Abstraction

Detonate your beacon, debilitating enemies and bolstering allies. — In-game description

Abstraction

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Rifle

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

72076

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Abstraction

Detonate your beacon, debilitating enemies and bolstering allies.

 Damage: 764 (1.81)^?

 Damage: 569 (1.35)^?

 Damage: 422 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 1,930 (1.5)^?

 Healing: 1,930 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 1,610 (0.8)^?

 Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Conditions Removed: 2

 Conditions Removed: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 Detonation Window: 2 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Not stated explicitly in the tool tip, but it does grant allies  Chaos Aura.
  • Due to the first chain-skill,   Inspiring Imagery, being a  Combo Field: Ethereal.
  • This skill's  Combo Finisher: Blast only prioritizes the first skill's field.

Related traits

Dueling

• Ineptitude — Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion. This trait can only activate on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Inspiration

• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 19, 2024	Reduced the damage multiplier from 1.35 to 1.0 in PvP only.
October 21, 2024	This skill no longer applies weakness. (Undocumented) The listed activation time of 0.75¾ seconds has been removed. Weakness only removed in PvP and WvW. Increase Blindness and Weakness duration from 3 to 5 seconds in PvE only.
April 16, 2024	Reduced the base healing from 1,930 to 1,610 and reduced the healing power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.8 in PvP only.
February 27, 2024	Abstraction has been added to the game. Removed the delay before the explosion. Reduced the conditions cleansed from 2 to 1 in WvW only. Reduced the base heal from 3,210 to 1,930 in PvE only and the healing power coefficient from 2 to 1.5 in PvE only.
November 28, 2023	Abstraction was available during the beta event.