Jaunt

Deception. Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes. — In-game description

Jaunt

   

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Mirage

Slot

Elite

Type

Deception

Movement

Shadowstep

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

API

45449

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0.5½  

3

2

 

Jaunt

Deception. Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes.

 Damage: 266 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

₃ Confusion (6s): 198 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use

₃ Confusion (2s): 66 Damage, 148 Damage on Skill Use

 Conditions Removed: 1

 Maximum Count: 3

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Count Recharge: 30 seconds

 Radius: 180

 Combo Finisher: Leap

 Range: 450

— In-game description

Related traits

Illusions

• Malicious Sorcery — Confusion you inflict has increased duration. When you dodge an attack, inflict confusion on your attacker.

Mirage

• Self-Deception — Using a Deception skill will create a clone if you have any other clones active.

Mechanics

Bug:

The combo finisher does not act like a normal combo-leap; it does not activate when using Jaunt externally going into a combo field.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 29, 2020	Fixed an issue in which the tooltip of the skill displayed an incorrect maximum count in PvP and WvW.
December 11, 2018	The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.
July 10, 2018	The ammunition recharge time of this skill has now been split and will use a 30-second cooldown in PvP and WvW while maintaining a 20-second cooldown in PvE.
March 27, 2018	Reduced damage by 50% in PvP and WvW.
February 06, 2018	Condition duration from this skill has been split. In PvE, the confusion duration has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. In PvP and WvW, the confusion duration has been reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
November 07, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being recognized as an elite skill for the purposes of some rune effects.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Jaunt has been added to the game.

Trivia

• "Jaunt" has a modern definition of "a short excursion or journey for pleasure".
• The term was popularized by the 1957 science fiction novel, The Stars My Destination. In this book, humans learned how to teleport themselves, or to "Jaunte".
• When using the skill, the character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines:

Shifting sands!

I move with the desert wind!

Over here!

Time and space are my allies!