Illusionary Counter/history
November 28, 2023
- Illusionary Counter: Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE only.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Activ. type
- Channeled
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack, and counter by inflicting torment and creating clones that cast Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
May 11, 2021
- Illusionary Counter: This skill no longer displaces the player when summoning a clone.
February 25, 2020
- Illusionary Counter: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 8 seconds to 12 seconds. WvW will now use the PvP version of the skill, which creates 1 clone.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack, and counter by inflicting torment and creating clones that cast Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
December 03, 2019
- Illusionary Counter: Reduced the number of clones created from 2 to 1 in PvP only.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack, and counter by inflicting torment and creating clones that cast Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
April 23, 2019
- Illusionary Counter: This skill now uses an 8-second cooldown in all game modes.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack and counter by inflicting torment and creating two clones that cast Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
October 02, 2018
- Illusionary Counter: Fixed a bug that prevented the clones summoned by this skill from being equipped with the mesmer's off-hand weapon.
August 28, 2018
- Illusionary Counter: This skill now summons two clones instead of one if the mesmer successfully blocks a strike.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack and counter by inflicting torment and creating two clones that cast Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
March 27, 2018
- Illusionary Counter: Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
February 22, 2017
- Illusionary Counter: This skill now evades attacks during the counterattack animation.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
April 19, 2016
- Illusionary Counter: The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds. The damage from this skill has been increased by 50% when an attack is blocked. The attack activation time has been reduced by 0.2 seconds. The aftercast delay has been reduced by 0.24 seconds.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
September 09, 2014
- Illusionary Counter: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from receiving reduced recharge when traited with Malicious Sorcery in certain situations.
October 15, 2013
- Illusionary Counter: Reduced the recharge from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
Illusionary Counter
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Weapon
- Scepter
- Type
- Clone
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
June 25, 2013
- Illusionary Counter: This skill damage has been reduced to 50% of what it was. It now applies 5 stacks of torment for 8 seconds.
Illusionary Counter
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description
February 26, 2013
- Illusionary Counter: The range of the reactive part of this ability is now consistent with its indicated range.
Original version
Illusionary Counter
“Clone. Block the next attack. Counter by creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt.
— In-game description