Illusion Magic

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Illusion Magic is a mesmer secondary attribute.

No inherent effect. Many Mesmer skills, especially spells that deceive your foes and hinder their movement and attacks, become more effective with higher Illusion Magic.

–In-game description

[edit] Notes

Most of the abilities linked to this attribute are ones that deal with gradual effects over time (such as health degeneration, casting time increases, and snares).

[edit] Illusion Magic skills

Name	Description				Campaign
Accumulated Pain	Spell. Target foe takes 10...30...35 damage. If target foe is suffering from 2 or more Hexes, that foe suffers a Deep Wound for 5...17...20 seconds.	10	2	20	Factions
Air of Disenchantment	Elite Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes cast Enchantments 10...82...100% slower. When Air of Disenchantment ends, it removes one Enchantment from each affected foe.	10	0.25 ¼	20	Nightfall
Ancestor's Visage	Enchantment Spell. For 4...9...10 seconds, whenever target ally is hit by a melee attack, all adjacent foes lose all adrenaline and 3 Energy.	10	1	20	Factions
Arcane Conundrum	Hex Spell. For 5...13...15 seconds, Spells cast by target foe and all adjacent foes take twice as long to cast.	10	2	20	Core
Calculated Risk	Hex Spell. For 4...9...10 seconds, target foe has a 50% chance to miss with attacks but does +25...13...10 damage.	10	1	10	Eye of the North
Clumsiness	Hex Spell. For 4 seconds, target and adjacent foes are hexed with Clumsiness. The next time each foe attacks, the attack is interrupted and that foe suffers 10...76...92 damage.	10	2	10	Core
Confusing Images	Hex Spell. For 6 seconds, the next spell cast by target and all adjacent foes takes 45...121...140% longer to cast.	5	1	15	Eye of the North
Conjure Nightmare	Hex Spell. For 2...13...16 seconds, target foe suffers -8 Health degeneration.	15	1	5	Factions
Conjure Phantasm	Hex Spell. For 2...13...16 seconds, target foe experiences -5 Health degeneration.	10	1	5	Core
Crippling Anguish	Elite Hex Spell. For 8...18...20 seconds, target moves 50% slower and suffers -1...3...3 Health degeneration.	15	1	20	Core
Distortion	Stance. For 1...4...5 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block an attack this way, you lose 2 Energy or Distortion ends.	5	0	5	Prophecies
Ethereal Burden	Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe moves 50% slower. When Ethereal Burden ends, you gain 10...20...22 Energy.	15	1	30	Prophecies
Fevered Dreams	Elite Hex Spell. For 10...22...25 seconds, whenever target foe suffers from a new Condition, all foes in the area suffer from that Condition as well.	10	2	8	Prophecies
Fragility	Hex Spell. For 8...18...20 seconds, target foe takes 5...17...20 damage each time that foe suffers or recovers from a new Condition.	5	1	5	Core
Frustration	Hex Spell. For 5...17...20 seconds, target foe casts Spells 50% slower and takes 5...41...50 damage whenever interrupted.	10	1	15	Nightfall
Illusion of Haste	Enchantment Spell. For 5...10...11 seconds you are no longer Crippled, and you move 33% faster. When Illusion of Haste ends, you become Crippled for 15 seconds.	5	1	5	Core
Illusion of Pain	Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe has -3...9...10 Health degeneration. When Illusion of Pain ends, that foe is healed for 15 Health for each point of Health degeneration caused from this Spell.	10	1	5	Factions
Illusion of Weakness	Enchantment Spell. You lose 50...202...240 Health. Illusion of Weakness ends if damage drops your Health below 25% of your maximum. When Illusion of Weakness ends, you gain 50...202...240 Health.	10	2	30	Prophecies
Illusionary Weaponry	Elite Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, you deal no damage in melee, but whenever you attack in melee, target foe takes 8...34...40 damage.	15	1	25	Prophecies
Images of Remorse	Hex Spell. For 5...9...10 seconds, target foe suffers -1...3...3 Health degeneration. If that foe was attacking, that foe takes 10...44...52 damage.	5	2	5	Factions
Imagined Burden	Hex Spell. For 8...18...20 seconds, target foe moves 50% slower.	15	1	30	Core
Ineptitude	Elite Hex Spell. For 4 seconds, the next time target foe attacks, that foe takes 30...114...135 damage and becomes Blinded for 10 seconds.	10	1	20	Prophecies
Kitah's Burden	Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe moves 50% slower. When Kitah's Burden ends you gain 10...20...22 Energy.	15	1	30	Factions
Migraine	Elite Hex Spell. For 5...17...20 seconds, target foe suffers 1...3...3 Health degeneration and takes 100% longer to cast Spells.	10	2	15	Prophecies
Phantom Pain	Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe suffers -1...3...3 Health degeneration. When Phantom Pain ends, that foe suffers a Deep Wound, lowering that foe's maximum Health by 20% for 5...17...20 seconds.	10	2	15	Prophecies
Recurring Insecurity	Elite Hex Spell. For 1...8...10 seconds, target foe suffers from -1...3...3 Health degeneration. If that foe is Hexed again, Recurring Insecurity is reapplied.	10	1	25	Factions
Shared Burden	Elite Hex Spell. For 5...21...25 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes move 50% slower.	10	2	25	Factions
Shrinking Armor	Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe suffers from -1...3...4 Health degeneration. When this hex ends, that foe has Cracked Armor for 5...17...20 seconds.	5	1	8	Eye of the North
Signet of Clumsiness	Signet. If target foe is attacking, that foe is interrupted and takes 15...51...60 damage.	0	0.25 ¼	15	Nightfall
Signet of Illusions	Elite Signet. Your next 1...3...3 Spells use your Illusion attribute instead of its normal attribute.	0	2	5	Nightfall
Soothing Images	Hex Spell. For 8...18...20 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes cannot gain adrenaline.	15	2	5	Core
Sum of All Fears	Hex Spell. For 5...17...20 seconds, target foe moves, attacks, and casts Spells 20% slower.	10	2	10	Eye of the North
Sympathetic Visage	Enchantment Spell. For 4...9...10 seconds, whenever target ally is hit by a melee attack, all adjacent foes lose all adrenaline and 3 Energy.	10	1	20	Prophecies
Wandering Eye	Hex Spell. For 4 seconds, the next time target foe attacks, that attack is interrupted and all nearby foes take 10...76...92 damage.	10	2	10	Eye of the North