Lingering Thoughts

This article is about the original Lingering Thoughts. For the virtuoso version with Weaponmaster Training, see Lingering Thoughts (virtuoso).

Spin forward and strike multiple times, inflicting conditions and leaving a mirage at your starting position. If an enemy is near the mirage when it expires, a clone is summoned. — In-game description

Lingering Thoughts

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Mirage

Weapon

Main hand axe

Type

Clone

Game link

API

45243

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0.75¾  0.25¼  2  

Lingering Thoughts

Spin forward and strike multiple times, inflicting conditions and leaving a mirage at your starting position. If an enemy is near the mirage when it expires, a clone is summoned.

 Damage (3x): 441 (1.2)^?

₃ Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

₃ Torment (4s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₃ Torment (6s): 396 Damage, 572 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Number of Targets: 3

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 6 seconds

 Count Recharge: 8 seconds

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Inspiration

• Illusionary Inspiration — Increase healing to other allies. Summoning an illusion heals all allies around you. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Illusions

• Compounding Power — Creating an illusion increases your outgoing damage and condition damage for a short duration. Virtuoso: Triggers when stocking a blade.

Mirage

• Mirrored Axes — Axe skills generate an additional phantom axe.

Notes

Bug:

Finishing this skill while in the air with  Mirrored Axes equipped will not generate a   Phantasmal Seeking Axe.

• This skill moves the user forward 360 units.
• The clone will spawn on the nearest target within 480 radius.
• Counts as 2 whirl finishers.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the torment duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP and WvW
June 25, 2024	Reduced the ammunition recharge time from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW.
January 30, 2024	Reduced the number of whirl finishers from 4 to 2.
December 12, 2023	Fixed an issue that caused this skill to have a higher cooldown than intended for players in PvE and for virtuosos in all game modes.
November 28, 2023	Reduced the ammunition recharge from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE and from 12 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 16, 2023	Fixed an issue that caused axe clones to attack faster than intended.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased ammo recharge from 10 seconds to 12 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The ammunition-recharge time of this skill has been split between game modes and has been increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP only.
November 07, 2017	Lowered aftercast by 0.1 second. Fixed a bug that caused this skill to show an incorrect casting time. Added a 0.25-second recharge between uses of this skill to prevent accidental double use.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Lingering Thoughts has been added to the game.

See also

•   Lingering Thoughts (virtuoso)