Evasive Arcana

Cast a skill when you dodge based on your attunement. — In-game description

Evasive Arcana

Specialization

Arcane (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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10

Evasive Arcana

Cast a skill when you dodge based on your attunement.

 Flame Burst: Burn nearby foes.

 Cleansing Wave: Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.

 Blinding Flash: Blind nearby foes.

 Shock Wave: Create a shock wave that bleeds and cripples nearby foes.

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Trait skills

Skill			Description
Blinding Flash		10	Blind nearby foes.
Cleansing Wave (PvE)		10	Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Cleansing Wave (WvW, PvP)		10	Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Flame Burst (PvE)		10	Burn nearby foes.
Flame Burst (WvW, PvP)		10	Burn nearby foes.
Shock Wave		10	Create a shock wave that bleeds and cripples nearby foes.

Notes

• The effect only triggers during combat.
• The spells cast by this trait are similar to the weapon skills Flame Burst, Cleansing Wave, Blinding Flash and Churning Earth with a few differences.
  • All spells have an area of effect radius of 180 centered around the caster and have a separate 10s cooldown.
  • Flame Burst's direct damage does not scale.
  • Cleansing Wave only removes 1 condition instead of 2.
  • Blinding Flash blinds up to 5 targets in range instead of 3, but does not apply weakness.
  • Shock Wave's blast finisher is applied immediately, the direct damage does not scale and the applied conditions have different durations.

Anomaly:

Flame Burst's recharge is reduced when Fire is specialized, but no other skills from this trait receive recharge reduction from other specializations.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 21, 2026	Fixed an issue that caused skills from this trait to charge evoker familiars.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from triggering Flame Burst while dodging.
April 23, 2019	Cleansing Wave: The base healing value of this skill has been increased by approximately 20%.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented the skills created by this trait from working in air.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Cleansing Wave (Evasive Arcana): This ability has been combined between PvE and PvP and now maintains the full healing-power effectiveness in all game modes.
September 30, 2014	Corrected the Shockwave effect description that incorrectly said it inflicted immobilize.
May 20, 2014	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from working under water. Added a combat only skill fact.
October 15, 2013	Normalized the radius to 180 for each spell created.
March 26, 2013	Plays an effect if the elementalist dodges while in water attunement.
February 26, 2013	The spell cast while in water attunement has been split between PvE and PvP. This spell's effectiveness with the healing attribute has been reduced by 50% while in PvP.
January 28, 2013	This trait no longer enables players to break knockback effects.
December 03, 2012	This trait now has a blast finisher while attuned to earth.
November 15, 2012	This trait no longer creates unintended blast finishers.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Evasive Arcana has been added to the game.