Guild Wars 2

When I’m fighting more than one mob at once I’ve noticed that sometimes an illusion sticks around after the mob I’m targeting dies, and continues to fight the other mobs. I thought illusions die when the target dies. Does this have something to do with my using AoE skills?

do you have the dodge to create a clone talent? because i’m fairly certain they stick around due to not needing a target to be created

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this happen. Do you use Deceptive Evasion (clone create on dodge)? Sometimes, the clone you create targets a different enemy than the one you have targeted (seems to attack the closest enemy, not target). So if you kill your target, they will still be attacking their initial target (different from yours).

This could be what’s causing the anomaly you describe.

If he used the dodge ability, it targeted a different mob, but the one it was currently fighting targeted it for some reason and the dodge clone fought back. This has happened to me before.

My mesmer is only 13 so has no traits yet. I use staff a lot, Phase Retreat often.

I’ve seen it happen too, I thought it was lag maybe. Like, I casted mirror images right as something died but there was a MOB in the distance but close to the middle of the screen.