gww>Owldyn at 03:32, 16 July 2026

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[[Fast Casting]] is the [[primary attribute]] of [[Mesmer]]s.
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Fast Casting decreases the [[activation time]] of your [[Spell]]s and [[Signet]]s. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with an activation time less than 2 seconds.) In [[PvE]], each rank of Fast Casting decreases the [[recharge time]] for your Mesmer Spells by 3%.
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==Inherent effect==

{| style="margin:1em 0.25em; border:1px solid {{me-color|dark}}; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" rules="all"
|- style="background: {{me-color}};"
| colspan="22" |'''Spells and Signets'''
|- colspan="22" style="background: {{me-color|lighter}};"
! Fast Casting
| '''0'''||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||'''12'''||13||14||'''15'''||16||17||18||19||20
|-
! Casting time
| '''100%'''||95%||91%||87%||83%||79%||76%||72%||69%||66%||63%||60%||'''57%'''||55%||52%||'''50%'''||48%||46%||44%||42%||41%
|-
! Casting speed
| '''100%'''||105%||110%||115%||120%||126%||132%||138%||145%||152%||159%||166%||'''174%'''||182%||191%||'''200%'''||209%||219%||229%||240%||251%
|}
{| style="margin:1em 0.25em; border:1px solid {{me-color|dark}}; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" rules="all"
|- style="background: {{me-color}};"
| colspan="22" |'''Mesmer Spells (in PvE)'''
|- colspan="22" style="background: {{me-color|lighter}};"
! Fast Casting
| '''0'''||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||'''12'''||13||14||'''15'''||16||17||18||19||20
|-
! Recharge time
| '''100%'''||97%||94%||91%||88%||85%||82%||79%||76%||73%||70%||67%||'''64%'''||61%||58%||'''55%'''||52%||49%||46%||43%||40%
|-
! Base recharge 1s
| '''1'''||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||1||'''1'''||1||1||'''1'''||1||1||1||1||1
|-
! Base recharge 2s
| '''2'''||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||bgcolor="lightblue"|1||1||1||'''1'''||1||1||'''1'''||1||1||1||1||1
|-
! Base recharge 3s
| '''3'''||3||3||3||3||3||bgcolor="lightblue"|2||2||2||2||2||2||'''2'''||2||2||'''2'''||2||bgcolor="lightblue"|1||1||1||1
|-
! Base recharge 5s
| '''5'''||5||5||5||bgcolor="lightblue"|4||4||4||4||4||4||4||bgcolor="lightblue"|3||'''3'''||3||3||'''3'''||3||bgcolor="lightblue"|2||2||2||2
|-
! Base recharge 6s
| '''6'''||6||6||bgcolor="lightblue"|5||5||5||5||5||5||bgcolor="lightblue"|4||4||4||'''4'''||4||bgcolor="lightblue"|3||'''3'''||3||3||3||3||bgcolor="lightblue"|2
|-
! Base recharge 7s
| '''7'''||7||7||bgcolor="lightblue"|6||6||6||6||6||bgcolor="lightblue"|5||5||5||5||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''4'''||4||4||'''4'''||4||bgcolor="lightblue"|3||3||3||3
|-
! Base recharge 8s
| '''8'''||8||8||bgcolor="lightblue"|7||7||7||7||bgcolor="lightblue"|6||6||6||6||bgcolor="lightblue"|5||'''5'''||5||5||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''4'''||4||4||4||bgcolor="lightblue"|3||3
|-
! Base recharge 10s
| '''10'''||10||bgcolor="lightblue"|9||9||9||9||bgcolor="lightblue"|8||8||8||bgcolor="lightblue"|7||7||7||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''6'''||6||6||'''6'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|5||5||5||bgcolor="lightblue"|4||4
|-
! Base recharge 12s
| '''12'''||12||bgcolor="lightblue"|11||11||11||bgcolor="lightblue"|10||10||bgcolor="lightblue"|9||9||9||bgcolor="lightblue"|8||8||'''8'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|7||7||'''7'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|6||6||6||bgcolor="lightblue"|5||5
|-
! Base recharge 15s
| '''15'''||15||bgcolor="lightblue"|14||14||bgcolor="lightblue"|13||13||bgcolor="lightblue"|12||12||bgcolor="lightblue"|11||11||11||bgcolor="lightblue"|10||'''10'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|9||9||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''8'''||8||bgcolor="lightblue"|7||7||bgcolor="lightblue"|6||6
|-
! Base recharge 20s
| '''20'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|19||19||bgcolor="lightblue"|18||18||bgcolor="lightblue"|17||bgcolor="lightblue"|16||16||bgcolor="lightblue"|15||15||bgcolor="lightblue"|14||bgcolor="lightblue"|13||'''13'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|12||12||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''11'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|10||10||bgcolor="lightblue"|9||9||bgcolor="lightblue"|8
|-
! Base recharge 25s
| '''25'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|24||24||bgcolor="lightblue"|23||bgcolor="lightblue"|22||bgcolor="lightblue"|21||21||bgcolor="lightblue"|20||bgcolor="lightblue"|19||bgcolor="lightblue"|18||18||bgcolor="lightblue"|17||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''16'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|15||15||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''14'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|13||bgcolor="lightblue"|12||12||bgcolor="lightblue"|11||bgcolor="lightblue"|10
|-
! Base recharge 30s
| '''30'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|29||bgcolor="lightblue"|28||bgcolor="lightblue"|27||bgcolor="lightblue"|26||26||bgcolor="lightblue"|25||bgcolor="lightblue"|24||bgcolor="lightblue"|23||bgcolor="lightblue"|22||bgcolor="lightblue"|21||bgcolor="lightblue"|20||bgcolor="lightblue"|'''19'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|18||bgcolor="lightblue"|17||'''17'''||bgcolor="lightblue"|16||bgcolor="lightblue"|15||bgcolor="lightblue"|14||bgcolor="lightblue"|13||bgcolor="lightblue"|12
|}Recharge times are rounded to the nearest second.

