Mirage

This article is about the Mesmer elite specialization. For the weapon, see Mirage (weapon).

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"A ripple in the sand, you see me no more."

Cloaking themselves in rich desert sands, the mirage can execute skills and strike their foes while simultaneously dodging incoming attacks. You dance between your illusions, taking their place and deceiving your enemies.

— In-game description

Mirage is an elite specialization for the mesmer unlocked with the Path of Fire expansion. These extremely elusive duelists can enter Mirage Cloak to become intangible and dodge incoming attacks without rolling, to then execute ambush attacks on their unsuspecting enemies.

Mirages have learned deception skills to disorient their enemies while creating Mirage Mirrors, which they then destroy to enter Mirage Cloak. They are also adept at shifting through the battlefield, jaunting all over the place while hiding among their clones, always leaving their enemies wondering which is the real mirage. They can wield axes in their main hand, sturdy but light weapons that improve their mobility. Mirages focus on damage dealing by overwhelming their enemies in conditions, while optionally also providing some boons to nearby allies.

List of mirage skills

See also: List of mesmer skills

Profession mechanic

A Mirage Mirror.

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Maybe I was the illusion all along!

— Mirage

Mirages' profession mechanics are their unique evasion effect  Mirage Cloak and powerful Ambush weapon skills. Mirage Cloak replaces the dodge roll ability, granting the same 0.75 seconds evade, but doesn't move the character and has instant activation time. It allows mirages to dodge during other actions without interrupting them, except while under the effects of hard crowd control or immobilize. Inside Mirage Cloak, mirage's first weapon skills are replaced with Ambush skills, which are more powerful and unique to each main-hand weapon. Clones may also gain Mirage Cloak and Ambush skills whenever the mirage does through the trait Infinite Horizon.

Mirage Cloak is also granted directly through some mirage Deception skills, or through the profession mechanic Mirage Mirror. These mirrors are area of effects created by some Deception skills and the trait Desert Distortion that the mirage can walk into to destroy the mirror, gaining Mirage Cloak, while harming nearby foes.

Weapon skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
1	Lacerating Chop	Axe	0.5½		Inflict bleeding on your target.
1	Ethereal Chop	Axe	0.5½		Inflict Torment on your target.
1	Mirror Strikes	Axe	0.5½		Inflict bleeding and torment on your target.
1	Imaginary Axes	Axe	0.5½	1	Ambush. [sic]Release phantasmal axes that seek out the nearest target after a short delay.
2	Lingering Thoughts	Axe	0.75¾	0.25¼	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.
3	Axes of Symmetry	Axe	0.75¾	8	You and all your axe clones shadowstep to a random location around your target and strike, applying confusion. This attack breaks enemy targeting, and your illusions change focus to the targeted foe.

Ambush skills

#	Skill	Weapon			Description
Mirage
1	Imaginary Axes	Axe	0.5½	1	Ambush. [sic]Release phantasmal axes that seek out the nearest target after a short delay.
1	Phantom Razor	Dagger	0.75¾	1	Ambush. Slice your foe with a flurry of blades. Each blade inflicts different conditions.
1	Ether Barrage	Scepter	10.5½	1	Ambush. Launch a barrage of chaos orbs at your foe, inflicting confusion and torment. Condition duration halved for clones.
1	Mirage Thrust	Sword	0.75¾	1	Ambush. Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword, briefly dazing them. Leave behind a clone at your original location.
1	Split Surge	Greatsword	10.5½	1	Ambush. Shoot a beam at a targeted foe, and secondary beams at foes near your target.
1	Effervescence	Rifle	0.25¼	1	Ambush. Spray invigorating magic, damaging enemies and healing allies.
1	Chaos Vortex	Staff	1	1	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.
1	Ambush Assault	Spear	10.25¼	1	Ambush. Blink to your target and unleash a series of low-damage strikes that rapidly stack vulnerability.
1	Fractured Glass	Spear	1	1	Ambush. Pierce targets in front of you in a flurry of blows, leaving them vulnerable.
1	Wave of Panic	Trident	0.5½	1	Ambush. Release a wave of energy that interrupts and confuses foes.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill				Description
False Oasis		0.75¾	25	Deception. Create a mirage at your current location and heal over time. When the mirage expires, it spawns a mirage mirror.

Utility

Skill				Description
Crystal Sands		0.25¼	20	Deception. Draw in shards of crystal sand that confuse foes they pass through on their way to your targeted location. The shards form a Mirage Mirror upon reaching their destination.
Illusionary Ambush			20	Deception. You and all your illusions shadowstep to a random point around your target and gain Mirage Cloak. Illusions' actions are interrupted when they change focus to the targeted foe.
Mirage Advance		0.75¾	25	Deception. Shadowstep and unleash an attack that blinds and dazes your target and nearby foes. You may reactivate this skill to return to your original position.
Mirage Retreat				Return to your starting point and leave behind a clone at your previous location.
Sand through Glass			20	Deception. Evade backward and gain Mirage Cloak.

Elite

Skill				Description
Jaunt			0.5½	Deception. Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes.

List of mirage traits

See also: List of mesmer traits

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Axe Proficiency		You can wield an axe in your main hand.
Minor Adept	Mirage Cloak		Gain Mirage Cloak instead of dodge rolling. Ambush skills become available for a short time whenever you gain Mirage Cloak. Gain access to Deception skills.
Major Adept	Self-Deception		Using a Deception skill will create a clone if you have any other clones active.
Major Adept	Renewing Oasis		Gain regeneration when you gain Mirage Cloak. The duration of incoming damaging conditions is reduced while you are regenerating.
Major Adept	Riddle of Sand		When entering combat, your first Ambush attack applies confusion. This ability refreshes when you use a Shatter skill.
Minor Master	Nomad's Endurance		Shatter skills give vigor, and vigor grants condition damage.
Major Master	Desert Distortion		Illusions shattered by Distortion become Mirage Mirrors. Ambush skills become available for a short time whenever you grant distortion to yourself.
Major Master	Mirage Mantle		Ambush[sic] skills are improved.
Major Master	Mirrored Axes		Axe skills generate an additional phantom axe.
Minor Grandmaster	Speed of Sand		Mirage Cloak increases your movement speed.
Major Grandmaster	Infinite Horizon		When you gain Mirage Cloak, your illusions also gain it.
Major Grandmaster	Elusive Mind		Lose conditions when you gain Mirage Cloak.
Major Grandmaster	Dune Cloak		Shatter skills grant Mirage Cloak when enough clones are present.

Lore

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The mirage moves through battle like shifting sand, cloaking themselves rather than dodging attacks. Their graceful, swirling axes and prismatic mirrors are as deceptively beautiful as they are deadly.

— Official site

Associated items

• Superior Rune of the Mirage
• Mirage's Veil
• Mirage's Axe
• Veilrender
• Mini Mirage Nasrin Davish

Related achievements

• Specializations: Adept Mirage — Begin training the mesmer's mirage elite specialization. (5)
• Specializations: Master Mirage — Completely train the mesmer's mirage elite specialization. (10)
• Specialization Collections: Veilrender — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the mirage's axe, Veilrender. (3)

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Notes

• Players wishing to learn more about the Mirage can visit Nasrin Davish in the Crystal Oasis.
• Mirage players lose access to dodge rolling, but become able to evade attacks even in the middle of another action.

Trivia

• A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.
• Mirage was the first elite specialization fleshed out for the Path of Fire expansion. The name drove the development of the specialization.

External links

• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Mirage (Mesmer)

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