Interrupt effect

Interrupt effect is the term for game mechanics triggered by an interrupt.

Game mechanics

Certain skills which interrupt also have an effect that occurs along with the interruption. All interruption skills which feature an additional effect fall into the category of spells, signets or attack skills. The behavior of these skills is noted below:

Spells and Signets that cause direct interruption

• Any spell or signet that causes direct interruption and has an effect in addition to its interruption will trigger that additional effect so long as the condition for interruption is met and so long as that additional effect is not a knockdown.
  • This means that, if Power Spike is used on a target who is casting a spell or chant, and that spell or chant is not interrupted, that target will still take damage.
    • However, skills such as Psychic Instability and Signet of Clumsiness will not knockdown a target who is not interrupted.

Attack Skills that cause direct interruption

• Any attack skill which causes direct interruption will also cause its additional effects so long as the condition for interruption is met and so long as that additional effect is not an increased disable time.
  • In the case of Exhausting Assault, a target who is casting a spell yet is not interrupted will still suffer overcast .
  • In the case of Distracting Shot, a target who is using a skill yet is not interrupted will not have that skill become disabled.
  • In the case of Savage Slash, a target who is casting a spell yet is not interrupted will still receive additional damage.

Hexes that cause interruption upon a condition being met

• There are five hex skills which conditionally cause an interruption.
  • Clumsiness and Wandering Eye are immune to all forms of interruption prevention. A target who is hexed with either of these spells will always be interrupted and suffer the respective damage.
  • Shivers of Dread and its duplicate cause energy loss regardless of interruption so long as the condition for interruption is met.
    • Rust is technically a hex spell, yet unlike the above hex spells, causes a direct interruption, and so behaves in line with the aforementioned category of spells and signets.

Anomalies

• In the case of Frustration, the additional damage will be dealt regardless of interruption so long as the skill used to interrupt meets its own condition for interruption.
• In the case of Simple Thievery, if a skill is prevented from being interrupted (i.e under the effects of Mantra of Concentration), that skill will not be disabled and Simple Thievery will not become a copy of that skill.

Interrupts with a secondary effect

These interrupt skills cause a secondary effect.

This list or table is known or strongly suspected to be incomplete or missing data.

