboing a field with a blast or a leap finisher grants you barrier. Every third trigger of this trait grants a larger barrier and might.
October 26, 2021	Multiplicative damage reduction enhancements have been updated to display how much damage was reduced by rather than displaying how much the damage is multiplied by. For example, protection now displays "-33% Damage" instead of "67% damage." This is not a change to functionality; it is only a change to display the bonus in a more intuitively understandable way.
October 05, 2021	All effects that provide a percentage reduction to incoming damage have been standardized to stack multiplicatively.
February 06, 2018	This trait now reduces incoming damage from conditions as well as physical damage.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Iron Blooded has been added to the game.