Phantom Pain

Gain a damage increase when you use a Shatter skill, increasing per clone shattered. — In-game description

Phantom Pain

Specialization

Mirage (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Phantom Pain

Gain a damage increase when you use a Shatter skill, increasing per clone shattered.

 Phantom Pain (10s): +60.25¼% Damage, +5% Condition Damage

 Phantom Pain (10s): +3% Damage, +3% Condition Damage

 Phantom Pain (10s): +20.5½% Damage, +3% Condition Damage

 Maximum Stacks: 4

— In-game description

Mechanics

Maximum increase:

₄ Phantom Pain: +25% Damage, +20% Condition Damage

₄ Phantom Pain: +12% Damage, +12% Condition Damage

₄ Phantom Pain: +10% Damage, +12% Condition Damage

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Mind Wrack — Shatter
•   Cry of Frustration — Shatter
•   Diversion — Shatter
•   Distortion — Shatter

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 19, 2025	Reduced the strike-damage bonus per stack from 3% to 2.5% in PvP only.
July 01, 2025	Reduced the condition damage increase from 6.25% to 5% in PvE only.
June 24, 2025	This trait has been reworked and renamed Phantom Pain. This trait causes shatter skills to grant a damage bonus based on the number of illusions shattered.
November 28, 2023	This trait no longer reduces the cooldown of axe skills and will no longer generate phantasmal spinning axes with Mirror Strikes. Increased the torment inflicted by phantasmal seeking axes from 1 stack for 4.5 seconds to 2 stacks for 3 seconds.
December 13, 2022	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to prevent axe ambush attacks from activating.
November 07, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented clones from generating the bonus axe.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Phantom Pain has been added to the game.