Chaos Vortex/history
July 18, 2023
- Chaos Vortex: This skill no longer applies alacrity and now applies fury to nearby allies.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts damaging conditions on foes. Allies near you gain boons. Clones using this attack grant their boons around you instead of themselves.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Player Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Clone Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Player Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Clone Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Player Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Clone Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage
- 2
- Fury (1 ½s): +20% Critical Chance
- Number of Targets: 5
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
June 27, 2023
- Chaos Vortex: Reduced clone bleeding and torment duration from 8 seconds to 4 seconds.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts damaging conditions on foes. Allies near you gain boons. Clones using this attack grant their boons around you instead of themselves.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Player Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Clone Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Player Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Clone Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Player Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Clone Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage
- Alacrity (1s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate
Clone Alacrity ( ½s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate- 2
- Number of Targets: 5
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
May 02, 2023
- Chaos Vortex: Reduced duration of alacrity granted by clones from 1 second to 0.5 seconds in PvE only.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes. Allies near the caster gain boons.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Player Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Clone Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Alacrity (1s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate
Clone Alacrity ( ½s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate- 2
- Number of Targets: 5
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
November 29, 2022
- Chaos Vortex: Clones using this skill will now grant the same boons in an area of effect around the mesmer instead of around the clones themselves. Reduced alacrity duration from 2.5 seconds to 1 second. Reduced might stacks from 8 to 2.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes. Allies near the caster gain boons.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Player Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Clone Confusion (3s): 33 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Alacrity (1s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate
- 2
- Number of Targets: 5
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 28, 2022
- Chaos Vortex: Maximum targets reduced from 10 to 5.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes. Allies near the caster gain boons.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- 8
- 4
- Number of Targets: 5
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
October 05, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: Fixed a bug in which alacrity was being granted in a circle around the targeted enemy rather than around the casting mesmer.
September 21, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: Targeting for the boons provided by this skill will now prioritize party members and then squad members in the area before enhancing other players. This skill now additionally draws a thin circle on the ground visible by allies for 1 second, making it easier to gauge distance and positioning for granting boons to allies.
June 08, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: When cast by a clone, the duration of the applied confusion condition has been reduced from 8 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only.
May 25, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: Reduced alacrity applied to nearby allies from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds in PvE only.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes. Allies near the caster gain boons.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- 8
- 4
- Number of Targets: 10
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
May 12, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: Fixed an issue in which this skill applied more might than intended in PvP and WvW.
May 11, 2021
- Chaos Vortex: The projectile now only strikes enemies. Up to 10 nearby allies gain boons. The boons gained are now might (8 stacks, 15-second duration in PvE; 4 stacks, 6-second duration in PvP and WvW) and alacrity (3-second duration). (Note: Boons are applied near the mesmer only, not near clones.)
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes. Allies near the caster gain boons.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Confusion (8s): 88 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Alacrity (3s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate
- 8
- 4
- Number of Targets: 10
- Ally Boon Radius: 360
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
July 07, 2020
- Chaos Vortex: Increased the number of targets from 5 to 10.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage Burning (2s): 262 Damage Burning (1s): 131 Damage Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (15s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power
2- Number of Targets: 10
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
December 03, 2019
- Chaos Vortex: Reduced bleed duration from 8 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only. Reduced burn duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvP only. Reduced torment duration from 8 seconds to 4 seconds in PvP only.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage Bleeding (4s): 88 Damage Burning (2s): 262 Damage Burning (1s): 131 Damage Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary Torment (4s): 88 Damage, 127 Damage if Foe Is Stationary- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (15s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power
2- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
December 11, 2018
- Chaos Vortex: The might granted by this skill has been changed from 3 stacks for 8 seconds to 2 stacks for 15 seconds.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Burning (2s): 262 Damage
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (15s): 60 Condition Damage, 60 Power
2- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
March 27, 2018
- Chaos Vortex: Fixed a bug that caused the projectile fired by this skill to have inconsistent interactions with reflection skills.
February 08, 2018
- Chaos Vortex: Readjusted condition application on this skill to apply 1 stack of bleeding for 8 seconds, 1 stack of burning for 2 seconds, and 1 stack of torment for 8 seconds.
- Fixed a bug that allowed this attack to hit the same target multiple times.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage
- Burning (2s): 262 Damage
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
3- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 07, 2018
- Chaos Vortex: Instead of inflicting vulnerability, this attack now inflicts 1 stack of torment for 5 seconds.
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Bleeding (6s): 264 Damage
2- Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Torment (5s): 110 Damage, 159 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
3- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
December 12, 2017
- Chaos Vortex: This skill now attempts to face the selected target before firing when it's targeted on foes beside or behind the caster.
November 07, 2017
- Chaos Vortex: Increased projectile speed by 25%.
- Increased projectile damage by 20%.
- Removed confusion and torment conditions.
- This skill now inflicts bleeding (2 stacks for 6 seconds), burning (1 stack for 3 seconds), and vulnerability (3 stacks for 5 seconds).
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 242 (0.6)?
- Bleeding (6s): 264 Damage
2- Burning (3s): 393 Damage
- Vulnerability (5s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage
3- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
3- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description
Original version
Chaos Vortex
- Profession
- Mesmer (skill list)
- Specialization
- Mirage
- Weapon
- Staff
- Type
- Ambush
- Game link
“Ambush. Release a vortex of chaos energy that inflicts conditions on foes and grants boons to allies.
- Damage: 202 (0.5)?
- Confusion (5s): 110 Damage, 99 Damage on Skill Use
2- Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
2- Fury (3s): +20% Critical Chance
- Might (8s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
3- Number of Targets: 5
- Range: 1,200
— In-game description