Illusionary Inspiration

Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade. — In-game description

Illusionary Inspiration

Specialization

Inspiration (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Illusionary Inspiration

Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you.

Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

  Healing: 212 (0.3)^?

  Healing: 106 (0.15)^?

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 300

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bladecall — Dagger
•   Phantasmal Duelist — Pistol
•   Ether Clone — Scepter
•   Illusionary Counter — Scepter
•   Counterspell — Scepter
•   Illusionary Leap — Sword
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Phantasmal Swordsman — Sword
•   Phantasmal Warden — Focus
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Mirror Blade — Greatsword
•   Phantasmal Berserker — Greatsword
•   Phase Retreat — Staff
•   Phantasmal Warlock — Staff
•   Feigned Surge — Spear
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Imminent Voyage — Trident
•   Phantasmal Whaler — Trident
•   Echo of Memory — Shield
•   Deja Vu — Shield
•   Lingering Thoughts — Axe
•   Bladecall — Dagger
•   Blade Leap — Sword

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Clone
•   Mirror Images — Clone
•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Phantasmal Disenchanter — Phantasm
•   Blade Renewal — Psionic

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception
•   Phantasmal Rogue

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception
•   Phantasmal Rogue

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Desperate Decoy

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Dueling

• Deceptive Evasion — Create a clone at your current position when you dodge.

Illusions

• Escape Artist — When a phantasm is created, grant it distortion.

Virtuoso

• Psychic Blades — Whenever a clone would be summoned, you instead stock a blade. Blades persist indefinitely until used. Your shatters are replaced with Bladesongs that consume your stocked blades, but still count as shatters for the purposes of core traits. While out of combat, you will automatically stock a blade every 10 seconds.
• Psychic Riposte — Blocking or evading an attack stocks blades. Dodging stocks a blade and causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable.
• Infinite Forge — Automatically stock blades while in combat.
• Bloodsong — Bleeding you apply deals increased damage. Stock a blade after applying enough stacks of bleeding to foes.

Notes

• Heals the mesmer and 4 allies near the mesmer each time a clone or phantasm is created. Clones that appear from phantasms will also trigger the heal.
  • This means  Chronophantasma can cause a single phantasm to active this trait 3 times.
  • Stacks with   Signet of the Ether; so they both activate per illusion created, though only Illusionary Inspiration will heal allies.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 30, 2021	Added clarifying text stating that for Virtuoso, this trait triggers when stocking a blade. Fixed a bug preventing this trait from activating and healing nearby allies when you stock a Blade.
October 02, 2018	This trait now causes mesmers to heal all nearby allies whenever they summon an illusion. Competitive-mode healing effectiveness is 50% of PvE.
July 10, 2018	Reduced the duration of aegis shared by this trait from 10 seconds to 2 seconds.
February 06, 2018	This trait no longer causes phantasms to grant regeneration. Instead, summoning a phantasm grants 2 stacks of might for 10 seconds to the caster and four nearby allies. This effect occurs after the activation of Lesser Signet of Inspiration.
July 26, 2016	This trait will no longer activate Signet of Inspiration when phantasm casts are interrupted.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Illusionary Inspiration has been added to the game.