Daze

Daze

Effect type

Control effect

Stacking

No

Game link

“

Unable to activate skills; stacks duration.

[sic]

— 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

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   Pommel Bash
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   Disrupting Stab
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   Throw Shield (with Static Shield)
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   Concussion Shot
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   Hilt Bash
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   Choking Gas
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   Headshot
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   Comet
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   Polaric Leap
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   Chaos Storm (randomly)
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   Counter Blade (with Illusionary Riposte)
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   Magic Bullet
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   Phantasmal Mage
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   Wail of Doom

Utility skills that daze

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   Glyph of Equality
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   Call Lightning (with Storm Spirit)
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   Distracting Dagger (with Distracting Daggers)
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   Power Lock (with Mantra of Distraction)
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   Darkrazor's Daring
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   Technobabble

Elite skills that daze

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   Impact Strike

Pet skills that daze

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   Dazing Screech (Juvenile Pink Moa's and Juvenile Black Moa's unique skill)
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   Throw Rock ( foraged)

Skills with special conditions that daze

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   Uppercut (with Rampage)
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   Skull Grinder (Mace Primal Burst)
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   Gun Flame (Rifle Primal Burst)
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   Rupturing Smash (Hammer Primal Burst)
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   Full Counter
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   Launch Personal Battering Ram (with Personal Battering Ram)
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   Spare Capacitor (toolbelt skill of Shredder Gyro)
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   Lunar Impact (Celestial Avatar)
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   Tactical Strike (Stealth Attack, if from behind)
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   Mace Head Crack (Steal skill obtained from Guardians)
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   Magnetic Surge (with Conjure Earth Shield)
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   Katabatic Wind (when attuned to Water Attunement & Air Attunement while wielding a Dagger)
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   Pile Driver (when attuned to Air Attunement & Earth Attunement while wielding a Staff)
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   Diversion (shatter)
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   Mirage Thrust (while under the effect of Mirage Cloak)
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   Shriek (with Become the Raven)

Downed skills that daze

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   Thunderclap (Downed skill)

Combos that daze

•  Combo Field: Lightning ×  Combo Finisher: Leap

Related traits

Traits that daze

•  Unrelenting Criticism — Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
•  Primal Echoes - Reduces recharge of staff skills. Daze nearby foes when you swap to staff.
•  System Shocker - Improves effectiveness of all finishers in lightning fields. Your function gyro dazes foes when cast.
•  Sleight of Hand - Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.
•  Chronophantasma - 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.)

Traits that improve daze

•  Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Chill and damage foes that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
•  No Escape — Dazes and stuns inflict immobilize.
•  Dispelling Force — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.
•  Expert Examination - Stunning or dazing a foe applies vulnerability and weakness to them.
•  Kinetic Stabilizers - 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 - 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.
•  Dazzling - Dazing or stunning a foe also applies vulnerability.
•  Confounding Suggestions - Diversion now stuns foes instead of dazing them.

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
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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