User:Dr ishmael/Specialization changes/Mesmer traits

Domination

Tier	Name		Description a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a	New position	Changes
Adept	Illusion of Vulnerability		Inflict vulnerability when you interrupt a foe.	Minor Adept	No change
Master	Dazzling		Dazing a foe also applies vulnerability.	Minor Master	No change
Grandmaster	Wastrel's Punishment		Increased damage to foes who are not using a skill.	—	Merged into Mental Torment
	Fragility			Minor Grandmaster	New trait: Deal 5% more damage to foes for each stack of vulnerability on them.
Adept	Mental Torment		Mind Wrack deals more damage.	Major Grandmaster	Renamed to Mental Anguish Revamp: Affects all shatter skills; bonus damage decreased 20% → 15%. Combined with Wastrel's Punishment: Damage bonus is doubled against foes not activating skills.
Adept	Halting Strike		Deal damage when interrupting a foe.	—	Merged into Power Block
Adept	Empowered Illusions		Illusions deal more damage.	Major Adept	No change
Adept	Rending Shatter		Shattering illusions inflicts vulnerability on nearby foes.	Major Adept	No change
Adept	Crippling Dissipation		Clones cripple nearby foes when they are killed.	—	Culled
Adept	Signet Mastery		Reduces recharge on signets.	—	Merged into Blurred Inscriptions
Master	Shattered Concentration		Shatter skills also remove a boon on hit.	Major Master	No change
Master	Confusing Enchantments		Glamour skills cause confusion to foes who enter or exit their areas.	—	Culled
Master	Cleansing Conflagration		Torch skills remove conditions. Reduces recharge on torch skills.	—	Moved to Illusions specialization
Master	Greatsword Training		Increased power while wielding a greatsword. Reduces recharge on greatsword skills.	Major Grandmaster	Renamed to Imagined Burden Removed increased power Add: Gain 2 stacks of might (5 s) whenever you or an illusion uses Spatial Surge. All other greatsword skills inflict cripple (2 s).
	Blurred Inscriptions			Major Master	Moved from Dueling trait line Combined with Signet Mastery Combined with Cleansing Inscriptions (Chaos)
	Furious Interruption			Major Master	Moved from Dueling trait line Recharge reduced to 5 s
Grandmaster	Empowering Mantras		Gain increased damage for each readied mantra.	—	Culled
Grandmaster	Confounding Suggestions		Chance to inflict stun whenever you daze a target. Increase daze duration	Major Adept	Revamp: Duration increase affects both daze and stun. Always inflict stun instead of dazing (5 ).
Grandmaster	Power Block		Enemy skills that you interrupt have an increased cooldown.	Major Grandmaster	Combined with Halting Strike; also inflicts weakness (5 s) Revamp: if interrupted skill has non-zero recharge, skill is put on a 15 s recharge.

Dueling

Tier	Name		Description a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a	New position	Changes
Adept	Critical Infusion	10	Gain vigor when delivering a critical hit.	Minor Adept	No change
Master	Sharper Images		Illusions inflict bleeding on critical hits.	Minor Master	No change
Grandmaster	Confusing Combatants		Your illusions cause confusion to foes around them when they are killed.	Minor Grandmaster	Revamp: You and your illusions have 33% chance to inflict confusion on critical hits.
Adept	Far-Reaching Manipulations		The range of your manipulation skills is increased.	—	Baselined
Adept	Phantasmal Fury		Your phantasms have fury.	Major Adept	No change
Adept	Retaliatory Shield		Gain retaliation when you block an attack.	—	Culled
Adept	Blade Training		Increased precision while wielding a one-handed sword or a spear. Reduces the recharge on sword and spear skills.	Major Master	Renamed to Fencer's Finesse Removed precision bonus and spear Add: When you or an illusion hits with a sword attack, gain a stacking effect (6 s, max 10) of +15 ferocity.
Adept	Desperate Decoy		Cloak and leave a clone of yourself behind at 25% health.	Major Adept	Threshold increased to 50%
Adept	Mantra Mastery		Reduced recharge on mantras.	—	Culled
Master	Protected Mantras		Gain toughness while channeling mantras.	—	Baselined
Master	Blurred Inscriptions		Activating a signet grants you distortion.	—	Moved to Domination specialization
Master	Duelist's Discipline		Increases pistol attack range for you and your illusions. Reduces recharge on pistol skills.	Major Adept	Pistol range increase baselined Revamp: Pistol skills recharge 25% of their full recharge time when you interrupt a foe. Add: Pistol attacks from you and your illusions have 33% chance to inflict 2 stacks of bleeding (5 s).
Master	Deceptive Evasion		Create a clone at your current position when you dodge.	Major Grandmaster	No change
	Blinding Dissipation			Major Master	New trait: Blind (3 s) foes around you when you use a shatter skill.
	Evasive Mirror			Major Master	New trait: When you successfully evade an attack, gain a projectile-reflecting barrier for 1.5 s; 1.5s
Grandmaster	Harmonious Mantras		Mantras can be activated three times before needing to be channeled again.	Major Grandmaster	Add: When you activate a mantra, gain a stacking effect (8 s, max 5) of +4% damage.
Grandmaster	Furious Interruption	15	Gain quickness when you interrupt a foe.	—	Moved to Domination specialization
Grandmaster	Triumphant Distortion	10	Gain distortion upon killing an enemy. Your phantasms gain distortion briefly on creation.	—	Phantasm portion split to Protected Phantasms (Inspiration)
	Mistrust			Major Grandmaster	New trait: Whenever you interrupt a foe, inflict 2 stacks of confusion (6 s) in area around them.

