Prismatic Understanding

Increased stealth duration from mesmer skills. Gain random boons while you are in stealth. — In-game description

Prismatic Understanding

Specialization

Chaos (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

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Increased stealth duration from mesmer skills. Gain random boons while you are in stealth.

  Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Regen (3s): 390 Heal

  Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power

  Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed

  Duration Increase: 50%

  Interval: 1 second

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   The Prestige — Torch

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Clone
•   Veil — Glamour
•   Signet of Midnight — Signet

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Mass Invisibility — Manipulation

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Deception

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Decoy — Desperate Decoy

Notes

• Grants a boon immediately upon entering stealth and/or Hide in Shadows and every second after spent in stealth.
• Synergizes with Chaotic Transference. When granting protection, regeneration is gained on the same tick (subject to internal cooldowns).
• Hide In Shadows and Stealth both grant boons upon application onto a Mesmer; due to the fact they are different, they will both apply boons at the interval at based on which type was applied first, which can allow for two boons at once, if synchronized.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 29, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from functioning while downed. Reduced the stealth duration increase from 100% to 50%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. No longer adds 1 second to your stealth skills. Stealth applied by your mesmer skills lasts 100% longer.
September 09, 2014	This trait is now applies swiftness for 3 seconds and might for 5 seconds in addition to its previous boons.
June 25, 2013	This trait now pulses once every second while stealthed.
May 28, 2013	Now functions with torch's The Prestige.
December 14, 2012	No longer affects the Prestige. Now grants a random defensive boon every three seconds while in stealth. (Protection, Aegis, or Regeneration)
August 28, 2012	Game release: Prismatic Understanding has been added to the game.