Vortex

Create a vortex at your location, pulling nearby foes toward you. — In-game description

Vortex

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Game link

API

10255

This skill is only available underwater and has no land replacement.

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10.25¼  40  

Vortex

Create a vortex at your location, pulling nearby foes toward you.

 Damage (9x): 1,323 (3.6)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Pulses: 9

 Duration: 8 seconds

 Initial Pull Radius: 600

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Ethereal

— In-game description

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.
• 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.
• Fencer's Finesse — Gain a stacking ferocity effect when you or one of your illusions strikes with a one-handed sword or an underwater spear. Reduces recharge on sword and underwater spear skills.
• 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 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.

Notes

• Though not listed on the tooltip, the Pull effect does 150 Defiance Break

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	Clarified the tooltips for this skill and increased its damage by 33%.
November 26, 2013	Updated the range indicator to use the proper range. Added a radius skill fact. Added a skill fact for initial pull radius.
June 25, 2013	Vortex has had its underwater aftercast reduced by 1.1 seconds.
December 14, 2012	This skill now does pulsing damage after it is created. This skill now is an ethereal field.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vortex has been added to the game.

See also

•   Binding Blade
•   Magnetic Shield