Phantasmal Mage/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Phantasmal Mage. |
November 28, 2023
- Phantasmal Mage: Reduced the cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE and from 30 seconds to 25 in WvW.
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2025Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
Damage: 504 (0.5)?
Burning (9s): 1,179 Damage
3 Confusion (3s): 99 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use
Daze: ½ seconds
Number of Targets: 5
Radius: 240
Defiance Break: 100
Range: 1,200
— In-game description
May 02, 2023
- Phantasmal Mage: Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
“¾3025Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
— In-game description
February 28, 2022
- (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
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Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
— In-game description
July 07, 2020
- Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
— In-game description
July 10, 2018
- Phantasmal Mage: The burning duration of the initial attack has been modified from 2 stacks for 3 seconds to 1 stack for 6 seconds.
- The attack's burning has been modified from 3 stacks for 3 seconds to 1 stack for 9 seconds.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
— In-game description
February 08, 2018
- Phantasmal Mage: Fixed a bug that caused the daze from this phantasm's attack from benefiting from the Confounding Suggestions trait.
February 06, 2018
- Phantasms can no longer be shattered and no longer count toward your maximum illusion count.
- Phantasms are destroyed and then replaced by clones after completing their unique attack or if their attack is interrupted.
- Phantasmal Mage: The mage summoned by this skill now creates a cone-shaped wave of fire that interrupts foes and applies burning and confusion.
- The mage now spawns near your target instead of near you.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that releases a massive wave of fire that burns, confuses, and interrupts foes.
— In-game description
February 22, 2017
- Phantasmal Mage: In addition to its previous effect, this skill now burns nearby foes when activated.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Strike and burn nearby foes. Create an illusion that burns foes and grants fury to allies.
Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
Number of Bounces: 3
— In-game description
July 26, 2016
- Illusionary Mage: The recharge of the mage's attack has been reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
- Burning stacks have been increased from 1 to 2 stacks, with the duration reduced from 6 to 3.
- The missile velocity of the mage's attack has been increased by 33%.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Create an illusion that burns foes and grants fury to allies.
— In-game description
June 23, 2015
- Phantasmal Mage: Instead of inflicting confusion on foes and granting retaliation on allies, this phantasm now inflicts 1 stack of burning for 6 seconds on foes and grants 3 seconds of fury to allies.
- Removed undocumented condition removal from this phantasm.
- Mesmer skills that create bouncing projectiles will now have them bounce one additional time.
- Phantasm damage has been increased by 15%.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Create an illusion that burns foes and grants fury to allies.
— In-game description
January 27, 2015
- Phantasmal Mage: The illusionary mage summoned by this skill now applies 4 stacks of confusion instead of 3 with its attack.
- The duration of the confusion has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
- The illusionary mage's rate of fire has been reduced by 1 second.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
Retaliation (3s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
— In-game description
May 20, 2014
- Phantasmal Mage: Fixed an incorrect number of bounces skill fact. This skill bounces 2 times (hits 3 targets).
December 14, 2012
- Phantasmal Mage: Damage now matches the tooltip.
November 15, 2012
- Phantasmal Mage: This skill's confusion has been increased to 3 stacks for 3 seconds from 1 stack for 9 seconds.
- The recharge on Phantasmal Mage's skill has been increased to 6 seconds from 5 seconds.
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
— In-game description
Original version
“¾Phantasmal MagePhantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
— In-game description
