Decoy

Decoy

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Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Clone

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Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Breaks Stun

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description ^[?]

Notes

• Stealth from this skill will stack duration with other stealth effects.
• Only creates a clone when targeting a foe within range. If no foe is targeted, using the skill will still apply the other effects.
• This skill will cancel any activation time when used.

Related traits

Dueling

 Desperate Decoy - Cloak and leave a clone of yourself behind if you take damage while below the health threshold.

Chaos

 Prismatic Understanding - Increased stealth duration from mesmer skills. Gain random boons while you are in stealth.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 09, 2014	Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to stealth the player when they were revealed.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Decoy has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Prior to the September 9th Feature Patch of 2014, this skill used to apply a distinct Decoy effect that was different from normal stealth in the following ways:
  • The Decoy effect could be achieved while revealed.
  • Decoy did not stack in duration with other stealth effects.