Illusion of Pain

Hex Spell. For 8 seconds, target foe has -3...9...10 Health degeneration and takes 3...9...10 damage each second. When Illusion of Pain ends, that foe is healed for 36...103...120.

This skill has a PvP-only version — see Illusion of Pain (PvP).

Illusion of Pain

• 10
• 2
• 5

Profession

Mesmer

Attribute

Illusion Magic

Type

Hex spell

Campaign

Factions

Animation

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Hex Spell. For 8 seconds, target foe has -3...9...10 Health degeneration and takes 3...9...10 damage each second. When Illusion of Pain ends, that foe is healed for 36...103...120.

Concise description

Hex Spell. (8 seconds.) Causes -3...9...10 Health degeneration and target foe takes 3...9...10 damage each second. End effect: that foe is healed for 36...103...120.

Progression
Illusion Magic Health degeneration Damage each second Healing	0 3 3 36 1 3 3 42 2 4 4 47 3 4 4 53 4 5 5 58 5 5 5 64 6 6 6 70 7 6 6 75 8 7 7 81 9 7 7 86 10 8 8 92 11 8 8 98 12 9 9 103 13 9 9 109 14 10 10 114 15 10 10 120 16 10 10 126 17 11 11 131 18 11 11 137 19 12 12 142 20 12 12 148 21 13 13 154

Acquisition

Skill trainers

• Factions
  • Michiko (Kaineng Center)

Signet of Capture

• Eye of the North
  • Waray Skullflayer (Sparkfly Swamp)

Related skills

• Glimmering Mark (elite)
• Renewing Surge
• Smoldering Embers

Notes

• This skill will cause maximum health degeneration at rank 14 and above.
• The healing effect scales to be ~50% of the hex's maximum damage potential. For example, at rank 12, the skill will inflict a maximum of 216 damage, healing 113 points when it ends.
• You can increase the duration of the hex, increasing the net damage without affecting the amount of healing:
  • Using Mantra of Persistence.
  • By re-applying the hex before it runs out.
• Removing the hex early (e.g. via Cure Hex) will trigger the healing. Use a cover hex to prevent this.
• The healing caused by Illusion of Pain does not trigger Scourge Healing.
• The AI only uses this skill on targets whose health is below two thirds of maximum.

Damage comparison

The following table shows the total damage done to the target if the hex lasts the full duration, with and without the end healing.

Attribute rank	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Total Damage	72	72	96	96	120	120	144	144	168	168	192	192	216	216	240	240	240	248*	248*	256*	256*	264*
Net Total Damage	36	30	49	43	62	56	74	69	87	82	100	94	113	107	126	120	114	117*	111*	114*	108*	110*

* = Assuming only 10 pips of health degeneration due to cap.