Mind the Gap

Clone. Swing your spear in a circle, dealing increased damage to foes in the outer edge. Striking with the outer edge will always deal a critical hit. Create a clone and gain Clarity if you hit an enemy. If you are empowered, gain might. — In-game description

Mind the Gap

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Type

Clone

Game link

API

73093

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Mind the Gap

Clone. Swing your spear in a circle, dealing increased damage to foes in the outer edge. Striking with the outer edge will always deal a critical hit. Create a clone and gain Clarity if you hit an enemy. If you are empowered, gain might.

 Damage: 917 (2.5)^?

 Damage: 513 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 565 (1.54)^?

 Outer-Edge Damage Increase: 20%

 Clarity (15s): Your spear skills are empowered.

₄ Might (10s): 120 Condition Damage, 120 Power

 Outer-Edge Critical Chance: 100%

 Number of Targets: 5

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 300

— In-game description

Notes

Bug:

Tooltip is missing the clone ability type.

Related traits

Inspiration

• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Illusions

• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Chronomancer

• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Mind the Gap has been added to the game. This skill's visual effect has been improved to better outline the outer edge. This skill now always grants Clarity on hit. This skill's outer edge will now always deal critical damage when it strikes an enemy. Increased the damage coefficient from 1.4 to 1.54 in PvP only.
June 27, 2024	Mind the Gap was available during the Spear Beta Event.