Mirage
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This article is about the Mesmer elite specialization. For the weapon, see Mirage (weapon).
“The mirage moves through battle like shifting sand, cloaking themselves rather than dodging attacks. Their graceful, swirling axes and prismatic mirrors are as deceptively beautiful as they are deadly.
— Official site
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Mirage is an elite specialization for the mesmer. It grants mesmers access to axes, ambush and deception skills, and replaces the mesmer's dodge ability with Mirage Cloak.
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List of mirage skills[edit]
- See also: List of mesmer skills
Weapon skills[edit]
Skill | Type | ![]() |
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Description | |
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Axe[edit] | |||||
1 | Lacerating Chop | ½ | Inflict bleeding on your target. | ||
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½ | Inflict Torment on your target. | ||
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½ | Inflict bleeding and torment on your target. | ||
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Ambush | ½ | 1 | Release phantasmal axes that seek out the nearest target after a short delay. Condition stacks reduced for clones. |
2 | Lingering Thoughts | Clone | ¾ | ¼ | Spin forward and strike multiple times, inflicting conditions and leaving a mirage at your starting position. If an enemy is near the mirage when it expires, a clone is summoned. |
3 | Axes of Symmetry | ¾ | 10 | You and all your axe clones shadowstep to a random location around your target and strike, applying torment. This attack breaks enemy targeting, and your illusions change focus to the targeted foe. | |
Sword[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | ¾ | 1 | Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword, briefly dazing them. Leave behind a clone at your original location. |
Scepter[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | 1 | ½1 | Launch a barrage of chaos orbs at your foe, inflicting either confusion or torment each hit. Condition duration halved for clones. |
Greatsword[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | 1 | ½1 | Shoot a beam at a targeted foe, and secondary beams at foes near your target. |
Staff[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | 1 | 1 | Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies. |
Spear[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | 1 | ¼1 | Blink to your target and unleash a series of low-damage strikes that rapidly stack vulnerability. |
Trident[edit] | |||||
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Ambush | ½ | 1 | Release a wave of energy that interrupts and confuses foes. |
Slot skills[edit]
Healing[edit]
Skill | Type | ![]() |
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Description |
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False Oasis | Deception | ¾ | 25 | Create a mirage at your current location and heal over time. When the mirage expires, it spawns a mirage mirror. |
Utility[edit]
Skill | Type | ![]() |
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Description |
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Crystal Sands | Deception | ![]() |
¼ | 20 | Draw in shards of crystal sand that confuse foes they pass through on their way to your targeted location. The shards form a Mirage Mirror upon reaching their destination. | |
Illusionary Ambush | Deception | 20 | You and all your illusions shadowstep to a random point around your target and gain Mirage Cloak. Illusions' actions are interrupted when they change focus to the targeted foe. | |||
Mirage Advance | Deception | ![]() |
¾ | 25 | Shadowstep and unleash an attack that blinds your target and nearby foes. You may reactivate this skill to return to your original position. | |
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Deception | Return to your starting point and leave behind a clone at your previous location. | ||||
Sand Through Glass | Deception | 25 | Evade backward and leave behind a Mirage Mirror. |
Elite[edit]
Skill | Type | ![]() |
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Description |
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Jaunt | Deception | ![]() |
½ | Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes. |
List of mirage traits[edit]
- See also: List of mesmer traits
Tier | Name | ![]() |
Description |
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Minor Proficiency | ![]() |
You can wield axes. | |
Minor Adept | ![]() |
Gain Mirage Cloak instead of dodge rolling. Ambush skills become available for a short time whenever you gain Mirage Cloak. Gain access to Deception skills. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Using a Deception skill will create a clone if you have any clones active. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Gain regeneration when you gain Mirage Cloak. The duration of damaging conditions is reduced while you are regenerating. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
When entering combat, your first Ambush attack applies confusion. This ability refreshes when you use a Shatter skill. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
When entering combat, your first Ambush attack applies confusion. This ability refreshes when you use a Shatter skill. | |
Minor Master | ![]() |
Shatter skills give vigor, which grants Condition damage. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Illusions shattered by Distortion become Mirage Mirrors. Ambush skills become available for a short time whenever you grant distortion to yourself. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Gain protection when Mirage Cloak ends. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Reduce recharge of axe skills. Axe skills generate an additional phantom axe. | |
Minor Grandmaster | ![]() |
Gain Superspeed when you gain Mirage Cloak. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
When you gain Mirage Cloak, your illusions also gain it. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Dodging breaks stun and removes conditions. If you break stun in this manner, you will be left exhausted. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Use Sand Shards when you gain Mirage Cloak. Conditions applied to bleeding foes have increased duration. |
List of mirage equipment[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Notes[edit]
- Players wishing to learn more about the Mirage can visit Nasrin Davish in the Crystal Oasis.
- Mirage players lose access to dodge rolling, but become able to evade attacks even in the middle of another action or while disabled.
Trivia[edit]
- A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.
- Mirage was the first elite specialization fleshed out for the Path of Fire expansion. The name drove the development of the specialization.
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