Blind

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The visual effect of a blinded character: swarm of black dots in front of the eyes

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Condition. While suffering from this ailment, your melee and missile attacks have 90% chance to "miss." Your projectiles also have a greater chance to stray from their intended target.

Concise description: Your melee and missile attacks have a 90% chance to miss. Your projectile spells also have a greater chance to stray from their intended target.

— in-game description

Skills that cause blindness

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Belly Smash.jpg	Belly Smash	Hammer Attack. Inflicts Blindness condition to adjacent foes (3...6...7 seconds) if target foe is knocked down.	0	055	01.001	01010		warriora	Hammer MasteryZ	Prophecies
File:Black Powder Mine.jpg	Black Powder Mine	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 20...30 damage. Inflicts Blindness and Bleeding conditions (7...10 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		a	Deldrimor rankZ	Eye of the North
File:Blind Was Mingson.jpg	Blind Was Mingson	Item Spell. (15...51...60 seconds.) Drop effect: inflicts Blindness condition (3...7...8 seconds) on all nearby foes.	0	055	01.001	02020		ritualista	Restoration MagicZ	Factions
	Blinding Flash	Spell. Inflicts Blindness condition (3...7...8 seconds).	0	1010	00.750.75¾	0088		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Core
File:Blinding Powder.jpg	Blinding Powder	Spell. Inflicts Blindness condition (3...13...15 seconds) on target and adjacent foes. Must follow an off-hand attack.	0	055	00.250.25¼	02020		assassina	Shadow ArtsZ	Factions
File:Blinding Snow.jpg	Blinding Snow	Spell. Interrupts an action. Also inflicts Blindness (10 seconds.)	0	0	00.250.25¼	01010		mesmera	Z	Core
	Blinding Surge	Elite Spell. Deals 5...41...50 lightning damage. Inflicts Blindness condition (3...7...8 seconds) on target and adjacent foes. 25% armor penetration. If target was attacking, also hits adjacent foes and deals 50% more damage.	0	1010	00.750.75¾	0066		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Nightfall
	Eruption	Spell. Deals 10...34...40 earth damage each second (5 seconds). Hits foes near target's initial location. Inflicts Blindness condition (10 seconds).	0	2525	02.002	03030		elementalista	Earth MagicZ	Prophecies
	Glimmering Mark	Elite Hex Spell. (10 seconds.) Deals 5...21...25 damage each second to target and adjacent foes. Inflicts Blindness [sic] on foes using attack skills. Ends if you use a skill that targets this foe.	0	1010	01.001	01515		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Prophecies
	Lightning Touch	Touch Skill. Deals 10...50...60 lightning damage. Also hits foes adjacent to target foe. Inflicts Blind (1...3...4 second[s]) and Cracked Armor (1...8...10 second[s]) on all struck foes. 25% armor penetration.	0	055	00.750.75¾	0055		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Core
	Ride the Lightning	Elite Spell. Deals 10...58...70 lightning damage. 25% armor penetration. Blinds all adjacent foes (1...4...5 second[s]). You instantly move to your target. May target allies.	5	055	01.001	0055		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Factions
	Ride the Lightning (PvP)	Elite Spell. Deals 10...58...70 lightning damage. 25% armor penetration. Blinds all adjacent foes (1...4...5 second[s]). You instantly move to your target. May target allies.	5	055	01.001	01010		elementalista	Air MagicZ	Factions
	Shockwave	Elite Spell. Foes in the area take 15...51...60 earth damage and are Weakened (1...8...10 second[s]). Nearby foes also take +15...51...60 earth damage and have Cracked Armor (1...8...10 second[s]). Adjacent foes also take +15...51...60 earth damage and are Blinded (1...8...10 second[s]).	0	1010	01.001	01515		elementalista	Earth MagicZ	Factions
	Steam	Spell. Deals 20...52...60 cold damage. Inflicts Blindness condition (5...9...10 seconds) and does 20...52...60 fire damage if target foe is Burning.	0	055	01.001	0088		elementalista	Water MagicZ	Nightfall

Related skills

Skills with blindness-dependent effects

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
	Slippery Ground	Spell. Causes knock-down if this foe is Blind or moving. Affects foes adjacent to your target. 50% failure chance unless Water Magic greater than 4.	0	055	01.001	01010		elementalista	Water MagicZ	Eye of the North

Skills that remove blindness

See also: List of condition removal skills

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
File:Antidote Signet.jpg	Antidote Signet	Signet. Remove Poison, Disease, and Blindness from yourself, and one additional condition.	0	0	01.001	0044		rangera	Z	Core

Notes

• Blind can virtually neutralize a physical attacker, because they only have a one in ten chance of hitting with attacks. Blind is very useful in both PvP and PvE, and can significantly reduce damage output from melee or ranged attackers.
• A Rune of Clarity and the inscription "I Can See Clearly Now" can be used to reduce Blind duration by 20% each.
• Your projectiles may stray slightly off course while blinded. This can be seen while blinded and using a projectile weapon (bow, staff) or projectile spell (Flare, Crippling Dagger) on a target. They sometimes lean to the left or right side of a target, if the target moves or stop moving this can cause "stray" or "dodge". Other misses will simply display as the word "miss".
• The visual indication of Blind is a swarm of black dots originating from the affected character's eyes.

See also

• Miss

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