Illusionary Weaponry Questions.

hi, just a few quick questions.


1. What kind of damage does Illusionary Weaponry deal? the description states:

"For 30 seconds, you deal no damage in melee, but whenever you attack in melee, target foe takes 8...34 damage."

but that does not tell me what TYPE *standardize your skill descriptions Anet...

2. Does Splinter Weapon trigger with Illusionary Weaponry? If so, does the target suffer from stacked damage? (splinter + illusion).

3. Will Illusionary Weaponry trigger Mark of Pain on hit?

4. Do Assassin attributes such as Critical Strikes affect Illusionary weaponry? Is it possible to DoubleStrike? if so is the damage dealt from double striking coming from the daggers or from Illusionary Weaponry?

thanks anet for making the skill descriptions so hazy.

cheers.

Illusionary Weaponry deals indirect damage, as do most skills that say "target foe takes damage". This form of damage ignores armor.

Splinter Weapon does not trigger with Illusionary Weaponry. Splinter Weapon only triggers when an attack hits, and under IW none of your attacks actually hit.

No. Mark of Pain triggers off physical damage, and IW does not inflict physical damage.

Critical Strikes does not affect Illusionary Weaponry, and the energy gain from Critical Strikes doesn't happen either as IW doesn't make contact with your target (it just makes the target take damage every time you swing your melee weapon). However, Dagger Mastery does increase your chances of doublestriking and this will affect IW. A doublestrike is essentially two attack swings compressed into one attack motion, making IW hit twice.


I hope this clears things up for you

IW does untyped damage. It will not trigger on skills that require you to hit. So Splinter Weapon will not work, and Barbs or Mark of Pain will not work. Double Strikes can occur, but not a lot, and more so with an A/Me than a Me/A. Skills like Sand Shards will not with with IW though.

thanks for the quick responses.

I believe it also hits when you are blinded, since you are attacking

That is correct. IW will deal damage through blocking stances, hexes that cause you to "miss" (e.g. Price of Failure) as well as blindness. The only thing that can deny IW are effects that prevent you from actually attacking, like Binding Chains.