Evade

Evasion is a passive reaction that allows a character to avoid being struck by some attacks. The only way to cause the effect is to use certain skills.

Whenever a player's attack is evaded, he or she will briefly see yellow indicator text: "evade".

Other ways of avoiding attacks include blocking skills as well as manually dodging (moving a character with the mouse or keyboard) projectiles.

Skills that can cause Evasion

 * Warrior Skills:
 * Defensive Stance (75% against melee and arrows)
 * Ranger Skills:
 * Dodge (27..65% against arrows)
 * Dryder's Defenses (75% against attacks)
 * Escape (75% against attacks)
 * Lightning Reflexes (75% against attacks)
 * Monk Skills:
 * Shield of Deflection (50...70% against attacks)
 * Mesmer Skills:
 * Distortion (75% against attacks)
 * Elementalist Skills:
 * Ward Against Melee (50% against melee)

Skills that can prevent or trigger from Evasion

 * Warrior Skills:
 * Griffon's Sweep
 * Irresistible Blow
 * Pure Strike
 * Seeking Blade
 * Swift Chop
 * Warrior's Cunning
 * Wild Blow
 * Ranger Skills:
 * Called Shot
 * Crippling Shot
 * Precision Shot
 * Necromancer Skills:
 * Rigor Mortis