Specialized Elements/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 trait that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this trait, see Specialized Elements. |
April 21, 2026
- Specialized Elements: Reduced the empowered skill recharge from 50% to 33% in PvE only.
“Specialized ElementsYou cannot leave your selected attunement. Your familiar's basic skill recharges more quickly, and activating it recharges your weapon skills by a small amount. Activating your familiar's empowered skill recharges your weapon skills and triggers traits as if you entered the attunement.
Skills to Charge Familiar: 2
Basic Skill Recharge: 10%
— In-game description
April 14, 2026
- Specialized Elements: Increased the empowered skill recharge reduction from 20% to 50% in PvE only.
“Specialized ElementsYou cannot leave your selected attunement. Your familiar's basic skill recharges more quickly, and activating it recharges your weapon skills by a small amount. Activating your familiar's empowered skill recharges your weapon skills and triggers traits as if you entered the attunement.
— In-game description
December 09, 2025
- Specialized Elements: Adjusted the basic skill recharge reduction from 2 seconds to 10% of the skill's recharge time. Adjusted the empowered skill recharge reduction from 6 seconds to 20% of the skill's recharge time.
“Specialized ElementsYou cannot leave your selected attunement. Your familiar's basic skill recharges more quickly, and activating it recharges your weapon skills by a small amount. Activating your familiar's empowered skill recharges your weapon skills and triggers traits as if you entered the attunement.
— In-game description
November 18, 2025
- Specialized Elements: Fixed an issue that caused the player's attunement to sometimes swap to fire when switching maps.
October 28, 2025
- Specialized Elements has been added to the game.
- Specialized Elements: This trait now also reduces the recharge of your weapon skills by a smaller amount when using your familiar's basic skill.
“Specialized ElementsYou cannot leave your selected attunement. Your familiar's basic skill recharges more quickly, and activating it recharges your weapon skills by a small amount. Activating your familiar's empowered skill recharges your weapon skills and triggers traits as if you entered the attunement.
— In-game description
Beta event version: August 19, 2025
- Specialized Elements was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.
“Specialized ElementsYou cannot leave your selected attunement. Your familiar's basic skill recharges more quickly. Activating your familiar's empowered skill recharges your weapon skills and triggers traits as if you entered the attunement.
— In-game description
