Chaos Storm

Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and boons to allies. The first strike of the storm dazes foes. — In-game description

Chaos Storm

 

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Game link

API

10169

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35

 

Chaos Storm

Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and boons to allies. The first strike of the storm dazes foes.

 Damage: 133 (0.33)^?

 Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

 Resolution (3s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed

 Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

 Poison (4s): 134 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Daze: 1 second

 Duration: 5 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Ethereal

 Defiance Break: 100

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• This skill can hit enemies up to 6 times – with the first strike and then in 5 pulses over 5 seconds. The first strike and each pulse deal the listed damage and inflict either Chilled, Poison or Weakness on enemies while applying either Aegis, Resolution or Swiftness to allies. Additionally, the first strike also dazes enemies.

Related traits

See also: Interrupt#Related traits

Domination

• Illusion of Vulnerability — Inflict vulnerability when you interrupt a foe. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Dazzling — Dazing or stunning a foe also applies vulnerability.
• Furious Interruption — Gain quickness when you interrupt a foe.
• Vicious Expression — You and your illusions deal increased strike damage to foes without boons. Disabling a foe removes boons from them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Power Block — Interrupts deal damage and inflict weakness. Enemy skills that you interrupt have an increased cooldown. Cannot increase recharge of skills with no recharge or skills on creatures with defiance bars. This trait can only damage enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Dueling

• Duelist's Discipline — Pistol attacks from you and your illusions have a chance to cause bleeding. Interrupting a foe recharges pistol skills. This trait can only reduce recharge on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Superiority Complex — Your critical hits deal more damage. Critical hit damage against disabled foes, or foes below the health threshold, is further increased. Disabled foes are affected by stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, or launch.
• Ineptitude — Interrupting a foe inflicts blind, and blinding a foe inflicts confusion. This trait can only activate on enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Chaos

• Chaotic Potency — Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a staff. Staff and trident skills gain reduced recharge.
• Chaotic Interruption — When you interrupt a foe, recharge one of your equipped-weapon skills at random. Only affects weapon skills that are recharging.

Chronomancer

• Delayed Reactions — Disabling a foe slows them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. This trait can only affect the same enemy with once per interval.
• Time Catches Up — Activating a Shatter gives your illusions superspeed. Shatters deal increased damage to movement-impaired foes.

Virtuoso

• Jagged Mind — Blade attacks inflict bleeding on critical hits. A percentage of your condition damage dealt heals you.
• Psychic Riposte — Blocking or evading an attack stocks blades. Dodging stocks a blade and causes your next Bladesong to be unblockable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
May 11, 2021	Reduced recharge to 25 seconds in PvE only. The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
October 01, 2019	This skill now always dazes on the first strike but can no longer randomly daze on other strikes. Added a skill fact to show Chaos Storm's duration.
January 22, 2019	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from applying boons and conditions to players in a downed state.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Increased poison duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
January 21, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to stun enemies whether or not it dazed them when traited with Confounding Suggestions.
October 07, 2012	Increased recharge to 35 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Chaos Storm has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

See also

•   Lesser Chaos Storm