Chaos

Tier	Name		Description a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a	New position	Changes
Adept	Metaphysical Rejuvenation	30	Gain regeneration when your health drops below the threshold.	Minor Adept	Recharge recued 30 s → 15 s
Master	Illusionary Membrane	15	Gain protection when you gain regeneration.	Minor Master	No change
Grandmaster	Chaotic Transference		Gain condition damage based on your toughness.	Major Master	No change
	Chaotic Persistence			Minor Grandmaster	New trait: Each boon on you increases duration of outgoing boons and conditions by 3%.
Adept	Chaotic Revival	10	Gain Chaos Armor when you rally.	—	Culled
Adept	Descent into Madness		Create a chaos storm when you take falling damage. Take less damage from falling.	Major Adept	No change
Adept	Master of Manipulation		Reduces recharge on manipulation skills.	Major Adept	Add: When you use a manipulation, gain Mirror (2 s).
Adept	Illusionary Defense		Take reduced damage for each illusion you have in the world.	Major Adept	No change
Adept	Debilitating Dissipation		Clones apply a random condition to nearby foes when they are killed.	—	Culled
Adept	Retaliatory Demise		Gain retaliation when you are downed.	—	Culled
Master	Mirror of Anguish	60	When disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, or launch), you mirror the disabling effect back to its source.	Major Master	Added Taunt to list of disables
Master	Bountiful Interruption		Gain might when you interrupt a foe, then gain another boon randomly.	—	Merged into Chaotic Interruption
Master	Cleansing Inscriptions		Activating a signet removes a condition.	—	Merged into Blurred Inscriptions (Domination)
Master	Chaotic Dampening		Increased toughness while wielding a staff or trident. Reduces recharge on staff and trident skills.	Major Master	Revamp: Chaos Armor grants protection (5 s). While you have Chaos Armor, staff and trident skills recharge by 5% of their full recharge every second.
Grandmaster	Chaotic Interruption		Immobilize your target when you interrupt them and randomly apply blind, cripple, or chill.	Major Grandmaster	Combined with Bountiful Interruption; removed Might from list of random boons
Grandmaster	Prismatic Understanding		Cloaking skills last longer, and you gain a random boon when you are cloaked.	Major Grandmaster	Revamp: Only affects stealth gained from mesmer skills; duration bonus increased 1 s → 100%.
Grandmaster	Bountiful Disillusionment		Gain boons each time a shatter skill is used.	Major Grandmaster	Add: Gain 1 stack of stability (5 s); random boon also applied to nearby allies.

Inspiration

Tier	Name		Description a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a	New position	Changes
Adept	Vengeful Images		Grants retaliation to Phantasms.	—	Merged into Persisting Images
Master	Phantasmal Healing		Phantasms grant regeneration to nearby allies.	Major Grandmaster	Add: If you have any boons when summoning a phantasm, cast Signet of Inspiration.
	Inspiring Distortion			Minor Master	New trait: When you grant distortion to yourself, also grant it to nearby allies (1 s); 5
Grandmaster	Phantasmal Strength		Phantasms deal more damage.	—	Baselined
	Healing Prism			Minor Grandmaster	New trait: Gain 100 healing power for each illusion you control. Whenever you heal yourself, also heal nearby allies by a small amount.
Adept	Medic's Feedback		Create a feedback bubble while reviving an ally.	Major Adept	Add: Revive allies 10% faster.
Adept	Glamour Mastery		Reduces recharge on glamour skills.	—	Baselined
Adept	Vigorous Revelation		Shattering illusions grants vigor to nearby allies.	—
Adept	Mender's Purity		Remove a condition when you heal.	Minor Adept	Revamp: Cast Power Cleanse on heal.
Adept	Persisting Images		Phantasms have increased health.	Major Adept	Combined with Vengeful Images; retaliation duration increased 5 s → 6 s
Adept	Compounding Celerity		Move faster for each active illusion.	—
Master	Malicious Sorcery		Increased condition damage while wielding a scepter. Reduces recharge on scepter skills.	—	Moved to Illusions specialization
Master	Warden's Feedback		Focus skills reflect projectiles. Reduces recharge on focus skills.	Major Master	No change
Master	Temporal Enchanter		Glamour skills last longer.	Major Grandmaster	Add: When you cast a glamour, allies in the radius gain superspeed (2 s) and resistance (3 s).
Master	Restorative Mantras		Heal allies when you cast a mantra.	Major Adept	Revamp: triggers when you finish preparing mantras
	Protected Phantasms			Major Master	Split of phantasm portion from Triumphant Distortion (Dueling) Add: When you use a shatter skill, all illusions gain protection (2 s).
Grandmaster	Shattered Conditions		Using a shatter skill removes a condition from you and allies around you.	—	Merged into Restorative Illusions
Grandmaster	Restorative Illusions		Heal a small amount when you shatter illusions.	Major Master	Combined with Shattered Conditions; revamp: only affects you
Grandmaster	Disruptor's Sustainment		Gain bonus healing power when interrupting a foe.	—
	Mental Defense			Major Grandmaster	New trait: When you successfully block or evade an attack, cast Phantasmal Defender on your attacker.

Illusions

Tier	Name		Description a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a	New position	Changes
Adept	Illusionary Retribution		All Shatter skills inflict confusion.	Minor Adept	No change
Master	Illusionists Celerity		Reduces recharge on illusion-summoning skills.	Minor Master	No change
Grandmaster	Shattered Strength		Shattering illusions grants you might per illusion.	Major Master	No change
Adept	Precise Wrack		Mind Wrack has an increased critical-hit chance.	—	Merged into Master of Fragmentation
Adept	Confusing Cry		Cry of Frustration grants retaliation.	—	Merged into Master of Fragmentation
Adept	Compounding Power		Gain increased damage for each of your active illusions.	Major Adept	Add: also gain 50 condition damage per illusion
Adept	Masterful Reflection		Distortion grants reflection.	—	Merged into Master of Fragmentation
Adept	Master of Misdirection		Confusion you inflict lasts longer.	Minor Grandmaster	Add: Shatters recharge 15% faster (former trait line bonus)
Adept	Dazzling Glamours		Glamour skills blind foes at target location.	—	Culled
	Persistence of Memory			Major Adept	New trait: When a phantasm shatters, all phantasm skills are recharged by 2 s.
	Cleansing Conflagration			Major Adept	Moved from Domination trait line Renamed to The Pledge Revamped recharge reduction: While stealthed, torch skills recharge by 1.5% of full recharge every second.
Master	Illusionary Elasticity		Bouncing attacks have one additional bounce.	—	Baselined
Master	Illusionary Invigoration	60	Recharge all of your shatter skills when your health drops below the threshold.	—	Culled
Master	Blinding Befuddlement	5	Cause confusion when you blind a foe.	Major Grandmaster	Renamed to Ineptitude Add: Whenever you successfully block or evade an attack, your attacker is blinded (3 s); 10 per foe
Master	Phantasmal Haste		Reduces recharge on phantasm attack skills.	Major Master	No change
Grandmaster	Illusionary Persona		Shattering illusions creates the shatter effect on you as well.	—	Baselined
Grandmaster	Imbued Diversion		Diversion hits multiple targets.	—	Merged into Master of Fragmentation
Grandmaster	Maim the Disillusioned		Enemies hit by shatter skills are inflicted with torment.	Major Master	No change
	Master of Fragmentation			Major Grandmaster	New trait: Combines Precise Wrack, Confusing Cry, Masterful Reflection, and Imbued Diversion. Confusing Cry: replace retaliation with cripple (3 s)
	Malicious Sorcery			Major Grandmaster	Moved from Inspiration trait line Replaced condition damage bonus with +15% attack speed.