Sphere Specialist

Boons applied by your Jade Sphere have increased duration. You can now gain energy while jade spheres are active. — In-game description

Sphere Specialist

Specialization

Catalyst (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Sphere Specialist

Boons applied by your Jade Sphere have increased duration. You can now gain energy while jade spheres are active.

 Sphere Cooldown increase: 50%

 Duration Increase: 50%

— In-game description

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deploy Jade Sphere — Jade Sphere, when attuned to fire
•   Deploy Jade Sphere — Jade Sphere, when attuned to water
•   Deploy Jade Sphere — Jade Sphere, when attuned to air
•   Deploy Jade Sphere — Jade Sphere, when attuned to earth

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Catalyst

• Spectacular Sphere — Your jade sphere is larger and grants quickness[sic] and an additional boon based on your current attunement to nearby allies when activated.

Notes

• This trait increases jade sphere cooldowns in PvP only, from 15s to 22.5s.
• This trait increases the base durations of the boons applied by the jade sphere and is applied before boon duration.

• This modifies the duration per pulse to:

 Might (15s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Might (70.5½s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Resolution (10.5½s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Resolution (10.5½s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Fury (10.5½s): +20% Critical Chance

 Quickness (10.5½s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Protection (10.5½s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (10.5½s): -33% Incoming Damage

• It additionally modifies  Spectacular Sphere's boons to:

₅ Might (15s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power

 Might (9s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

 Vigor (70.5½s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Vigor (40.5½s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Fury (70.5½s): +20% Critical Chance

 Fury (40.5½s): +20% Critical Chance

 Aegis (40.5½s): Block the next incoming attack.

 Resistance (3s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the bonus boon duration from 100% to 50% in PvE only.
February 11, 2025	This trait now increases jade sphere cooldowns in PvP only. Reduced the boon duration increase from 150% to 100% in PvE only.
October 08, 2024	Increased the boon duration increase from 100% to 150% in PvE only. This trait now also allows the catalyst to gain energy while a jade sphere is deployed.
March 15, 2022	Raised the base duration increase of Jade Sphere boons from 20% to 100% in PvE only.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Sphere Specialist has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Increased boon duration reduced from 50% to 20% in PvE.
November 30, 2021	Sphere Specialist was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
September 21, 2021	Sphere Specialist was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 2.