Enigmatic Connection

Gain access to Release Potential, Cosmic Wisdom, and Legendary Entity Stance. The effects of Release Potential and Cosmic Wisdom change depending on which legend you are currently invoking. Gain affinity while using legend skills, which increases the effectiveness of Release Potential. — In-game description

Enigmatic Connection

Specialization

Conduit (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Minor

Training cost

40 Hero points

Game link

API

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Enigmatic Connection

Gain access to Release Potential, Cosmic Wisdom, and Legendary Entity Stance. The effects of Release Potential and Cosmic Wisdom change depending on which legend you are currently invoking. Gain affinity while using legend skills, which increases the effectiveness of Release Potential.

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Affinity gain is proportional to energy cost.
  • Legend skills with an energy cost above 0 provide 1 point of Affinity.
  • Legend skills at or above 25 energy in PvE (35 in PvP/WvW) provide a total of 2 points of Affinity.
  • Legend skills with an upkeep cost grant 1 point of Affinity every 3 seconds.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 02, 2026	Fixed an issue that caused some skills to grant an incorrect amount of affinity in PvP and WvW. Increased the energy threshold for bonus affinity from 25 to 35 in PvP and WvW only.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Enigmatic Connection has been added to the game.
August 19, 2025	Enigmatic Connection was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.