Phantasmal Swordsman

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Phantasmal Swordsman

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand sword
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.png
Type
Phantasm
Summons
Illusionary Swordsman
Game link
API
10174
1 Activation time  
15 Recharge time
20 Recharge time
 
Phantasmal Swordsman

Phantasm. Perform a sword strike and create an illusion that attacks your foe. If the sword strike hits, you gain might.

Damage.png Phantasm Damage: 504 (0.5)?
Damage.png Sword Strike Damage: 183 (0.5)?
Damage.png Phantasm Damage: 504 (0.5)?
Might.png8 Might (10s): 240 Condition Damage, 240 Power
Might.png4 Might (10s): 120 Condition Damage, 120 Power
Miscellaneous effect.png Sword Strike Range: 130
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Leap
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics[edit]

  • This skill has three attacks:
    • The Illusionary Swordsman is summoned near the target and lunges towards it casting  Mage Strike.png Illusionary Sword Attack, performing a Leap Finisher combo for itself. If the target is not within lunge range, the phantasm will first run into range.
    • The Mesmer swings their sword. If the melee range sword attack connects, the mesmer gains Might.png Might. The mesmer also performs one Leap Finisher combo at the start of the casting time, and a second one when the swing finishes, without actually leaping. Both combo finishers happen regardless of whether the attack connects.
    • Finally, the phantasm casts  Blurred Frenzy.png Blurred Frenzy, striking up to 8 times within 130 range.
If the sword swing connects, the phantasm will be spawned with the same 8 stacks of might the mesmer gained.

Phantasm[edit]

Phantasm Skill used Range Effect
Illusionary Swordsman Mage Strike.png Illusionary Sword Attack 480 Deals damage, cripples, and causes a leap finisher.
Blurred Frenzy.png Blurred Frenzy 130 Strikes the foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around the phantasm, making it evade attacks.

Related traits[edit]

Dueling Dueling

Inspiration Inspiration

Illusions Illusions

Chronomancer Chronomancer

Virtuoso Virtuoso

Notes[edit]

  • The phantasm evades during the cast of Blurred Frenzy.
  • Phantasms have their own unique weapon strength that is independent of the player's equipped weapon rarity. The swordsman has a weapon strength range of 2485-2746, with the midpoint being 2615.5.
  • The 10 attacks will max out the trait Fencer's Finesse Fencer's Finesse's effect.
  • The tooltip only lists  Mage Strike.png Illusionary Sword Attack under phantasm damage, ignoring the phantasm cast  Blurred Frenzy.png Blurred Frenzy, this makes the tooltip misleading as most of the damage is in the latter.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
October 08, 2024
  • Reduced the cooldown from 20 seconds to 18 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased the initial phantasm hit damage from 0.35 to 0.5 and the flurry damage coefficient per hit from 0.1 to 0.12 in PvP and WvW.
July 07, 2020
  • The phantasm is now summoned based on the target's location rather than the mesmer's.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient of the phantasm leap attack from 0.5 to 0.35. Reduced power coefficient per strike of the phantasm flurry attack from 0.15 to 0.1.
March 27, 2018
  • Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from summoning a phantasm if the mesmer jumped while casting it.
  • Increased the cooldown from 15 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP and WvW.
  • Decreased might from 8 stacks to 4 stacks in PvP and WvW.
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.
  • This phantasm now performs a flurry of attacks after the leap attack.
  • The damage of the leap attack has been decreased by 30%, but the overall damage has increased.
  • The initial attack from this skill no longer grants might to phantasms.
May 16, 2017
  • This skill now performs a sword strike in front of the player when summoning the phantasm.
  • If the sword strike hits you and all Swordsmen currently summoned, gain 8 might for 10 seconds.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • Phantasm damage has been increased by 15%.
May 20, 2014
  • Updated the skill facts to have the appropriate damage indicator. (Separate from the general fix to minion skill damage.)
October 07, 2012
  • Increased recharge to 18 seconds.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Phantasmal Swordsman has been added to the game.

Trivia[edit]

  • This phantasm wields a sword with the same skin as Whisperblade.