Guild Wars 2

What happens when I use mimic and charge a mantra. How does that compare to when I use mimic and use a mantra charge. Similarly, if I use mimic and cast portal entre, then I cast portal exeunt, is the recharge on entre 72 or 1? And for the reverse if I cast portal entre, then cast mimic, then cast portal exeunt, what is the effect?

Mimic is scripted to only affect mantra actives. If you cast a mantra active it will recharge in 1 second (generally I wouldn’t advise this since most mantra actives recharge in 1-2s). If you use a mantra preparation skill while Mimic is active nothing happens since the preparation skill goes away to be replaced with the active.

Portal is a special case for Mimic. Only Portal Exeunt will consume the Mimic charge and it will cause the portal entrance skill to recharge in 1 second. You can cast mimic, then portal entrance without consuming the mimic charge.

I never even thought about that… Good question!

Robert Gee.9246:

Mimic is scripted to only affect mantra actives. If you cast a mantra active it will recharge in 1 second (generally I wouldn’t advise this since most mantra actives recharge in 1-2s). If you use a mantra preparation skill while Mimic is active nothing happens since the preparation skill goes away to be replaced with the active.

Portal is a special case for Mimic. Only Portal Exeunt will consume the Mimic charge and it will cause the portal entrance skill to recharge in 1 second. You can cast mimic, then portal entrance without consuming the mimic charge.

Thanks for clearing that up Robert. It’s a shame that mimic doesn’t have a more helpful interaction with mantras, but I understand how it’s a bit of an odd interaction there.

Robert Gee.9246:

Mimic is scripted to only affect mantra actives. If you cast a mantra active it will recharge in 1 second (generally I wouldn’t advise this since most mantra actives recharge in 1-2s). If you use a mantra preparation skill while Mimic is active nothing happens since the preparation skill goes away to be replaced with the active.

Portal is a special case for Mimic. Only Portal Exeunt will consume the Mimic charge and it will cause the portal entrance skill to recharge in 1 second. You can cast mimic, then portal entrance without consuming the mimic charge.

If you use mimic before using the last charge will the cooldown for the mantra be affected? Also can you gives us a heads up on the functionality for mimic and mantras when f5 is concerned? Which takes priority, mimic or f5?