Talk:Arcane Languor

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What Arcane Languor icon means? look like a female model touching her "chest" and turned 90º right. -- NeHoMaR  09:43, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * means they were high and wasted wen they made Guild Wars 24.141.45.72 22:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * LMFAO!! Exactly Close Impact 17:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, some of their skill art is funny if you look at it a certain way. Fortunately, you can't have [[Image:Divine_Spirit.jpg]][[Image:Vampirism.jpg]] and [[Image:Arcane_Languor.jpg]] on the same skill bar. - Elder Angelus 14:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes you can. Me/Rt with skill stealing skill, steal divine spirit. 82.34.128.19 03:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If my boobs were that big, I'd be tired too. Xiaoling
 * Actually, Vampirism is a PvE only skills so any mo/me or me/mo can have those on their bar ;D  S entry007  [[Image:User Sentry007 sig.png|19px]] 23:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No. But if you are real smooth, you can be mo/rt or rt/mo. Paddymew 18:55, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * If you take a look at File:Arcane Languor (large).jpg, you can see she's in a "I'm trying to push myself off the ground" sort of pose, not grabbing herself. Langour is like depressed exahustion or fatigue off the top of my head, so it fits. Also, I thought she was wearing Mesmer Enchanter, Elite Enchanter, or Elite Canthan, but I didn't remember the backs of any of those properly and I can't find anything in the game with back straps like that except maybe ranger underwear tops. ^_^. --Star Weaver 19:20, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Whats wrong withHubbard 19:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like an ejaculation. Paddymew 21:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

When Exhaustion is Applied

 * Is the exhaustion applied when the spell casting begins, or after the spell is successfully cast? I was just wondering if I should interrupt them after I cast this, or let them cast and get Exhausted?
 * Exhaustion occurs at the beginning of the cast. 65.185.121.217

 B y  a  k  k  o   11:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC) So you can use guilt with this skill and still have both effects? Yes to the Guilt. Materia user 16:13, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

This skill is stacked

 * As a monk in RA, I get this skill thrown on me all of the time. I honestly Have not figured out anything that can counter it. Cast two or three spells and it is like blackout for your whole skill bar... FOR 20 SECONDS. Even when I realize it is on me, and cast stuff like Zealous Benediction just to keep myself alive I quickly accumulate way too much exhaustion. Now I'm not going to pretend to be a world class monk, but when any retard can cast this on you and cover it with some dummy hex, then watch as you get pounded by some dervish or assassin leads me to believe that this skill needs a nerf. Loser223 21:29, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Even by ZoS standards, you're bad. 82.34.128.19 03:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Er.. this skill has a very easy counter to it. The skill is named "Contemplation of Purity." Just Cast Patient Spirit on yourself and that skill which would automatically remove this Hex (no matter how many points they have invested into fast casting). Also Pre-Veiling just on yourself is very helpful and cover it with guardian once the match starts.William Wallace 09:03, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

In theory, that is. Good mesmers bypass that very easily.152.226.6.203 01:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Holy Veil + Contemplation removes two hexes. Hex and cover, VoR and Backfire, etc. Very good counter.  Raine  - talk  11:10, 24 November 2008 (UTC)


