Empathy

Skill details

Empathy
Campaign: Core Profession: Mesmer Attribute: Domination Magic Type: Hex Spell
10 2 10

Full: For 5...13 seconds, whenever target foe attacks, that foe takes 10...46 damage and deals 1...12 less damage.

Concise: (5...13 seconds.) Target foe's attacks deal 1...12 less damage, and that foe takes 10...46 damage with each attack.

Domination Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Duration	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19
Damage	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	43	46	49	52	55	58	61	64	67	70	73
Damage reduction	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

Acquisition

Skill Quests:

• Prophecies
  • Mesmer Test (Lakeside County - Pre-Searing)
  • The Mesmer's Path (Destiny's Gorge - secondary mesmers only)
• Factions
  • Mantid Hatchlings (Monastery Overlook)
  • Locate Mei Ling (Sunqua Vale)
• Nightfall
  • Rally the Recruits/Take the Shortcut (Island of Shehkah)

Skill Trainers:

• Prophecies
  • Sir Bertran (Ascalon City (Post-Searing))
  • Dakk (Ember Light Camp)

Hero Skill Trainers:

• Nightfall
  • Pikin (Kamadan, Jewel of Istan)

Profession Changers:

• Core
  • Profession Changer (NPC) (Great Temple of Balthazar)
• Prophecies
  • Eulenias (Destiny's Gorge)
• Factions
  • Senji (Senji's Corner)
• Nightfall
  • Zuwarah (Command Post)

Notes

• Empathy is one of the Mesmer's most valuable skills. Enemy Warriors attacking allies will quickly find themselves causing more damage to themselves than to their target. Human enemies will usually cease attacking, while PvE Mobs will happily cause massive damage to themselves. Skills like Triple Chop and Cyclone Axe can cause massive damage, while skills like Hundred Blades may, with high enough Domination Magic, kill a warrior.

• Although it can be used on enemies of every profession, this skill is most useful against enemy Warriors, Rangers, Assassins, and Dervishes since these professions tend to attack more often, which in turn means they will be damaging themselves more quickly.

• This skill has a faster cast time and recharge rate than its sister skill, Backfire. Its duration varies with Domination Magic, so with Domination 10 or higher it can be kept up constantly on a target.

• This skill triggers not only when the target attacks normally, but also when they use an attack skill.

• Because Empathy triggers on each attack, and not on each successful hit, it can be used with Spirit of Failure to doubly punish would-be attackers. This will either net you a lot of damage and energy, or an opponent who is unwilling to fight. Both scenarios are great for your party.

• Scythe wielders will only trigger Empathy once per attack.

Related skills

• Clumsiness
• Visions of Regret (Elite)
• Ineptitude (Elite)
• Insidious Parasite
• Spiteful Spirit (Elite)
• Spoil Victor (Elite)