Guild Wars 2

The illusion rarely ever spawns. I press the button and are treated to a nice 12 second cooldown without anything happening.

You cannot use it to initiate combat due to its unpredictability. If this worked properly the 1h sword abilities would be awesome.

Does this happen to anyone else?

It does work, but the range is shorter than you’d expect (it used to be a lot farther). You’re right that you can’t use it to initiate combat. I generally move in close, spawn the clone, immediately swap to root the target, then open up with #2.

So you need to be within the 600 range or else the whole move fizzles? When i use the ability there is no red bar beside it on the skill bar (indicating that i am in range).

I find when it does work. I can send my illusion at the target, let it cripple then detonate it with mind wrack. Even after it has exploded i am still able to swap to the location and use blurred frenzy.

Yup, you need to be within range to spawn a clone, otherwise you’ll just trigger the full cooldown.

I believe the range can be a little weird. Sometimes if you’re near max range but not in combat with your target, things won’t spawn. It’s not the smoothest skill in the world. I’d rather it worked like the Staff’s clone summon instead of the “summon→leap” thing.

You do have about 4s after you’ve used the skill to Swap,regardless of the state of your clone. I personally like that; it’s like a mini teleport.