Heightened Focus

Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent. — In-game description

Heightened Focus

Specialization

Discipline (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Heightened Focus

Gain quickness and recharge your Burst skills when you strike a foe that is below the health threshold. Gain increased outgoing healing when you strike with a Burst skill, based on adrenaline spent.

 Health Threshold: 50%

 Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (20.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.

₂ Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +10% Healing Increase to Others

₂ Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +70.5½% Healing Increase to Others

₃ Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +15% Healing Increase to Others

₃ Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +110.25¼% Healing Increase to Others

₄ Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +20% Healing Increase to Others

₄ Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +15% Healing Increase to Others

— In-game description

Mechanics

•  Heightened Focus application is not limited by the trait's recharge time.
•  Heightened Focus is only granted on skill usage (upon spending adrenaline), but the other effects can trigger mid-cast or from lingering fields present when the recharge finishes.
•   Combustive Shot grants  Heightened Focus upon the area being ignited, regardless of whether an enemy was hit.

Bug:

  Scorched Earth does not grant  Heightened Focus.

Related skills

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dragon Slash—Force — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Boost — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Reach — Dragon Trigger

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
•   Breaching Strike — Dagger, Burst
•   Skull Crack — Mace, Burst
•   Flurry — Sword, Burst
•   Arcing Slice — Greatsword, Burst
•   Earthshaker — Hammer, Burst
•   Combustive Shot — Longbow, Burst
•   Kill Shot — Rifle, Burst
•   Path to Victory — Staff, Burst
•   Harrier's Toss — Spear, Burst
•   Whirling Strike — Spear, Burst
•   Forceful Shot — Harpoon gun, Burst
•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
•   Slicing Maelstrom — Dagger, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Arc Divider — Greatsword, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rampart Splitter — Staff, Primal Burst
•   Wild Throw — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst
•   Full Counter — Burst
•   Chant of Action — Burst, Chant
•   Chant of Recuperation — Burst, Chant
•   Chant of Freedom — Burst, Chant

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 10, 2024	Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from functioning with spear burst skills.
June 25, 2024	This trait now also grants the user increased outgoing healing for a duration when striking an enemy with a burst skill, based on the adrenaline spent.
November 28, 2023	This trait will now also recharge all burst skills when it activates. Reduced the cooldown from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Removed bonus critical chance. Added: Striking a foe below 50% health grants quickness for 4 seconds. This trait has a 15-second internal cooldown.
May 20, 2014	The bonus critical chance provided from this trait will now correctly display on the Hero panel.
July 23, 2013	This trait now applies the appropriate crit chance per adrenaline level.
June 25, 2013	This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. This trait now grants 5%, 10%, and 15% critical chance based on adrenaline level.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Heightened Focus has been added to the game.