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June 28, 2022

  • Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies. The first hit applies torment, while subsequent hits to enemies apply confusion. Allies that the orb bounces to gain fury and might.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 81 (0.2)?
Fury.png Fury (3s): +25% Critical Chance
Fury.png Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Torment.png Torment (5s): 110 Damage, 159 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Confusion.png Confusion (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

May 25, 2021

  • When cast by a clone, the durations of applied torment and confusion have been reduced from 5 seconds to 2 seconds in all game modes.

May 11, 2021

  • Winds of Chaos: Increased projectile speed by 25%. Increased casting speed by 0.1 second. Lowered aftercast animation lock by 0.2 seconds. Fixed an inconsistency with projectile behavior after bouncing. This skill now applies torment for 5 seconds to the first target struck and confusion for 5 seconds on subsequent hits to enemies. Allies hit gain might for 5 seconds and fury for 3 seconds.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies. The first hit applies torment, while subsequent hits to enemies apply confusion. Allies that the orb bounces to gain fury and might.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 81 (0.2)?
Fury.png Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Torment.png Torment (5s): 110 Damage, 159 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Confusion.png Confusion (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Winds of Chaos: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.3 to 0.2.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Damage.png Damage: 81 (0.2)?
Fury.png Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Bleeding.png Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage
Burning.png Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Torment.png Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

February 08, 2018

  • Winds of Chaos: Reduced bleeding duration from 7 seconds to 4 seconds.
    • Fixed a bug that caused clones using this skill to inflict vulnerability instead of torment.
    • Reduced torment duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Fury.png Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Bleeding.png Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage
Burning.png Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Torment.png Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

February 06, 2018

  • Winds of Chaos: Instead of inflicting vulnerability, this attack now has a chance to inflict 1 stack of torment for 5 seconds.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Fury.png Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Bleeding.png Bleeding (7s): 154 Damage
Burning.png Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Torment.png Torment (5s): 110 Damage, 159 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Mesmer skills that create bouncing projectiles will now have them bounce one additional time.
Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Fury.png Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Bleeding.png Bleeding (7s): 154 Damage
Burning.png Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Vulnerability.png Vulnerability (5s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 2
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

September 09, 2014

  • Winds of Chaos: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to only inflict 5 seconds of bleeding instead of 7 when used by clones.

October 15, 2013

Original version

Winds of Chaos.png

Winds of Chaos

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 1
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  
Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage.png Damage: 121 (0.3)?
Fury.png Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance
Might.png Might (5s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Bleeding.png Bleeding (7s): 154 Damage
Burning.png Burning (1s): 131 Damage
Vulnerability.png Vulnerability (5s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Bounces: 1
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description