Signet of Domination

Signet Passive: Improved condition damage. Signet Active: Stun your foe. — In-game description

Signet of Domination

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Signet

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

10232

Gallery
Overhead activation icon

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Signet of Domination

Signet Passive: Improved condition damage.
Signet Active: Stun your foe.

 Signet of Domination: 180 Condition Damage

 Stun: 3 seconds

 Defiance Break: 300

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Mechanics

• When used underwater, the activation time is 0.5½ second.
• Increases condition damage by 2 * (10 + character level)
• With  Blurred Inscriptions the active gains  Boons Removed: 5

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.
• Dazzling — Disabling a foe also applies vulnerability. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• 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 while granting you a damage increase. 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.
• 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.

Inspiration

• Blurred Inscriptions — Signets have improved active effects, and activating one grants you distortion.

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.

Troubadour

• Syncopate — Deafening Drum releases an additional quick wave after a delay. Deal damage to enemies you disable.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
July 07, 2020	Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Slowed down the animation so the stun occurs at 0.56 seconds (up from 0.36 seconds).
July 23, 2013	Increased the stun duration to 3 seconds.
April 30, 2013	Passive power increase now scales from 20-180, up from 10-90.
October 07, 2012	Signet of Domination can no longer be cast on targets behind the mesmer.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Signet of Domination has been added to the game.