Mental Collapse

Teleport to your target and release a cascade of psychic energy, damaging nearby enemies. Refresh your Mind the Gap skill. The initial impact stuns foes struck if you have Clarity. — In-game description

Mental Collapse

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Movement

Shadowstep

Game link

API

72957

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Mental Collapse

Teleport to your target and release a cascade of psychic energy, damaging nearby enemies. Refresh your Mind the Gap skill. The initial impact stuns foes struck if you have Clarity.

 Damage (3x): 1,101 (3.0)^?

 Damage (3x): 441 (1.2)^?

 Damage (3x): 660 (1.8)^?

 Empowered Stun: 2 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 First-Strike Radius: 120

 Second-Strike Radius: 240

 Third-Strike Radius: 360

 Combo Finisher: Blast

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 600

— 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.
• 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.

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.

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Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	Reduced the stun duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvE only.
April 15, 2025	This skill now only stuns with the first impact when empowered. Increased the cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
March 11, 2025	Increased the cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds and reduced the power coefficient per hit from 0.6 to 0.4 in PvP only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Mental Collapse has been added to the game.
June 27, 2024	Mental Collapse was available during the Spear Beta Event.