Mind Stab

Stab an illusionary greatsword through the ground to cripple foes at your targeted location. — In-game description

Mind Stab

0.25¼  10    

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Greatsword

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Stab an illusionary greatsword through the ground to cripple foes at your targeted location.

  Damage: 403 (1.0)^?

  Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Notes

• Movement interrupts the activation time.

Bug:

Using this skill interrupts your own activation time for other skills that are not healing or control skills - a leftover from when it used to inflict Daze.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 29, 2022	Increased power coefficient from 0.7 to 1.0 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. This skill no longer removes boons, but instead inflicts cripple for 5 seconds. Competitive splits: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.7.
September 09, 2014	Increased the radius of the attack to 240. Increased the damage of the attack by 17%.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast by .4 seconds.
September 14, 2012	Improved responsiveness.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Mind Stab has been added to the game.