Psychic Riposte

Blocking or evading an attack stocks blades. Dodging stocks a blade and causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable. — In-game description

Psychic Riposte

Specialization

Virtuoso (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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3

Psychic Riposte

Blocking or evading an attack stocks blades. Dodging stocks a blade and causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable.

 Blades Stocked on Block or Evade: 2

 Blades Stocked on Dodge: 1

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Applies the  Psychic Riposte effect at the beginning of the dodge.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Illusionary Counter — Scepter
•   Blurred Frenzy — Sword
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Chaos Storm — Staff
•   Evasive Strike — Spear
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Axes of Symmetry — Axe

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Twin Blade Restoration — Psionic

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Mantra of Concentration — Mantra
•   Signet of Inspiration — Signet

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bladesong Harmony — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Sorrow — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Dissonance — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Distortion — Bladesong
•   Bladeturn Requiem — Bladesong

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Chaos Storm — Method of Madness

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Inspiration

• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Illusions

• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Chaos

• Auspicious Anguish — Convert damaging conditions to boons whenever you gain Distortion or become disabled. This trait can only trigger when disabled once per interval. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Prismatic Understanding — Increased stealth duration from mesmer skills. Gain random boons while you are in stealth.

Virtuoso

• Bladeturn Refrain — Bladesongs grant aegis.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait will now always grant one blade and the unblockable effect when dodging. Reduced the number of blades granted when evading or blocking an attack from 3 to 2.
February 14, 2023	Fixed an issue in which the unblockable effect would not apply to the entire shatter.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Psychic Riposte has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Psychic Riposte was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Blades stocked on activation increased from 1 to 3. Internal cooldown increased from 1s to 3s. No longer fires a damaging attack when triggered, instead causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable.
August 17, 2021	Psychic Riposte was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 1.