Mental Defense

Shatter skill 4 grants boons and breaks allies out of stuns. — In-game description

Mental Defense

Specialization

Inspiration (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Mental Defense

Shatter skill 4 grants boons and breaks allies out of stuns.

 Resistance (4s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Resistance (20.5½s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 600

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Distortion — Shatter
•   Bladesong Distortion — Bladesong

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2025	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to always be active.
February 11, 2025	Reduced the resistance duration from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds in WvW only.
November 28, 2023	This trait has been reworked. Distortion grants resistance and breaks stuns for nearby allies.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased internal cooldown from 50 seconds to 90 seconds.
February 06, 2018	The recharge of Lesser Phantasmal Defender has changed to the same values as Phantasmal Defender.
May 17, 2016	The recharge of this trait has been increased from 25 seconds to 30 seconds.
January 26, 2016	The cooldown on this trait is no longer affected by Signet of the Ether.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Mental Defense has been added to the game.