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
	Complicate	Spell. Interrupt a skill. Interruption effect: disables interrupted skill (+5...11...12 seconds) for target foe and all foes in the area.	0	1010	00.250.25¼	02020		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Factions
	Concussion Shot	Bow Attack. Interrupts a spell. Interruption effect: inflicts Dazed condition (5...17...20 seconds). Hits for only 1...13...16 damage.	0	2525	00.500.5½	0055		rangera	MarksmanshipZ	Core
	Cry of Frustration	Spell. If target foe is using a skill, that foe and all foes in the area are interrupted and take 15...63...75 damage.	0	1010	00.250.25¼	01515		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Core
	Disarm	Sword Attack. Interrupts target foe. Interruption effect: disables this foe's attack skills (0...2...3 second[s]) if that action was an attack.	0	055	00.500.5½	02020		warriora	StrengthZ	Eye of the North
	Disrupting Chop	Axe Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: interrupted skill is disabled for +20 seconds.	6	0	0	0		warriora	Axe MasteryZ	Core
	Disrupting Lunge	Pet Attack. Deals +1...10...12 damage. Interrupts a skill. Interruption effect: interrupted skill is disabled for +20 seconds.	0	055	0	02020		rangera	Beast MasteryZ	Core
	Disrupting Shot	Bow Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: +10...34...40 damage if you interrupt a skill.	0	1010	00.500.5½	01515		rangera	MarksmanshipZ	Eye of the North
	Disrupting Stab	Lead Attack. Interrupts an action. If the interrupted action was a spell, it is disabled (3...9...10 seconds).	0	055	0	01010		assassina	Dagger MasteryZ	Factions
	Distracting Shot	Bow Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: interrupted skill is disabled for +20 seconds. Hits for only 1...13...16 damage.	0	055	00.500.5½	01010		rangera	ExpertiseZ	Core
	Distracting Strike	Melee Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: Disables interrupted skill (20 seconds) if target foe has Cracked Armor. Deals no damage.	0	055	00.500.5½	01515		warriora	Z	Eye of the North
	Exhausting Assault	Dual Attack. Interrupts an action. Inflicts 10 Overcast if the interrupted action was a spell. Must follow a lead attack.	0	055	00.500.5½	0088		assassina	Dagger MasteryZ	Factions
	Leech Signet	Signet. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: you gain 3...13...15 Energy if the action was a spell.	0	0	00.250.25¼	03030		mesmera	Inspiration MagicZ	Core
	Lyssa's Assault	Scythe Attack. Interrupts an action. If you are enchanted, the interrupted skill is disabled for an additional 1...8...10 second[s]. This attack does 50% of normal damage.	0	055	00.500.5½	01515		dervisha	Scythe MasteryZ	Nightfall
	Magebane Shot	Elite Bow Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: an interrupted spell is disabled for +10 seconds. Unblockable.	0	1010	00.500.5½	0055		rangera	Z	Nightfall
	Power Drain	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: you gain 1...25...31 Energy.	0	055	00.250.25¼	02020		mesmera	Inspiration MagicZ	Core
	Power Flux	Elite Hex Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: -2 Energy degeneration (4...9...10 seconds).	0	1010	00.250.25¼	01010		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Nightfall
	Power Leak	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: causes 3...14...17 Energy loss.	0	1010	00.250.25¼	02020		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Prophecies
	Power Leech	Elite Hex Spell. Interrupt a spell or a chant. Interruption effect: steal 5...13...15 Energy whenever target foe casts a spell (10 seconds).	0	055	00.250.25¼	02020		mesmera	Inspiration MagicZ	Factions
	Power Lock	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: interrupted spell or chant is disabled for +5...11...13 seconds.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01212		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Eye of the North
	Power Return	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: target foe gains 10...6...5 Energy.	0	055	00.250.25¼	0077		mesmera	Fast CastingZ	Factions
	Power Spike	Spell. Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: deals 30...102...120 damage.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01212		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Core
	Psychic Distraction	Elite Spell. Interrupts a skill. Interruption effect: disables interrupted skill (+5...11...12 seconds). Your other skills are disabled (8 seconds).	0	1010	00.250.25¼	0022		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Factions
	Psychic Instability	Elite Spell. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: if the action is a skill, cause knockdown for 2...4...4 seconds on target foe and all nearby foes. 50% failure chance unless Fast Casting 5 or higher.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01212		mesmera	Fast CastingZ	Factions
	Savage Shot	Bow Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: deals +13...25...28 damage if action was a spell.	0	1010	00.500.5½	0055		rangera	MarksmanshipZ	Core
	Savage Slash	Sword Attack. Interrupts an action. Interruption effect: deals +1...32...40 damage if action was a spell.	0	055	00.500.5½	01515		warriora	SwordsmanshipZ	Core
	Signet of Clumsiness	Signet. Interrupts an attack for target foe and all adjacent foes. Interruption effect: deals 15...51...60 damage; knocks down foes using attack skills.	0	0	00.250.25¼	0088		mesmera	Illusion MagicZ	Nightfall
	Signet of Disruption	Signet. Interrupts a spell. Can interrupt any skill if target foe is hexed. Interruption effect: deals 10...43...51 damage.	0	0	00.250.25¼	01515		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Factions
	Signet of Distraction	Signet. Interrupts a spell. Interruption effect: target foe's spell is disabled for 1...4...5 seconds for each signet you have equipped.	0	0	00.250.25¼	01515		mesmera	Domination MagicZ	Eye of the North
	Skull Crack	Elite Melee Attack. Interrupts an action. Inflicts Dazed condition (10 seconds) if target is casting a spell.	9	0	00.500.5½	0		warriora	Z	Prophecies
	Tease	Elite Spell. Interrupts a skill. Interruption effect: also interrupts other foes in the area, and you steal 0...4...5 Energy from all foes in the area.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01515		mesmera	Inspiration MagicZ	Nightfall
	Temple Strike	Elite Off-Hand Attack. Interrupts a spell. Inflicts Dazed and Blindness conditions (1...8...10 seconds). Must follow a lead attack.	0	1515	0	02020		assassina	Dagger MasteryZ	Factions
	Web of Disruption	Hex Spell. (10 seconds.) Initial effect: interrupts a skill. End effect: interrupts a skill.	0	055	00.250.25¼	01515		mesmera	Z	Nightfall