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Skill details
Stolen Speed
Stolen Speed
Campaign Factions Mesmer
Profession Mesmer
Attribute Fast Casting
Type Elite Hex Spell
    5 Energy 1 Activation 12 Recharge

Full: For 1...8...10 seconds, spells cast by the target foe and all adjacent foes take 100% longer to cast. Spells targeting these foes that are cast by you or your allies take 50% less time to cast.

Concise: Also hexes adjacent foes (1...8...10 seconds). Doubles spell casting time. Spells cast by you or your allies on hexed foes have -50% casting time.

Fast Casting 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Duration 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 14

Progression

Fast Casting 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Duration 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ? N/A N/A

Acquisition

Signet of Capture:

Notes

Stolen Speed is similar to Migraine and Arcane Conundrum and can be used as a base for interrupts. Being a Fast Casting spell, it doesn't require any points in Illusion Magic, saving attribute points that can be spent elsewhere. It is also cheap and spammable. The counter-arguments are that it doesn't slow down casting speed as much as Migraine and Arcane Conundrum do, and it seems to be counterproductive with Fast Casting- Stolen Speed is calculated in the casting time equation before Fast Casting. In other words, Stolen Speed reduces the casting time of your spell by 25% and then Fast Casting reduces the rest. Stolen Speed also works like Life Siphon- multiple targets hexed with it will give the caster multiple casting speed bonuses. But this comes at the expense of reduced effectiveness of Fast Casting. Nevertheless, it is a viable, cost efficient, non-Illusion base for interrupts.

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