Flustering Flute

Play an enchanting tune with the flute, confusing enemies in front of you. Enemies in the center of the music will be dazed.
The flute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The flute's duration is extended for each note consumed. — In-game description

Flustering Flute

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Troubadour

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Instrument

Game link

API

76746

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Flustering Flute

Play an enchanting tune with the flute, confusing enemies in front of you. Enemies in the center of the music will be dazed.
The flute will then consume all notes to continue playing in the background. The flute's duration is extended for each note consumed.

 Damage: 404 (1.0)^?

 Damage: 242 (0.6)^?

₃ Confusion (4s): 219 Damage, 49 Damage on Skill Use

 Flute Playing (5s): +25% Endurance regeneration

 Center Daze: 1 second

 Center Daze: 0.5½ seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration Increase per Note: 5 seconds

 Defiance Break: 100

 Range: 360

— In-game description

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.
• Rending Shatter — Shatter skills inflict vulnerability on hit.
• Dazzling — Disabling a foe also applies vulnerability. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Shattered Concentration — Shatter skills also remove a boon on hit.
• 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.
• Mental Anguish — Shatter skills deal more damage. This bonus damage is doubled against foes that are not activating skills.
• 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.
• Blinding Dissipation — Shatter skill 2 inflicts blindness.
• 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

• Illusionary Defense — Grant protection to nearby allies when you use Shatter skill 2.
• Illusionary Membrane — Gain chaos aura when you use your Shatter skill 2. Chaos aura grants you increased condition damage for a period of time.
• Chaotic Interruption — When you interrupt a foe, recharge one of your equipped-weapon skills at random. Only affects weapon skills that are recharging.
• Bountiful Disillusionment — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Grant an additional boon to nearby allies based on which Shatter is used.

Inspiration

• Restorative Illusions — Heal and cleanse conditions from yourself and nearby allies when you use a Shatter skill.

Illusions

• Cry of Pain — Shatter skill 2 inflicts more stacks of confusion for an increased duration.
• Maim the Disillusioned — Shatter skills inflict torment on hit.
• Master of Misdirection — Shatter skills gain recharge reduction.
• Master of Fragmentation — Your Shatter skills are improved.
• Malicious Sorcery — Confusion you inflict has increased duration. When you dodge an attack, inflict confusion on your attacker.

Troubadour

• Mayhem — Flustering Flute now applies torment. Dodging reduces the recharge of Flustering Flute.
• Syncopate — Deafening Drum releases an additional quick wave after a delay. Deal damage to enemies you disable.
• Symphonic Resonance — Instruments provide bonuses while playing in the background.
• Fortissimo — After using Crescendo, gain a note every interval for a duration. Gain increased attributes for each instrument you have playing.
• Call and Response — When you use an instrument above the note threshold, create an afterimage that plays that instrument after a delay.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 22, 2026	Reduced the damage coefficient per hit from 1.0 to 0.6 in PvP only.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Flustering Flute has been added to the game.
August 19, 2025	Flustering Flute was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.