Guild Wars 2

The description for Basilisk Venom only gives “turn to stone” as the effect, with no details of what that means. Trial demonstrates that it prevents enemy movement and action during the “stoned” duration. Can anyone comment on whether it also stops skill recharge?

Before the recent patch, it was basically a Stun that didn’t count as a Stun for the purposes of game mechanics. Basically you were hit with a Stun that couldn’t be cured. This caused prevented a player from moving or using abilities. However their abilities would still recharge like normal.

I haven’t played my Thief alt since the patch. From what I can understand, it’s now an official Stun. The special “can’t be cured” aspect has been removed and nothing has been really added back. It’s just a 1 second cast time Stun which last for 1.5 seconds and only triggers if you hit your enemy. As before, enemy abilities will still recharge normally while under the Stun effect.