Vicious Expression

You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. — In-game description

Vicious Expression

Specialization

Domination (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Vicious Expression

You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them.
Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

 Damage Increase: 15%

 Boons Removed: 2

 Boons Removed: 1

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Magic Bullet — Pistol
•   Counter Blade — Sword
•   Into the Void — Focus
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Illusionary Wave — Greatsword
•   Phantasmal Sharpshooter — Rifle
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Vortex — Spear
•   Illusion of Drowning — Trident
•   Phantom Razor — Dagger
•   Mirage Thrust — Sword
•   Wave of Panic — Trident

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Power Lock
•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Signet of Domination — Signet
•   Well of Senility — Well
•   Psychic Force — Psionic

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Gravity Well — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Diversion — Shatter
•   Time Sink — Shatter
•   Bladesong Dissonance — Bladesong

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Chaos Storm — Method of Madness

Notes

• This strike damage modifier is multiplicative with other strike damage modifiers.
• This trait will not remove boons if the target has  Stability.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
February 26, 2020	Reduced the damage bonus from 25% to 15% in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Vicious Expression has been added to the game and replaced Imagined Burden. The mesmer and their illusions deal increased damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes 2 boons in PvE and 1 boon in PvP and WvW.