 * That said, not every monk should have to take Contemplation of Purity just in case someone throws Arcane Langour on you imo. 86.26.88.229 16:46, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If you go RA try to bring: Contemplation of Purity(Prophecies)1/4[[Image:Tango-activation-darker.png]], (pre-veiling)Holy Veil and/or Peace and Harmony(Prophecies)1/4[[Image:Tango-activation-darker.png]], if your answer is still no, then... just buy Prophecies(Anet got you by the...!) or rely on the 1 second casting removal hex skills or just pre-vail. There isnt much option in quick hex removal.--ShadowFog 16:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Glyph of Swiftness
With high FC, Arcane Languor can be kept up almost continuously on a target with GoS, sounds good in combination with a decent cover hex and WW. <>96.8.185.183 03:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Fast Casting?
This sounds like it should be in Illusion Magic instead of Fast Casting.
 * Not if you view it like this: An enemy casts a lot of spells fast and then they're out of energy due to exhaustion! Paddymew 19:01, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Secret Exaustion has nothing to do with Illusion Magic. It would go in Domination Magic, but is in a primary attribute to prevent secondary abuse (and too much synergy with other Domination spells). This way it requires an attribute spread so you actually have the energy for it. <>Sparky, the Tainted 21:49, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I Like It
While doing the Raisu Palace mission for my first time I had this thrown on my Elementalist nuker. At that time I had never gotten very far with any Mesmer, so I didn't know of this skill. I had it on me and in the confusion of a very large fight with a poor team, I didn't know that it was on me at first, or what it did. Before I knew it I was down at zero mana from an original base mana count of ~95. Having said all that, I was thoroughly impressed with this skill and I think it is very powerful. Granted, that may constitute a 'nerf' where Guild Wars is concerned, but if you were a spellcaster in a fantasy world, I think you might take some time to develop a spell with these capabilities. - Ara Ara 22:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Like any punishing skill, it becomes very weak when the target just stops doing anything. I've destroyed SS and VoR builds by just only using my vital skills.  This skill has limited usefulness in that it is rather easy to remove for an experienced monk (the most likely target), especially with Holy Veil. If you aren't paying attention to what Hexes are on you, you deserve the result. --Curse You [[Image:User Curse You sig icon.png|Curse You]] (talk|contribs) 15:56, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * PvE-wise, it's great for bosses. Paddymew 21:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It isn't weak if the target has to stop doing things.. shutting down a target is good no? 193.190.253.144 09:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * A single hex should never "shut down" any half-decent monk. At most it would inconvenience them, right until they remove it. Even hex stacking wouldn't work very well with Peace and Harmony monks being quite common. Perhaps if continuously cast on the same target it could do some damage, but frankly there are faster ways of messing up your target, namely Power Block. --Curse You [[Image:User Curse You sig icon.png|Curse You]] (talk|contribs) 08:15, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Even if the monk has Peace and Harmony and uses it right after seeing the hex, since the exhaustion is applied at the beguinning of casting, they'll eat a "deep wound" of 10 energy points wich dissipates at 1/4 the normal energy gain and persists after death. Few monks use veil (-1 energy pip hurts) and even fewer know when to use it, usually wasting it on any medium power hex (Like Illusion of Pain or Frustration). It's utility, together with skill disabling spells like Diversion, becomes even greater in Alliance Battles, Jade Quarry and Asperwood, where enemies resurrect a lot with full health and energy but do not recharge skills nor heal from exhaustion. 88.6.91.157 13:34, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

nah I prefer this over P-block. most especially on monks seeing as many of there spells are fast anyways. at best they exhaust themselves before they knew what happened. at worst they stop casting for the duration of this spell i used this on a monk the other day and when he stopped casting i killed some other targets, he had to choose whether to let them die or exhaust himself. even if he was dehexing, with 16 fast cast, i had plenty of time to bring in some pain. the main downside to this skill, is that it is in fast casting, and not many skills are in fast casting.Roflmaomgz 17:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Fast Casting 7 to 9 is the ideal level in almost any build (unless you're only using one other attribute). At that level, the duration of Arcane Languor is terrible (5 or 6). You require a fairly large investment into Fast Casting to get a decent duration out of this skill, unlike Power Block which is still rather effective with only 9 Domination Magic. The only big downside to P-Block is it requires an interrupt, easily overcome by knowing what to interrupt (not trying to interrupt a 1/4 or 3/4 cast spell). --Curse You [[Image:User Curse You sig icon.png|Curse You]] (talk|contribs) 19:33, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with you on all your points, when i was using this skill I only had one other attribute to worry about, so this was buffed up to 16, without high levels you are correct, this skill blows.

Attributes aside however, if I had to choose a high level power block or a high level langour to use against a monk i'd take langour. against all other classes, P Block all the way.


 * The issue is that mesmers that run this also have 6 other skill slots. What do they put in them?  Dangerous hexes and energy management to fuel those dangerous hexes.  If you're ripping this off every time with Veil, you're just eating shame/diversion/IoP chains all day.  Hex stacking: fun and interesting gameplay.  [[Image:User_Raine_R.gif|19px]]  is for   Raine,   etc.  11:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC)