Ineptitude

Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion. This trait can only activate on enemies with defiance bars once per interval. — In-game description

Ineptitude

Specialization

Dueling (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

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Ineptitude

Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion.
This trait can only activate on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

₂ Confusion (5s): 110 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use

₂ Confusion (2s): 44 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use

 Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Illusions

• Malicious Sorcery — Confusion you inflict has increased duration. When you dodge an attack, inflict confusion on your attacker.

Virtuoso

• Jagged Mind — Blade attacks inflict bleeding on critical hits. A percentage of your condition damage dealt heals you.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Dueling

• Blinding Dissipation — Shatter skill 2 inflicts blindness.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Magic Bullet — Pistol
•   Counterspell — Scepter
•   Counter Blade — Sword
•   Into the Void — Focus
•   The Prestige — Torch
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch
•   Illusionary Wave — Greatsword
•   Abstraction — Rifle
•   Phantasmal Sharpshooter — Rifle
•   Chaos Armor — Staff
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Mental Collapse — Spear
•   Vortex — Spear
•   Blinding Tide — Trident
•   Illusion of Drowning — Trident
•   Mirage Thrust — Sword
•   Wave of Panic — Trident

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Power Lock
•   Phantasmal Defender — Phantasm
•   Signet of Domination — Signet
•   Signet of Midnight — Signet
•   Well of Senility — Well
•   Mirage Advance — Deception
•   Psychic Force — Psionic

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Gravity Well — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Diversion — Shatter
•   Time Sink — Shatter
•   Bladesong Dissonance — Bladesong

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Chaos Storm — Method of Madness

Notes

• While this trait is equipped, all skills that apply blind will show "This skill is unique per game mode" to reflect the different duration of confusion through different game modes that this trait provides to them.

Bug:

 Blinding Dissipation does not show the correct duration in all game modes.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 05, 2019	The confusion duration of this trait has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	This trait has been split, and now confusion has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds in PvP and WvW only.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster trait line in Dueling, to the slot previously taken by Mistrust, and its effects have changed. This trait now causes interrupts to inflict blind for 5 seconds, and applies blind to inflict 2 stacks of confusion for 5 seconds.
July 26, 2016	This trait will now track the internal cooldown for confusion application on a per-target basis. The blind earned from dodging and evading will now properly apply confusion as well.
August 25, 2015	Fixed a crash bug.
July 28, 2015	This trait no longer penetrates through defenses such as block and evasion.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Ineptitude has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Prior to the June 23rd 2015 update, the second mesmer trident skill, now renamed Blinding Tide, was called Ineptitude.

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Ineptitude.