Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits

Unlocks the Mech Command skill Crisis Zone. When you or your mech apply barrier, also grant a boon to the affected target. Your mech gains a greater percentage of your concentration and healing power stats. — In-game description

Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits

Specialization

Mechanist (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

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Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits

Unlocks the Mech Command skill Crisis Zone. When you or your mech apply barrier, also grant a boon to the affected target. Your mech gains a greater percentage of your concentration and healing power stats.

 Concentration Inherited by Mech: 150%

 Concentration Inherited by Mech: 80%

 Healing Power Inherited by Mech: 100%

 Healing Power Inherited by Mech: 80%

 Alacrity (1s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate

 Might (4s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Crisis Zone (PvE)		30	Mech Command. Your mech removes conditions, breaks stuns, and grants boons to itself and nearby allies. The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.
Crisis Zone (PvP)		30	Mech Command. Your mech removes conditions, breaks stuns, and grants boons to itself and nearby allies. The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.
Crisis Zone (WvW)		40	Mech Command. Your mech removes conditions, breaks stuns, and grants boons to itself and nearby allies. The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Essence of Animated Sand — Short bow
•   Energizing Slam — Mace

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Barrier Signet — Signet

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Crisis Zone — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Barrier Burst — Tool belt, Mech Command

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Firearms

• Juggernaut — Gain might while wielding a flamethrower. Might applied to you gains increased duration. Napalm grants you stability and a fire aura.

Alchemy

• Compounding Chemicals — Heal yourself when you grant yourself a boon. Remove a condition from yourself when you use an elixir skill. Gain increased concentration.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Explosives

• Blast Shield — Explosive Entrance grants barrier. Gain vitality based on a percentage of your power.

Alchemy

• 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.

Tools

• Gadgeteer — Gadget skills are more powerful.

Mechanist

• Mech Core: Barrier Engine — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Barrier Burst. While in combat, your mech will automatically grant a small barrier each interval to nearby allies. The mech does not count against the target count for this trait.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 02, 2026	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to convert less concentration than intended in WvW and PvP.
October 08, 2024	This trait now applies might instead of alacrity in WvW only.
February 14, 2023	(Undocumented) Adjusted attribute inherited by mech percentages.
May 10, 2022	Increased internal cooldown from 3 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
March 30, 2022	(PvP only) Increased internal cooldown from 1 second to 3 seconds.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits has been added to the game. Increased alacrity duration from 0.75 to 1 second.
November 30, 2021	Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Alacrity duration on barrier application reduced from 1s to 0.75s.
October 26, 2021	Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.