Hunter's Premonition

Traps skills grant aegis when used. — In-game description

Hunter's Premonition

Specialization

Dragonhunter (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Hunter's Premonition

Traps skills grant aegis when used.

 Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

— In-game description

Related skills

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Purification — Trap

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Fragments of Faith — Trap
•   Light's Judgment — Trap
•   Procession of Blades — Trap
•   Test of Faith — Trap

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dragon's Maw — Trap

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: The icon for this trait has now been updated, as previously noted but not conducted under Game updates/2026-03-17.
January 30, 2024	Fixed an issue that caused traps to grant aegis without this trait.
November 28, 2023	This trait has been reworked and renamed Hunter's Premonition. Gain aegis when you use a trap skill.
June 27, 2023	This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of trap skills.
December 13, 2016	This trait no longer causes traps to daze enemies and will instead inflict slow on enemies for 1.5 seconds on the initial trigger of a trap.
October 18, 2016	Daze duration from this trait has been reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.25 seconds.
January 26, 2016	The daze duration of this trait has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds. The daze from this trait is no longer unblockable when used with Test of Faith.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Piercing Light has been added to the game.