Counterspell

Shoot out a bolt that blinds enemies in a line and summons a clone to attack the first foe it strikes. — In-game description

Counterspell

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Scepter

Type

Clone

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

10314

“

0.5½  

Counterspell

Shoot out a bolt that blinds enemies in a line and summons a clone to attack the first foe it strikes.

  Damage: 37 (0.1)^?

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 900

— In-game description

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.

Chaos

• Illusionary Defense — Gain a stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Inspiration

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

Illusions

• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and gives increased condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
• Malicious Sorcery — Increases attack speed while wielding a scepter. Reduces recharge on scepter skills.

Chronomancer

• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 02, 2018	Fixed a bug that prevented the clones summoned by this skill from being equipped with the mesmer's off-hand weapon. Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause this skill to behave incorrectly.
August 28, 2018	In addition to its previous effects, mesmers will summon a clone to attack the first enemy struck by this skill.
October 22, 2012	Projectile skills for the scepter have had their velocity increased by 33%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Counterspell has been added to the game.