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August 23, 2022

  • Chaos Armor: (PvE only) Recharge reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
Chaos Armor.png

Chaos Armor

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 4
Game link
20 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
 
Chaos Armor

Blind and confuse nearby foes while you gain chaos aura. Chaos aura grants you a random boon and inflicts your foe with a random condition whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Confusion.png3 Confusion on Cast (5s): 165 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use
Blinded.png Blindness on Cast (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Protection.png Protection When Hit (3s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regeneration When Hit (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness When Hit (5s): +33% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness on Attackers (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Confusion.png Confusion on Attackers (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple on Attackers (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 240

— In-game description

May 11, 2021

  • Chaos Armor: Reduced recharge to 25 seconds. This skill no longer applies a random condition to nearby foes when cast. Instead, it now applies blindness and confusion to nearby foes when cast.
Chaos Armor.png

Chaos Armor

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 4
Game link
25 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Blind and confuse nearby foes while you gain chaos aura. Chaos aura grants you a random boon and inflicts your foe with a random condition whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Confusion.png3 Confusion on Cast (5s): 165 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use
Blinded.png Blindness on Cast (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Protection.png Protection When Hit (3s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regeneration When Hit (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness When Hit (5s): +33% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness on Attackers (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Confusion.png Confusion on attackers (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple on Attackers (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 240

— In-game description

October 15, 2019

  • Chaos Armor: Fixed a bug in which the effect granted by this skill was incorrectly called Chaos Armor instead of Chaos Aura.

February 22, 2017

  • Chaos Armor: Reduced recharge to 30 seconds.
    • This skill now applies a random condition (confusion, cripple, or weakness) to nearby foes when activated.
Chaos Armor.png

Chaos Armor

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 4
Game link
30 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Apply a random condition to nearby foes and gain chaos armor. Chaos armor gives you random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Protection.png Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness (5s): +33% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Confusion.png Confusion (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Radius.png Radius: 240

— In-game description

January 26, 2016

  • Chaos Armor: This skill no longer blinds enemies. It will instead apply weakness to them for 3 seconds. The applied duration for swiftness and confusion has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
Chaos Armor.png

Chaos Armor

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 4
Game link
35 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Protection.png Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness (5s): +33% Movement Speed
Weakness.png Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Confusion.png Confusion (5s): 55 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

— In-game description

December 01, 2015

  • Chaos Armor: The visual effects have been replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise.

October 21, 2014

  • Chaos Armor: Removed the range indicator from this skill.

May 20, 2014

  • Chaos Armor: Increased the culling priority on this effect.

July 09, 2013

  • Chaos Armor: This skill no longer automatically applies protection when activated. This buff now provides an equal chance to trigger regeneration, swiftness, or protection on hit with a 1-second internal recharge. The random condition applied now has a 1-second internal recharge per target. These changes apply to the Chaos Armor provided through combo finishers as well.
Chaos Armor.png

Chaos Armor

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Weapon
Staff
 
Weapon slot 4
Game link
35 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Protection.png Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed
Confusion.png Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

October 07, 2012

35 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Chaos Aura.png Chaos Aura (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Protection.png Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed
Confusion.png Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Original version

40 Recharge time  
Chaos Armor

Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Duration.png Duration: 5 seconds
Protection.png Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regeneration.png Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Swiftness.png Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed
Confusion.png Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description