Mental Anguish

Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills. — In-game description

Mental Anguish

Specialization

Domination (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Mental Anguish

Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.

 Damage Increase: 25%

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase vs. Inactivity: 50%

 Damage Increase vs. Inactivity: 20%

— In-game description

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Mind Wrack — Shatter
•   Cry of Frustration — Shatter
•   Diversion — Shatter
•   Distortion — Shatter
•   Split Second — Shatter
•   Rewinder — Shatter
•   Time Sink — Shatter
•   Continuum Split — Shatter
•   Bladesong Harmony — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Sorrow — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Dissonance — Bladesong
•   Bladesong Distortion — Bladesong
•   Bladeturn Requiem — Bladesong
•   Lively Lute — Instrument
•   Flustering Flute — Instrument
•   Deafening Drum — Instrument
•   Harmonious Harp — Instrument
•   Crescendo

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Fixed an issue that prevented Bladesong Dissonance and Bladeturn Requiem from being affected by Mental Anguish.
March 27, 2018	Reduced bonus damage from 15% to 10% in PvP and from 30% to 20% in WvW.
May 16, 2017	Increased bonus damage to 25% base (50% vs. Inactive) in PvE only.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Mental Anguish has been added to the game.