Blinding Dissipation

Shatter skill 2 inflicts blindness. — In-game description

Blinding Dissipation

Specialization

Dueling (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Blinding Dissipation

Shatter skill 2 inflicts blindness.

 Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Blindness (10.5½s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Blind Radius: 240

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Shatter skill 2 inflicts  Blindness per strike.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Cry of Frustration — Shatter
•   Rewinder — Shatter
•   Bladesong Sorrow — Bladesong
•   Flustering Flute — Instrument

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Dueling

• 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.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 23, 2019	This trait no longer blinds foes on the activation of each shatter skill. It will now cause Cry of Frustration to blind every target it strikes. Blindness duration is split between game modes, lasting 1.5 seconds in WvW and PvP and 3 seconds in PvE.
March 27, 2018	Fixed a bug that caused the confusion skill fact from Ineptitude to display incorrectly on this trait.
July 28, 2015	This trait no longer penetrates through defenses such as block and evasion.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Blinding Dissipation has been added to the game.