Guild Wars 2

So… how does Mimic work? It’s a four second channel, however if you get hit in the first second by a projectile, the channeling continues – do you keep absorbing? Then when you use Echo, does it shoot just the first projectile or all of them? And finally, what happens when you use it against a skill like Rapid Fire, where there are lots of projectiles?

I had trouble investigating myself because the ranged NPCs I found all had very slow attack timers (bandits).

Hey guys, hope it’s ok to bump this!

I did some testing of my own after I realised I could use the practice mobs at Hall of Memories. I tested it on Ranger and also sort-of tested on the Thief.

Current Tooltip
Mimic
Absorb a projectile attack to be redirected at a foe.
Duration: 4 s

[Chains into Echo]
Echo
Echo your mimic, shooting the stored projectile at your foe.
Range: 1,200

How it actually works
Mimic
Channel for 4 seconds
Apart from the first projectile that hits, REFLECT all incoming projectiles back to whomever shoots it
The first projectile does damage and applies effects to you as normal

Note 1: It’s projectiles, not skills – if you get hit with something like Rapid Fire, you will be damaged by the first projectile, then reflect the rest
Note 2: projectiles AREN’T Blocked (they’re reflected) – if you have Dueling III Mastery (Gain 3 seconds of retaliation whenever you block) Mimic won’t proc retaliation at all.

Echo
Fire the first projectile that you were hit with (the one you took damage for)
I believe the Echo uses your own stats for the projectile (e.g., if you were hit for 50 damage, your Echo won’t simply be 50 damage)

Note 3: Like above, if you absorb the first hit of a Rapid Fire like ability, which has multiple projectiles, Echo will only shoot one projectile, not a barrage