Blurred Frenzy

Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks. — In-game description

Blurred Frenzy

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand sword

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

10334

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Blurred Frenzy

Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.

 Damage (8x): 1,128 (3.0768)^?

 Damage (8x): 376 (1.024)^?

 Blur (1s): Evade all attacks.

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Mechanics

• If you move while channeling the skill, it cancels your attack and the blur effect. The skill will also go on full cooldown.
• The duration of the blur effect is 1.12s without  Quickness and 0.88 seconds with  Quickness. This is a side effect of the effect being removed when the skill channel ends.

Related traits

Dueling

• Mental Gymnastics — When you successfully evade an attack, gain vigor.
• Fencer's Finesse — Gain a stacking ferocity effect when you or one of your illusions strikes with a one-handed sword or an underwater spear. Reduces recharge on sword and underwater spear skills.

Virtuoso

• Duelist's Reversal — Blocking or dodging an attack grants boons.
• Psychic Riposte — Blocking or evading an attack stocks blades. Dodging stocks a blade and causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.2564 to 0.128.
July 10, 2018	The animation time of this skill has been reduced from approximately 1.75 seconds to 1 second while retaining all previous attacks. Damage of this skill has been reduced by 17% in PvP and WvW, with PvE being reduced by 36%. The baseline recharge time has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now goes on full cooldown if it is canceled.
October 18, 2016	The damage of this ability has been increased by 100% in PvE areas only.
June 25, 2013	This is now evasion instead of immunity. This means it will be affected by retaliation. Increased the cooldown to 12 seconds.
June 11, 2013	Updated the duration tooltip to indicate the actual duration of the evasion.
December 03, 2012	Updated the description for Blurred Frenzy to indicate that it gives evasion through "Blur", instead of "Distortion".
August 28, 2012	Game release: Blurred Frenzy has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill formerly provided the same effect as distortion, this was likely changed because of the confusion with Masterful Reflection.
• The 25th June 2013 patch changed the distortion effect from invulnerability to evade, causing users to be subject to retaliation.