after the preview of Gen 26th patch i’d like an opinion to this hypothesis of massive trait/skills modification i wrote down about 1 month ago.
DOMINATION:
rending shatter:2 stacks of vulnerability instead of 1;remove 1 boon per hit;
confounding suggestions:5s cooldown of this trait activates after the use of a single skill,(this way cry of frustation can fully exploit the cc conversion);
shattered concentration becomes phantasmal ruthlessness: hitting an enemy under 50% hp cast a phantasmal rogue on that enemy(cd 20s);
furious interruption becomes retaliatory interruption:interrupting an enemy creates a clone at the enemy location(cd 5s);
mental anguish becomes wastrel’s penalty:5% damage to foes;an additional +10% to foe’s who aren’t using skills/attacking;
DUELING:
duelist’s discipline: 3 stacks of bleeding if the enemy is attacking;
evasive mirror becomes magician’s surprise:daze 1s at the end of a dodge roll(cd 20s,radius 180)
harmonious mantra:same effect but instead of the buff:1% damage for every readied charge
mistrust:whenever you interrupt a foe u get 5stacks of might(5s) and grant 1stack of might(10s) to allies around the interrupted foe(radius 240)
CHAOS:
metaphysical rejuvenation becomes compounding rejuvenation:every 3 self applied boons you you gain 2s of regeneration
illusionary membrane becomes metaphysical defence:every 5 self applied boons you gain 1s of resistance
illusonary defence becomes wealth’s return:gain your illusion’s boons when you use a shatter skill(cd 10s);quickness 1s,protection 2s,resistance 2,fury2s,stability 3s,swift 3s,vigor 2s,aegis 2s,retaliation 3s,might 5s
master of manipulations:mirror arcane thievery(30s cd) on the nearest enemy
mirror of anguish:reflecting a cc effect on an enemy with stability halves this trait cooldown
chaotic interruption becomes wizard’s supremacy:hitting an enemy with three or more boons while you hp is above 75% cast a disenchanter on that enemy(cd 20s)
bountiful disillusionment:reduce the duration of the might from 15s to 10s
INSPIRATION:
healing prism becomes phantasmal departure: shattering a phantasm heals the allies around of a percentage of phantasm remaining hp(3% in pve means:174,63 normal phantasms/374,28 defender)
persisting images:illusions regain all their hp if killed.once per illusion.shatters don’t trigger this trait
temporal enchanter:superspeed replaced by 1 stack of stability for 3s
ILLUSIONS:
compounding power becomes malicious juggling:phantasms take one of your condition upon creation;phantasms transfer one condition to the enemy when shattered
shattered strengthbecomes wastrel’s demise:hitting an enemy that isn’t attacking/using skills cast a phantasmal mage on that enemy(cd 30s)
phantasmal haste becomes chaotically empowered armor:illusions take 2% less damage for every boon and condition on the enemy
master of fragmentation becomes shatter master:master of fragmentation merged with shattered strength
malicious sorcery:scepter skills have a 25% chance to inflict confusion 2 stack(6s>8) around the target(radius 240)(cd 8s).reduce recharge to scepter skills.
UTILITIES:
signet of inspiration:active copy 5 boons to nearby allies;
signet of illusions passive:double illusions hp.
signet of domination active:convert up to 5 boons in 2 stacks of vulnerability 10s per boon.
veil:removed combo field light,becomes invisibile to the enemies.grants 3s stealth and inflicts 3s revealed to the enemies.cd:70s
disenchanter:instead of removing boons/curing conditions,it steals boons/absorbs conditions(1 boon/condition each bounce)
illusion of life:the buff is lost even if the ally succesfully revive a downed/dead ally
RUNE OF CHRONOMANCER:should be power+FEROCITY
WEAPONS:
sword’s swap(addition):damage 300
staff’s phantasmal warlock:+10%dmg per condition on the target 10stacks vulnerability(6s duration)
theorybalancing mesmer
Some interesting ideas – not sure I agree with some of them though.
I particularly like “Phantasmal Ruthlesness” and “Persisting Images”, although the Persisting Images change should push it to Grandmaster status and swap with one of the traits there.