Phantasmal Warden

Phantasm. Create a phantasm that throws axes at nearby targets and creates a defensive bubble, protecting itself and allies from projectiles. — In-game description

Phantasmal Warden

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Focus

Type

Phantasm

Summons

Illusionary Warden

Game link

API

10282

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0.5½  20  

Phantasmal Warden

Phantasm. Create a phantasm that throws axes at nearby targets and creates a defensive bubble, protecting itself and allies from projectiles.

 Damage (12x): 1,668 (1.656)^?

 Damage (12x): 1,212 (1.2)^?

₁₂ Vulnerability (5s): +12% Incoming Damage, +12% Incoming Condition Damage

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Illusionary Warden wields 2 axes and does a whirling attack.

Phantasm

Skill used	Effect	Phantasm
Illusionary Warden	Whirling Defense	Deals damage, destroys projectiles, and causes whirl finishers.

Mechanics

• The summoned phantasm, Illusionary Warden, fires 12 single-target projectiles at random targets in range and performs 12 whirl finishers. The phantasm also creates a projectile-blocking bubble around itself.
• If using the Warden's Feedback trait, the phantasm reflects projectiles rather than blocking them.
• The Warden will spawn around the mesmer to protect its master, if not in range it will attempt to move into range before attacking, but will never cancel its skill once started. If the target moves out of range or dies, the phantasm will continue firing axes at random targets in range.
• Phantasms have their own unique weapon strength that is independent of the player's equipped weapon rarity. The warden has a weapon strength range of 2485-2746, with the midpoint being 2615.5.

Related traits

Domination

• Fragility — Deal increased strike damage for each stack of vulnerability on your target.

Dueling

• Phantasmal Fury — Your phantasms have fury.

Inspiration

• Sympathetic Visage — Phantasms take your conditions from you when summoned.
• Warden's Feedback — Focus weapon skills reflect projectiles. Reduces recharge on focus weapon skills.
• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Illusions

• Persistence of Memory — When a phantasm becomes a clone, it transfers its boons to you.
• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.
• Escape Artist — When a phantasm is created, grant it distortion.
• Phantasmal Haste — Phantasms spawn with quickness. Gain quickness when you create a phantasm.
• Phantasmal Force — Phantasms deal increased strike damage for each stack of might you have. Gain might when your phantasms become clones.

Chronomancer

• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.
• Stretched Time — Flow of Time now affects nearby allies. Grant alacrity to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm.
• Seize the Moment — You and nearby allies gain quickness for each clone you shatter. Grant quickness to nearby allies when you summon a phantasm.
• Chronophantasma — The first time a phantasm would become a clone, it instead resummons itself and attacks again. Resummoned phantasms inflict a percentage of the original's damage. (Resummoned phantasms are briefly dazed.)

Virtuoso

• Phantasmal Blades — Phantasms that successfully complete their attack launch a blade at their target and grant you fury when they expire.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 02, 2023	Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from creating Combo Finisher: Whirl the correct number of times.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike of the warden attack from 0.138 to 0.1.
April 23, 2019	Skills that destroy missiles will now block missiles instead.
March 26, 2019	Added a missing skill fact for vulnerability.
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 initially spawns near the caster. Significantly increased the phantasm's movement speed. Removed the initial axe throw from the mesmer. This phantasm now throws axes at random targets within a range of 600 of itself, but it no longer damages nearby targets. Damage per hit has been increased by 22%. Reduced the recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. Lowered the casting time from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
May 16, 2017	This skill now throws an illusionary axe at the target, which immobilizes for 2 seconds in addition to summoning a phantasm.
August 25, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused this phantasm to incorrectly activate the trait Fencer's Finesse.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Phantasm damage has been increased by 15%.
September 09, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused this phantasm to follow one target while trying to attack another target at the same time. Fixed a bug that caused the projectile absorption from this skill to last longer than its animation. Fixed a bug that caused this phantasm to reflect unblockable missiles.
April 15, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to go on cooldown without being cast. Fixed an issue in which the warden would be in range of an enemy but not begin attacking.
November 26, 2013	This phantasm will now properly try to enter the attack range of its target before using its skill.
October 01, 2012	This skill no longer has a 0-second recharge when affected by traits. It now has approximately a 5-second recharge.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Phantasmal Warden has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The Illusionary Warden's axes have the same skin as Reaver of the Mists.
• Despite wielding two axes (and thus no focus), it can take advantage of the Warden's Feedback trait, reflecting projectiles.