Skill details
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Full: If target foe is casting a spell or chant, that skill is interrupted and target foe gains 10...6 Energy.
Concise: Interrupts a spell or chant. Interruption effect: target foe gains 10...6 Energy.
| Fast Casting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Energy | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Acquisition
Notes
- This is the cheapest and fastest recharging non-elite spell interrupt in the mesmer repertoire. It enables a Mesmer to shut down an enemy caster using fewer skills. Psychic Distraction is the only interrupt that recharges faster.
- Since the amount of energy returned to the target is tied to your attributes and not the cost of the spell, this skill works great to interrupt skills with high energy costs, such as Meteor Shower, since energy gain will not compensate for the original cost of the spell.
- In PvE, this skill is useful as a result of questionable mechanics related to energy regeneration and energy level for PvE foes. Certain monsters appear to have much greater amounts of energy than their profession/level would indicate, and, as a result, the drawbacks of this skill (i.e. the energy gained by the enemy) may be minimal. However, the extent to which this is the case is unclear.
- Heroes will not spam this skill, this might be because of the energy back effect.