Quickening Zephyr

Survival. You and your pet gain quickness and superspeed. — In-game description

Quickening Zephyr

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Survival

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

12550

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20

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Quickening Zephyr

Survival. You and your pet gain quickness and superspeed.

 Quickness (6s): Skills and actions are faster.

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

 Superspeed (6s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

 Superspeed (4s): Movement speed is greatly increased. Maximum duration: 10s

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Wilderness Survival

• Wilderness Knowledge — Survival skills grant fury and remove conditions.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Soulbeast

• Essence of Speed — Gaining quickness increases the duration of other boons affecting you.

Galeshot

• Bird of Prey — Strike damage is increased when you have swiftness or superspeed. Swiftness is more effective.

Notes

• This skill has an instant cast time and can therefore be used during other actions.

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Quickening Zephyr.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 35 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 45 seconds to 35 seconds in PvE, and from 40 seconds to 32 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness and superspeed duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds. Reduced cooldown from 45 seconds to 40 seconds.
May 08, 2018	Reduced the cooldown of this skill from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.
July 26, 2016	The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 60 seconds to 50 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Healing is no longer reduced by 50%. Gain super speed in addition to quickness when activating this ability.
April 30, 2013	Increased duration by 1 second. Players are now healed at 50% effectiveness (increased from 0%) when under the effects of this skill.
March 26, 2013	Now breaks stun. Increased duration from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Quickening Zephyr has been added to the game.