Illusionary Defense/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 trait that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this trait, see Illusionary Defense. |
February 14, 2025
- Illusionary Defense: Fixed an issue that caused Bladesong Harmony to trigger this trait.
February 11, 2025
- Illusionary Defense: This trait now only applies protection when using the second shatter skill. Increased the base protection duration from 1 second to 4 seconds. Increased the protection per clone from 1 second to 2 seconds in PvE and WvW and from 0.5 seconds to 1 second in PvP.
“Illusionary DefenseGrant protection to nearby allies when you use Shatter skill 2.
Base Protection Duration (4s): -33% Incoming Damage
Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 360
— In-game description
November 28, 2023
- Illusionary Defense: This trait has been reworked. Grant protection to nearby allies when you use a shatter skill. Protection duration scales based on the number of shattered clones.
“Illusionary DefenseGrant protection to nearby allies when you use a Shatter skill.
— In-game description
June 27, 2023
- Illusionary Defense: Reduced damage reduction per stack from 2% to 1.5% in PvP only.
“Illusionary DefenseGain a stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion.
Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.— In-game description
November 30, 2021
- Illusionary Defense: Added clarifying text stating that for Virtuoso, this trait triggers when stocking a blade.
“Illusionary DefenseGain a stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion.
Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.— In-game description
October 26, 2021
- Illusionary Defense: Multiplicative damage reduction enhancements have been updated to display how much damage was reduced by rather than displaying how much the damage is multiplied by. For example, protection now displays "-33% Damage" instead of "67% damage." This is not a change to functionality; it is only a change to display the bonus in a more intuitively understandable way.
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October 05, 2021
- Illusionary Defense: All effects that provide a percentage reduction to incoming damage have been standardized to stack multiplicatively.
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May 22, 2018
- Illusionary Defense: The damage reduction per stack this trait applies is now split between game modes and has been reduced from -5% per stack to -2% in PvP and WvW.
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February 06, 2018
- Illusionary Defense: This trait now grants a stacking 5% damage-reduction enhancement (maximum of 5 stacks) for 5 seconds whenever you summon an illusion.
“Illusionary DefenseGain stacking damage reduction whenever you summon an illusion.
Illusionary Defense (5s): -5% Incoming Damage
Maximum Stacks: 5
— In-game description
June 23, 2015
- Illusionary Defense: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
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October 15, 2013
- Illusionary Defense: Fixed this trait to properly decrease damage taken by 3% per illusion.
Original version
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