Danger Time

When you inflict slow, you and your clones' outgoing critical-strike damage is increased for a duration. — In-game description

Danger Time

Specialization

Chronomancer (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

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Danger Time

When you inflict slow, you and your clones' outgoing critical-strike damage is increased for a duration.

 Slow: Skills and actions are slower.

 Danger Time (10s): Critical-strike damage is increased for you and your clones.

 Danger Time (5s): Critical-strike damage is increased for you and your clones.

 Critical Damage Increase: 5%

 Critical Damage Increase: 10%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bladecall — Dagger
•   Ether Clone — Scepter
•   Illusionary Counter — Scepter
•   Counterspell — Scepter
•   Illusionary Leap — Sword
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Mirror Blade — Greatsword
•   Journey — Rifle
•   Phase Retreat — Staff
•   Feigned Surge — Spear
•   Mind the Gap — Spear
•   Imminent Voyage — Trident
•   Echo of Memory — Shield
•   Deja Vu — Shield

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Clone
•   Mirror Images — Clone
•   Arcane Thievery — Manipulation
•   Well of Action — Well

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Time Warp — Glamour

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Time Sink — Shatter

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Chronomancer

• Delayed Reactions — Disabling a foe slows them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. This trait can only affect the same enemy with once per interval.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the damage increase from 10% to 5% in PvE only.
January 13, 2026	This trait no longer increases critical strike damage against enemies afflicted with slow and instead grants a critical strike damage bonus when you inflict slow on an enemy.
June 24, 2025	This trait now increases critical-strike damage instead of critical-strike chance.
June 28, 2022	(Undocumented) Fixed a bug causing Illusions to still deal increased critical damage against slowed enemies.
May 11, 2021	Removed the critical-damage bonus.
March 05, 2019	The bonus critical-hit chance that this trait grants against slowed enemies has been reduced from 30% to 15%.
December 11, 2018	This trait's effect now applies to illusions.
February 06, 2018	This trait now also increases critical-hit damage by 10% against slowed foes.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Danger Time has been added to the game.