Tale of the Tortured Mastermind/history
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October 28, 2025
- Tale of the Tortured Mastermind: Reduced the cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only. Increased the power coefficient per hit from 0.75 to 1.0 and increased the daze duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds in PvE only. This skill now always applies torment on hit and grants a note when used while the flute is playing.
Tale of the Tortured Mastermind
- Profession
Mesmer (skill list)- Specialization
Troubadour- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Tale
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
“Recall the cruelty of Scarlet Briar as you revile your target with a battery of insults, damaging their ego.
Damage (4x): 796 (3.0)? Damage (4x): 424 (1.6)?- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- First-Hit Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 10 Second-Hit Vulnerability (4s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage
- Third-Hit Boons Removed: 3
- Number of Hits: 4
Fourth-Hit Daze: 3 seconds Fourth-Hit Daze: 2 seconds
Performance. Reciting this tale with the flute playing will grant you notes.
- Notes Granted: 1
- Defiance Break: 200
- Range: 900
— In-game description
Beta event version: August 19, 2025
- Tale of the Tortured Mastermind was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.
Tale of the Tortured Mastermind
- Profession
Mesmer (skill list)- Specialization
Troubadour- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Tale
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
“Tale.Recall[sic] the cruelty of Scarlet Briar as you revile your target with a battery of insults, damaging their ego.
Damage (4x): 796 (3.0)? Damage (4x): 424 (1.6)?- First-Hit Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
- 10 Second-Hit Vulnerability (4s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage
- Third-Hit Boons Removed: 3
- Number of Hits: 4
- Fourth-Hit Daze: 2 seconds
Performance. Reciting this tale with the flute playing will inflict your target with additional torment and defiance break per hit.
- Torment (8s): 176 Damage, 254 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
- Bonus Defiance Break: 75
- Defiance Break: 200
- Range: 900
— In-game description