Mental Defense

Cast Lesser Phantasmal Defender on your attacker when you successfully block or evade an attack. — 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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Cast Lesser Phantasmal Defender on your attacker when you successfully block or evade an attack.

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Illusionary Counter — Scepter
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Evasive Strike — Spear
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Echo of Memory — Shield
•   Deja Vu — Shield
•   Axes of Symmetry — Axe

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand through Glass — Deception

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bladeturn Requiem — Bladesong

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser Phantasmal Defender (PvE)		40	Phantasm. Summon an illusion that taunts your target and all nearby targets while blocking attacks. It explodes when it finishes blocking, dealing increased damage for each attack blocked.
Lesser Phantasmal Defender (WvW, PvP)		90	Phantasm. Summon an illusion that taunts your target and all nearby targets while blocking attacks. It explodes when it finishes blocking, dealing increased damage for each attack blocked.

Notes

• The Phantasmal Defender skill used by this trait is affected by other traits that improve Phantasms such as  Phantasmal Haste.
  •   Signet of the Ether does not affect this skill's cooldown.

Bug:

This trait can summon more than one phantasm before going on recharge if multiple attacks are blocked or evaded at the same time.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
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.