Fast Casting

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Fast Casting is the primary attribute of Mesmers.

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Fast Casting decreases the casting time of your Spells. Additionally, each rank in this attribute decreases your Signet activation times by 3%.

— In-game description

[edit] Inherent effect

Spells
Attribute rank	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Casting time	100%	95%	91%	87%	83%	79%	76%	72%	69%	66%	63%	60%	57%	55%	52%	50%	48%	46%
Casting speed	100%	105%	110%	115%	120%	126%	132%	138%	145%	152%	159%	166%	174%	182%	191%	200%	209%	219%
Signets
Attribute rank	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Activation time	100%	97%	94%	91%	88%	85%	82%	79%	76%	73%	70%	67%	64%	61%	58%	55%	52%	49%

All values are rounded to the nearest percentage point.

[edit] Notes

• Fast Casting increases casting speed by ~4.73% per rank, increasing exponentially so that at rank 15, Mesmers take only half the time to cast spells as everyone else.
  • The casting time is reduced to 0.955^^Rank = 0.5 ½^^(Rank/15).
  • The percentages used in the table above have been rounded to whole numbers; the game uses full precision when calculating the casting times, rounding the results to the nearest millisecond.

• Casting time reduction for Signets progresses additively, rather than multiplicatively (as it does for spells), e.g. at Rank 5, activation time for Signets is 85% of the stated time while spells take only 79% of the time to cast.

[edit] Fast Casting skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
	Arcane Languor	Elite Hex Spell. (1...8...10 seconds.) Target foe's spells cause Exhaustion.	0	10	2	15		Factions
	Mantra of Recovery	Elite Stance. (5...17...20 seconds.) Your spells recharge 33% faster.	0	5	0	20		Core
	Persistence of Memory	Enchantment Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Your interrupted spells recharge instantly.	0	10	1	20		Nightfall
	Power Return	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: target foe gains 10...6...5 Energy.	0	5	0.25 ¼	5		Factions
	Psychic Instability	Elite Spell. Interrupts an action. Causes knock-down if interrupted action was a spell. 50% failure chance unless Fast Casting 5 or higher.	0	5	0.25 ¼	10		Factions
	Stolen Speed	Elite Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Target foe has +25% spell casting time. Spells you cast on target foe have -25% cast time.	0	5	1	3		Factions
	Symbolic Celerity	Enchantment Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Your signets activate 25...45...50% faster.	0	10	1	20		Nightfall
	Symbolic Posture	Stance. (5...17...20 seconds.) Your next signet recharges 20...68...80% faster.	0	10	0	20		Nightfall
	Symbols of Inspiration	Elite Skill. (1...25...31 seconds.) This skill becomes the Elite of target foe. Elite spells you cast use your Fast Casting attribute instead of their normal attributes.	0	5	1	15		Nightfall