Primal Echoes

Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff. — In-game description

Primal Echoes

Specialization

Druid (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

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8

Primal Echoes

Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff.

 Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

 Radius: 300

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Notes

• The Celestial Avatar form is considered a Staff for the purposes of this trait. Shifting into Celestial Avatar on any weapon will trigger the effect. However, leaving Celestial Avatar onto a weapon other than a Staff will not trigger the effect.
• The daze applies before damage from Sigil of Hydromancy, making it possible to activate Ancient Seeds on weapon swap.

	Skill	Traited recharge
Staff	Astral Wisp	8	→	6.4
	Ancestral Grace	20	→	16
	Vine Surge	20	→	16
	Sublime Conversion	25	→	20

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Blood Moon: This trait replaces Primal Echoes. Daze nearby foes when you become a celestial avatar. Bleed foes you immobilize or disable. Guild Wars 2 Wiki notes: Primal Echoes has been removed from the game.
February 23, 2016	Fixed a bug in the skill fact that indicated an incorrect duration when using the Moment of Clarity trait.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Primal Echoes has been added to the game.

Trivia

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Primal Echoes.