Release Potential: Mesmer

Create an eruption of despair around you, inflicting torment on enemies and dazing them. For each enemy struck, inflict torment on yourself. Each point of affinity you have increases the torment duration on enemies and reduces the torment duration on yourself. — In-game description

Release Potential: Mesmer

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Conduit

Slot

Profession mechanic

Game link

API

78615

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0.5½  

10

10

18

 

Release Potential: Mesmer

Create an eruption of despair around you, inflicting torment on enemies and dazing them. For each enemy struck, inflict torment on yourself. Each point of affinity you have increases the torment duration on enemies and reduces the torment duration on yourself.

 Damage: 526 (1.98)^?

 Damage: 292 (1.1)^?

₂ Torment (3s): 132 Damage, 191 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Self Torment per Enemy Struck (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Self Torment per Enemy Struck (6s): 132 Damage, 191 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Daze: 2 seconds

 Daze: 0.5½ seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Duration Increase per Affinity: 10%

 Duration Decrease per Affinity: −15%

 Radius: 180

 Defiance Break: 200

 Defiance Break: 100

— In-game description

Related traits

Corruption

• Acolyte of Torment — Torment deals increased damage.
• Pact of Pain — Conditions you apply to foes last longer, but conditions applied to you also last longer.
• Yearning Empowerment — Damaging conditions you apply last longer.

Retribution

• Set in Stone — Gain protection when you use your profession skill 2. This trait affects True Nature when you are a herald.
• Dwarven Battle Training — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Disabling a foe applies weakness. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.

Salvation

• Words of Censure — Blinding, immobilizing, or affecting a foe with crowd control heals nearby allies. Skills that strike many foes at the same time can heal multiple times.

Conduit

• Kinetic Insight — The recharge of Release Potential skills is reduced. The effectiveness of Release Potential skills are[sic] increased as if you had two additional points of affinity, up to a maximum of five.
• Mistfire — Apply conditions to enemies when you disable them. Perform an additional strike when using Cosmic Wisdom that damages and burns enemies.

Notes

Bug:

Tooltip states a radius of of 180, but seems to have a radius of 240.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the torment duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only.
February 03, 2026	Release Potential: Increased the cooldown from 10 seconds to 18 seconds in PvP only. (Undocumented) Skill icon was updated, previously using the Release Potential: Assassin icon.
January 13, 2026	Reduced the torment stacks from 4 to 2.
December 09, 2025	Reduced the torment duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in PvE only. Reduced the torment count from 5 to 4 in PvE only. Decreased the torment duration increase per affinity from 15% to 10% in all modes.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Release Potential: Mesmer has been added to the game.