Blind

The visual effect of a blinded character : swarm of black dots in front of the eyes

Condition. While suffering from this ailment, your melee and missile attacks have 90% chance to "miss." Your projectiles also have a greater chance to stray from their intended target.

Concise description: Your melee and missile attacks have a 90% chance to miss. Your projectile spells also have a greater chance to stray from their intended target.

— In-game description

Related skills

Skills that cause blindness

• Belly Smash — if target is knocked down.
• Dust Trap
• Smoke Trap (elite)
• Throw Dirt
• Blinding Snow (during Wintersday)
• Ineptitude (elite) — if target attacks.
• Signet of Midnight (elite) — on yourself and target.
• Blinding Flash
• Blinding Surge (elite)
• Eruption
• Glimmering Mark (elite) — if foes use an attack skill
• Lightning Touch
• Ride the Lightning (elite)
• Shockwave (elite) — to adjacent foes only.
• Steam — if target is Burning.
• Blinding Powder
• Smoke Powder Defense
• Temple Strike (elite)
• Shadow Sanctuary (PvE-only) — on yourself.
• Unseen Fury — PvE version only.
• Blind Was Mingson
• Rupture Soul
• Shadowsong
• Weapon of Shadow — when ally is struck, the attacker is blinded.
• Gaze from Beyond — if within earshot of a spirit.
• Dust Cloak — end effect.
• Ebon Dust Aura (elite)
• Black Powder Mine (PvE-only)
• Raven Shriek (PvE-only — while using Raven Blessing (elite))
• Sneak Attack (PvE-only)

Skills that benefit from blindness

• Signet of Shadows
• Unseen Fury
• Unseen Fury (PvP)

Skills with blindness-dependent effects

• Slippery Ground

Skills that prevent blindness

• Sight Beyond Sight

Skills that remove blindness

See also: List of condition removal skills

• Antidote Signet
• Sight Beyond Sight
• Ebon Dust Aura (elite)
• Guiding Hands
• Raven Shriek (PvE-only — while using Raven Blessing (elite))

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki also has an article on Blind.

• Blind can virtually neutralize a physical attacker, because they only have a one in ten chance of hitting with attacks. Blind is very useful in both PvP and PvE, and can significantly reduce damage output from melee or ranged attackers.
• A Rune of Clarity and the inscription "I Can See Clearly Now" can be used to reduce Blind duration by 20% each.
• Your projectiles may stray slightly off course while blinded. This can be seen while blinded and using a projectile weapon (bow, staff) or projectile spell (Flare, Crippling Dagger) on a target. They sometimes lean to the left or right side of a target, if the target moves or stop moving this can cause "stray" or "dodge". Other misses will simply display as the word "miss".
• The visual indication of Blind is a swarm of black dots originating from the affected character's eyes.

See also

• Miss

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