Wandering Mind

Remove a nondamaging condition and gain swiftness whenever you evade an attack. — In-game description

Wandering Mind

Specialization

Dueling (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Wandering Mind

Remove a nondamaging condition and gain swiftness whenever you evade an attack.

 Swiftness (4s): +33% Movement Speed

 Conditions Removed: 1

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blurred Frenzy — Sword
•   Illusionary Riposte — Sword
•   Evasive Strike — Spear
•   Imaginary Inversion — Spear
•   Phantasmal Mariner — Spear
•   Axes of Symmetry — Axe
•   Axes of Symmetry — Axe

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sand through Glass — Deception

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	This trait has been reworked and renamed to Wandering Mind. Cleanse a non-damaging condition and gain swiftness when you evade an attack.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced mirror duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
April 23, 2019	Increased this trait's cooldown from 1.5 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP and WvW.
January 26, 2016	The duration of this trait has been increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Evasive Mirror has been added to the game.