Ineptitude/history

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March 05, 2019

  • Ineptitude: The confusion duration of this trait has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Ineptitude.png

Ineptitude

Specialization
Mesmer icon small.png Dueling
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
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.

Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Confusion.png2 Confusion (5s): 110 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png2 Confusion (2s): 44 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use
Interval.png Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

February 06, 2018

  • Ineptitude: This trait has been split, and now confusion has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds in PvP and WvW only.
Ineptitude.png

Ineptitude

Specialization
Mesmer icon small.png Dueling
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
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.

Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Confusion.png2 Confusion (5s): 110 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use
Confusion.png2 Confusion (3s): 66 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use
Interval.png Interval: 3 seconds

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

  • Ineptitude: This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster trait line in Dueling, to the slot previously taken by , 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.
Ineptitude.png

Ineptitude

Specialization
Mesmer icon small.png Dueling
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Ineptitude

Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion.

Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Confusion.png2 Confusion (5s): 110 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use

— In-game description

July 26, 2016

  • Ineptitude: 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

July 28, 2015

  • Ineptitude: This trait no longer penetrates through defenses such as block and evasion.

Original version

Ineptitude.png

Ineptitude

Specialization
Mesmer icon small.png Illusions
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Ineptitude

Cause confusion when you blind a foe. Blocking or evading an attack inflicts blind on your opponent.
The same foe cannot be blinded more than once within the interval.

Confusion.png Confusion (4s): 44 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Interval.png Interval: 10 seconds

— In-game description