Guild Wars 2

I’m trying to better understand my profession and there are some details I think need better documentation. I’ve been lead to believe that some conditions are applied when you overwrite an illusion.

So I have to ask..

I get what ‘on shatter’ effects are.
I get what ‘on kill’ effects are.

But what is overwriting illusions considered? On kill? Certainly not a shatter and yet something i’m reading suggests overwritten illusions causes conditions (on certain builds).

Ideas?

Mercator.1827:

I’m trying to better understand my profession and there are some details I think need better documentation. I’ve been lead to believe that some conditions are applied when you overwrite an illusion.

So I have to ask..

I get what ‘on shatter’ effects are.
I get what ‘on kill’ effects are.

But what is overwriting illusions considered? On kill? Certainly not a shatter and yet something i’m reading suggests overwritten illusions causes conditions (on certain builds).

Ideas?

Yes, overwriting is considered on kill for purposes of certain traits that take advantage of clone death IE. Crippling dissipation and Debilitating Dissipation.

Shattering only occurs when…

• …a clone succesfully detonates a shatter effect
• …a player with Illusory persona activates a shatter.

Clone death triggers when an illusion is…

• …is killed by hostile action (Even if the clone is en route to a shatter)
• …is over-written by a new clone
• …despawns due to it’s target dying
• …despawns due to the player leaving the area or being transformed.

The two effects are mutually exclusive. There is no way for the same clone to both shatter, and trigger an on-death effect simultaneously.

So many thanks for your responses. Thank you thank you thank you..

Now to fiddle with my build..