Lock On

Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. — In-game description

Lock On

Specialization

Tools (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Lock On

Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis.
Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Controlled Analysis (PvE)		25	Analyze a disabled foe, applying vulnerability.
Controlled Analysis (PvP)		25	Analyze a disabled foe, applying vulnerability.
Controlled Analysis (WvW)		25	Analyze a disabled foe, applying vulnerability.
Invisible Analysis (PvE)		25	Analyze a stealthed foe, applying vulnerability.
Invisible Analysis (PvP)		25	Analyze a stealthed foe, applying vulnerability.
Invisible Analysis (WvW)		25	Analyze a stealthed foe, applying vulnerability.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Magnetic Inversion — Shield
•   Static Shield — Shield
•   Throw Shield — Shield
•   Overcharged Shot — Rifle
•   Essence of Borrowed Time — Short bow
•   Roiling Skies — Spear
•   Capture Line — Harpoon gun
•   Thunderclap — Hammer
•   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Galvanic Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Magnetic Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Big Ol' Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower
•   Magnet — Tool Kit

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Holographic Shockwave — Engage Photon Forge

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Personal Battering Ram — Gadget
•   Slick Shoes — Gadget
•   Throw Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget
•   Electrified Net
•   Explosive Rockets
•   Thump
•   Blast Gyro — Well
•   Force Signet — Signet
•   Solid State — Stance

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Supply Crate — Turret
•   Supply Crate — Turret
•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed
•   Flux State — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Static Shock — Tool belt
•   Flashbang — Tool belt
•   Launch Personal Battering Ram — Tool belt
•   Throw Vine — Tool belt
•   Spare Capacitor — Tool belt
•   Prismatic Singularity — Tool belt
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Jade Mortar — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Sky Circus — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Crash Down
•   Offensive Protocol: Pierce — Morph

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Invisible Analysis — Lock On
•   Magnetic Bomb — Streamlined Kits

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 21, 2024	Reduced the revealed duration when striking a stealthed target from 6 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only. Reduced the revealed duration when disabling a target from 6 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced fury duration from 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds. Adjusted vulnerability from 10 stacks for 8 seconds to 5 stacks for 6 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Added functionality. This trait will now also analyze foes that you disable. Disable analyze and stealth analyze are two separate skills with individual recharges.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Lock On has been added to the game.