Mirage Cloak (effect)

Evade incoming attacks. — In-game description

Mirage Cloak

Effect type

Effect

Stacking

No

Game link

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Evade incoming attacks.

— In-game description

Mirage Cloak is an effect that replaces dodging for mesmers with the Mirage elite specialization. Instead of rolling to dodge, activating dodging provides Mirage Cloak effect to the user and does not interrupt any action (attacking, reviving or finishing among others) from being performed. The character will have a faint distortion-like effect over them while Mirage Cloak is active. Being under effects of Mirage Cloak allows the Mirage and their clones to use Ambush skill of the equipped weapon for a short time.

Related skills

Utility skills that grant Mirage Cloak

•   Illusionary Ambush — Deception

Skills with special conditions that grant Mirage Cloak

•   Mirage Mirror (effects from various slot skills)
•   Reformed Mirage Mirror (effect from the trait  Desert Distortion)

Related traits

Traits that grant Mirage Cloak

• Mirage Cloak (Mirage) — 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.

Trait skills that grant Mirage Cloak

•   Reformed Mirage Mirror (Desert Distortion) — Your shattered illusion reforms into a mirror. Touching the mirror shatters it, granting mirage cloak to you and weakening foes.

Traits that benefit from Mirage Cloak

• Renewing Oasis (Mirage) — Gain regeneration when you gain Mirage Cloak. The duration of incoming damaging conditions is reduced while you are regenerating.
• Speed of Sand (Mirage) — Mirage Cloak increases your movement speed.
• Infinite Horizon (Mirage) — When you gain Mirage Cloak, your illusions also gain it.
• Elusive Mind (Mirage) — Lose conditions when you gain Mirage Cloak.
• Dune Cloak (Mirage) — Use Sand Shards when Mirage Cloak ends.

Version history

For a detailed effect history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Mirage can no longer dodge while immobilized or under the effects of crowd control.
March 05, 2019	All applications of this skill's effect have had their duration reduced to match the duration of a normal dodge roll. This change does not affect the timing window for ambush skills.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Mirage Cloak has been added to the game.

Trivia

• When this effect is applied (through dodging or skills), the character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines.

You're seeing things!

I'm neither here nor there!

Maybe I was the illusion all along!

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