Guild Wars 2

Thanks man, that pretty much answers all my questions.

One last question though, if you have the answer:

For Diversion (the daze shatter) — do the clones daze individually on explosion? Like you could technically back-to-back daze someone 4x times in an ideal scenario?

So I’ve been leveling up a Mesmer and have some questions about “Shatter” abilities.
I originally thought that Shatters were entirely reliant on illusions, but after some quick testing I realized that I can actually Shatter with 0 illusions and still produce a minimum effect around my character

1) Are Shatters actually mainly based off your characters location? For example if I shatter with 3 illusions, is most of the damage based on an AoE around my characters location when I cast it?

2) My illusions run towards their targets and explode when I shatter. If I have 3 illusions and use Mind Wrack, will each of the illusions do extra damage? — or is that extra damage actually only applied to my own personal Shatter?

3) For spells other than Mind Wrack — for example Distortion — do I instantly get 3-4 seconds of Distortion (with 3 illusions) or does the distortion effect only apply once the illusions hit the target.

I originally thought it was simple, but now I think I completely misunderstood the entire mechanic of Shattering.