Mirage

This article is about the Mesmer elite specialization. For the weapon, see Mirage (weapon).

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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

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.

List of mirage skills

See also: List of mesmer skills

Weapon skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Axe
1	Lacerating Chop		0.5½		Inflict bleeding on your target.
1	Lacerating Chop, Ethereal Chop, Mirror Strikes chain  Ethereal Chop		0.5½		Inflict Torment on your target.
1	Lacerating Chop, Ethereal Chop, Mirror Strikes chain  Mirror Strikes		0.5½		Inflict bleeding and torment on your target.
1	Imaginary Axes	Ambush	0.5½	1	Release phantasmal axes that seek out the nearest target after a short delay. Condition stacks reduced for clones.
2	Lingering Thoughts	Clone	0.75¾	0.25¼	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		0.75¾	10	You and all your axe clones shadowstep to a random location around your target and strike, applying confusion. This attack breaks enemy targeting, and your illusions change focus to the targeted foe.
Sword
1	Mirage Thrust	Ambush	0.75¾	1	Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword, briefly dazing them. Leave behind a clone at your original location.
Scepter
1	Ether Barrage	Ambush	10.5½	1	Launch a barrage of chaos orbs at your foe, inflicting either confusion or torment each hit. Condition duration halved for clones.
Greatsword
1	Split Surge	Ambush	10.5½	1	Shoot a beam at a targeted foe, and secondary beams at foes near your target.
Staff
1	Chaos Vortex	Ambush	1	1	Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
Spear
1	Ambush Assault	Ambush	10.25¼	1	Blink to your target and unleash a series of low-damage strikes that rapidly stack vulnerability.
Trident
1	Wave of Panic	Ambush	0.5½	1	Release a wave of energy that interrupts and confuses foes.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
False Oasis	Deception			0.75¾	25	Create a mirage at your current location and heal over time. When the mirage expires, it spawns a mirage mirror.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
Crystal Sands	Deception			0.25¼	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			0.75¾	25	Shadowstep and unleash an attack that blinds your target and nearby foes. You may reactivate this skill to return to your original position.
Mirage Retreat	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

Skill	Type					Description
Jaunt	Deception				0.5½	Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes.

List of mirage traits

See also: List of mesmer traits

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Axe Proficiency		You can wield axes.
Minor Adept	Mirage Cloak		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	Self-Deception		Using a Deception skill will create a clone if you have any clones active.
Major Adept	Renewing Oasis		Gain regeneration when you gain Mirage Cloak. The duration of damaging conditions is reduced while you are regenerating.
Major Adept	Riddle of Sand		When entering combat, your first Ambush attack applies confusion. This ability refreshes when you use a Shatter skill.
Minor Master	Nomad's Endurance		Shatter skills give vigor, and vigor grants condition damage.
Major Master	Desert Distortion		Illusions shattered by Distortion become Mirage Mirrors. Ambush skills become available for a short time whenever you grant distortion to yourself.
Major Master	Mirage Mantle		Gain protection when Mirage Cloak ends.
Major Master	Mirrored Axes		Reduce recharge of axe skills. Axe skills generate an additional phantom axe.
Minor Grandmaster	Speed of Sand		Gain Superspeed when you gain Mirage Cloak.
Major Grandmaster	Infinite Horizon		When you gain Mirage Cloak, your illusions also gain it.
Major Grandmaster	Elusive Mind		Dodging breaks stun and removes conditions. If you break stun in this manner, you will be left exhausted.
Major Grandmaster	Dune Cloak		Use Sand Shards when you gain Mirage Cloak. Conditions applied to bleeding foes have increased duration.

List of mirage equipment

•   Superior Rune of the Mirage
•   Mirage's Veil
•   Mirage's Axe
•   Veilrender

Related achievements

• Specializations (Path of Fire achievements): Adept Mirage — Begin training the mesmer's mirage elite specialization. (5)
  
• Specialization Collections: Veilrender — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the mirage's axe, Veilrender. (3)
  

Gallery

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Notes

• 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

• 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.

External links

• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Mirage (Mesmer)

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