[[Image:Fast casting chart.png]]

==Game Mechanics==
;Activation time
* Fast Casting increases casting speed by ~4.73% per rank, increasing exponentially so that at rank 15, Mesmers take only half the time to cast spells and signets as everyone else.
** Spell and signet casting time is reduced to 0.955^Rank = {{1/2}}^(Rank/15).
** The percentages used in the table above have been rounded to whole numbers; the game mechanics uses full precision when calculating the casting times, rounding the results to the nearest millisecond.

* Items and skills that improve skill activation time cannot [[Effect stacking|stack]] higher than 25%. Single effects that improve skill activation over 25% can exceed this cap. (Fast Casting is not included in this cap.)

;Recharge time
* Recharge time reduction rounds to the nearest decimal number, e.g. at Rank 12, recharge time for a spell with a base 15 second Recharge becomes 9.6 which rounds to 10, while at Rank 13, a base 15 second Recharge becomes 9.15 which rounds to 9.
* Fast Casting isn't taken into account in the 50% recharge time reduction cap.

;PvE gameplay
* Fast Casting applies to all Mesmer-specific [[PvE-only skills]] (e.g. [[Ether Nightmare]] or [[Celestial Haste]]) and as expected to any other PvE-skills (i.e. only to those with activations times of at least two seconds).
* The [[Mesmer of Lyssa]] [[blessing]] increases Fast Casting by 1, even if your [[character]]'s primary profession is not Mesmer.

;Equipment
* [[Swiftspell's Staff]] is the only [[unique]] weapon (or offhand) to grant Fast Casting +1 (20% chance while using skills). However, as with all [[Of Mastery]] effects, the +1 does not affect Fast Casting's inherent benefits.

==Fast Casting skills==
{{skill table
|category=Fast Casting skills
|notcategory=Historical content
|show campaign=y
|color scheme=mesmer
}}
{{Skill lists navbar|mesmer}}
[[Category:Mesmer attributes]]
[[Category:Primary attributes]]
[[Category:Lists of mesmer skills|Fast Casting skills]]
[[Category:Fast Casting skills|+]]

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gww>Owldyn at 03:32, 16 July 2026