Daze

Unable to activate skills. — In-game description

Daze

Effect type

Control effect

Stacking

No

Game link

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Unable to activate skills.

— In-game description

A dazed human.

Daze is an effect caused by some skills which interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time. NPCs who become dazed are forced to remain still for its duration.

Related skills

Weapon skills that daze

•   Pommel Bash — Mace
•   Disrupting Stab — Dagger
•   Throw Shield — Shield
•   Hilt Bash — Greatsword
•   Concussion Shot — Short bow
•   Headshot — Pistol
•   Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Choking Gas — Short bow
•   Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Comet — Focus, when attuned to water
•   Electrocute — Trident, when attuned to air
•   Katabatic Wind — Dagger, when attuned to air and water
•   Polaric Leap — Sword, when attuned to air
•   Pile Driver — Staff, when attuned to air and earth
•   Magic Bullet — Pistol
•   Counter Blade — Sword
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Mirage Thrust — Sword
•   Wail of Doom — Warhorn

Bundle skills that daze

•   Magnetic Surge — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Transform skills that daze

•   Uppercut — Rampage
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar

Utility skills that daze

•   Darkrazor's Daring — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Call Lightning — Spirit
•   Glyph of Equality — Glyph
•   Distracting Daggers — Physical
•   Power Lock

Elite skills that daze

•   Impact Strike — Physical

Profession mechanic skills that daze

•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Full Counter — Burst
•   Launch Personal Battering Ram — Tool belt
•   Spare Capacitor — Tool belt
•   Charge
•   Mace Head Crack — Stolen skill
•   Diversion — Shatter
•   Time Sink — Shatter

Pet skills that daze

•   Charge — Rock Gazelle
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Pink Moa
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Black Moa

Downed skills that daze

•   Thunderclap

Drowning skills that daze

•   Thunderclap

Combos that daze

•  Combo Field: Lightning ×  Combo Finisher: Leap

Racial skills that daze

•   Technobabble
•   Shriek

Common skills that daze

•   Bash — Rusty Mace
•   Detonate — Inquest Golem Arm, Inquest Golem Arm (bundle)
•   Detonate — Power Matrix, Power Matrix (bundle)
•   Detonate — Inquest Golem Arm (bundle)
•   Detonate E.M.P. — E.M.P.
•   Distraction
•   Dragon Kick
•   Headbutt
•   Hilt Bash — Jotun Greatsword (bundle)
•   Jumpkick — Drysdan Transformation (Rabbit)
•   Mace Head Crack — Mace (bundle)
•   Pommel Bash — "The Fixer" Wrench
•   Pumpkin Smash — Pumpkin (Lunatic Inquisition)
•   Punch
•   Screech — Drysdan Transformation (Moa)
•   Screech — Moa Form (My Parrot)
•   Sonic Blast — Overminer's Boomstick
•   Sonic Blast — Dredge Sonic Rifle
•   Sonic Shout — Dredge Suit
•   Throw — Empty Bottle, Ascalonian Wine Bottle, Bottle, Elixir Bottle, Bottles, Captain's Elixir, Bottle of Dwayna's Draft
•   Throw Gear — Steam Creature Transformation
•   Throw Rock — Loose Ore, Rock (bundle), Slimy Rock
•   Throw Rock — Rock (bundle)
•   Thrown Dagger — Old Ascalonian Dagger

Related traits

Traits that daze

• Unrelenting Criticism (Firebrand) — Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
• Flashbang (Explosives) — Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.
• System Shocker (Scrapper) — Disabling a foe grants you barrier. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Primal Echoes (Druid) — Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff.
• Sleight of Hand (Trickery) — Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.
• Chronophantasma (Chronomancer) — The first time a phantasm would become a clone, it instead resummons itself and attacks again. Resummoned phantasms inflict a percentage of the original's damage. (Resummoned phantasms are briefly dazed.)

Trait skills that daze

•   Lesser Chaos Storm (Method of Madness) — Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and boons to allies. The first strike of the storm dazes foes.

Traits that improve daze

See also: Traits related to disable (Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.)

• Sundering Mace (Defense) — Stuns, dazes, and knock downs applied by mace skills last longer. Mace skills gain reduced recharge.
• No Escape (Spellbreaker) — Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
• Dispelling Force (Spellbreaker) — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
• Expert Examination (Scrapper) — Stunning or dazing a foe applies vulnerability and weakness to them.
• Kinetic Stabilizers (Scrapper) — Gain stability and superspeed when disabling an enemy. Outgoing stun and daze durations increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Moment of Clarity (Marksmanship) — Gain an attack of opportunity for you and your pet on interrupting a foe. Daze and stun durations you inflict last longer. This trait can only grant an attack of opportunity against enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Ancient Seeds (Druid) — Striking a stunned, dazed, knocked down, or launched foe summons roots to entangle them.
• Dazzling (Domination) — Dazing or stunning a foe also applies vulnerability.

Related equipment

Upgrade components that improve daze

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Daze.

Runes

•   Superior Rune of the Mesmer (rank 6 – +33% duration increase)

Sigils

•   Superior Sigil of Paralyzation (+30% increased duration)
  •   Major Sigil of Paralyzation (+20% increased duration)
  •   Minor Sigil of Paralyzation (+10% increased duration)

Version history

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2020	Removed incorrect text from the tooltip that indicated this effect stacks duration.
September 02, 2015	Fixed an issue that caused dodging to break the player out of daze.
October 15, 2013	The stun and dazed debuffs are now properly removed after using a stun break skill.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Daze has been added to the game.

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