Crowd control

Crowd control (CC/mezzing) abilities include root, snare, stun, sleep and slow.^[1]^[2]

All archetypes will have their own versions of CC breaks.^[3]

CC effects do not apply to Non-combatant (green) players. The target of a CC ability must be flagged in order to suffer the CC effects. This prevents players from opening attacks that stun non-combatant players during a pull for example.^[4]

Melee archetypes will offer various mobility and CC counters against ranged archetypes, such as the Ranger.^[5]^[6]

Some crowd-control abilities can dismount a mounted player. In that case the mount would persist with its own health pool and other stats.^[7]
- In Alpha-1 testing mounts were not separate from the player.^[7]

There's also going to be effects that just stun the mount or stun you on the mount.^[7] – Steven Sharif

Summoner's summons will be able to use crowd control.^[8]

.ﺔﻴﻟﺎﺤﻟﺍ ﺮﻳﻮﻄﺘﻟﺍ ﻖﻳﺮﻃ ﺔﻃﺭﺎﺧ ﻲﻓ ﺓﺩﻮﺟﻮﻣ ﻥﻮﻜﺗ ﻻ ﺪﻗﻭ ﻦﻳﺭﻮﻄﻤﻟﺍ ﻞﺒﻗ ﻦﻣ ﺍﺮًﺧﺆﻣ ﺔﻴﻟﺎﺘﻟﺍ ﺕﺎﻣﻮﻠﻌﻤﻟﺍ ﺾﻌﺑ ﺪﻴﻛﺄﺗ ﻢﺘﻳ ﻢﻟ

There will be diminishing returns on stuns, sleep and slows so as to avoid stun locking.^[2]^[9]
- Diminishing returns on CC effects have not yet been implemented in Alpha-1 testing.^[10]

Diminishing returns in regards to crowd control and conditions like stun and sleep and slows and that thing: Yes we will have absolutely diminishing returns. I think it's a necessary component to balance out classes that have high control ability.^[2] – Steven Sharif

Hard CC's are stuns, knock downs, sleeps, paralysis, some roots, some silences.^[11]
- Hard CCs may be housed in action oriented skills because they are skill shots that are more difficult to land.^[12]^[13]

Lockdowns won't likely be tab-targeted skills. This is to avoid imbalanced combos with skill shot (action targeted) abilities.^[13]

We're trying to stay away from hard locks as much as we possibly can. We want to have the system be very play, counter-play, counter-counter-play feel.^[2] – Jeffrey Bard

Soft CC's are in the tab-targeted abilities.^[14]

Skill	Origin	Description
Air Strike	Ranger	Leap a great distance forward and into the air while firing three projectiles in a line along the path, each dealing area damage and rooting targets hit for 3 seconds. Rotation control is enabled during cast.^[15] The root effect is nature based.^[16]
Ancestral Bolas	Tank	Throws a magical web of bolas at the target location. All enemies within are snared and build additional hate towards the tank every second. Enemies entering or exiting the radius will be tripped.^[17]
Chain Lightning	Mage	Release a powerful streak of lightning that hits your primary target and then chains outward to all nearby enemies from that target, dealing lightning damage and applying 3 stacks of Electrified to each target hit.^[18]^[19]^[20]
Chains of Restraint	Cleric	Call forth spectral chains in a target area that stagger enemies within or stun enemies already under the staggered effect, then leave behind an area that deals radiant damage each second over 8 seconds.^[21]^[22]
Condemn	Cleric	Stun target enemy for 3 seconds.^[23]^[24]
Crippling Blow	Fighter	Deal Physical damage and apply Snare to target enemy for 6 seconds.^[25]
Fissure	Mage	Call forth a line of jagged earth spikes in front of the[sic] you, dealing earth damage and applying 10 stacks of Stagger to each enemy hit along its path while launching them upwards.^[26]
Grapple	Tank	Takes aim for a moment before hurling a hooked chain in a line, damaging the first target it contacts and immediately pulling them to the caster. The target suffers a tapering snare for 3 seconds.^[27]^[28]
Imbue Ammo: Weighted	Ranger	Imbues your ammunition with weight. Enemies hit by your bow attacks suffer the Snared status effect, reducing their movement speed by 50%. Each application applies 3 seconds of duration to the target, up to a maximum of 12 seconds. 10 charges.^[29]
Knock Out	Fighter	Knock out target enemy, putting them to sleep for 10 seconds. Any damage breaks the effect.^[30]
Leap Strike	Fighter	Leap to target location and deal damage around you, snaring targets hit for 3 seconds.^[31]
Quake	Mage	Held ability: Cast a powerful earthquake that deals more damage the longer it was charged and applies 10 stacks of Staggered to all enemies around the caster. If the spell was fully charged, this applies Tripped instead of Staggered.^[32]
Slam	Tank	Slam your target with immense force, knocking them back. Applies 10 stagger. Deals 500% additional threat.^[33]
Slumber	Mage	Applies the sleeping condition to targets affected within a small area around the primary target, rendering them unable to move or take any action. Any damage dealt to a sleeping target will break the effect. Duration is reduced by 20% for each additional target hit, to a minimum of 40% of base duration.^[34]^[35]^[36]
Tremoring Bellow	Tank	Releases a thundering shout in a forward cone, applying the staggered condition on enemy targets. Also stomps the ground dealing damage around the caster and tripping enemies affected by the snared condition.^[37]

Interrupts

Abilities with a cast bar can be interrupted during the cast.^[38]

There are abilities to counter interrupts.
Some interrupts are better than others.

.ﺓﺪﻳﺪﺟ ﺕﺎﻣﻮﻠﻌﻣ ﺮﻴﻓﻮﺗ ﻢﺘﻳ ﺎﻣﺪﻨﻋ ﻪﺜﻳﺪﺤﺗ ﻢﺘﻴﺳ .Alpha-1 ﺭﺎﺒﺘﺧﺍ ﻦﻣ ﺕﺎﻣﻮﻠﻌﻣ ﻰﻠﻋ ﻢﺴﻘﻟﺍ ﺍﺬﻫ ﻱﻮﺘﺤﻳ

Skill	Icon	Origin	Description
Bulwark		Tank	Bash enemies in front of you twice. The second attack temporarily increases block chance. You must have a shield equipped to block.^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]

Animation cancelling

Animation cancelling will not be a combat mechanic in Ashes of Creation.^[43]^[44]

Players will be able to cancel channeled abilities.^[43]

CC breaks

Skill	Origin	Description
Exert	Fighter	Consume your Combat Momentum rapidly, gaining 20% increased attack and movement speed and immunity to disabling effects while active. Must have at least 20 Combat Momentum to activate, and the effect ends when all Combat Momentum is fully depleted.^[45]
Lunging Assault	Fighter	Spend 15 Combat Momentum to lunge in a direction a short distance and perform an upward swing upon arrival, dealing damage to enemies in front of you. You are immune to hard crowd control effects while performing this ability.^[46]
Unstoppable Exert	Fighter	Exert additionally breaks all hard control effects on the caster, and may be used any time while under a hard controlling effect.^[47]
Whirlwind	Fighter	Channeled Ability: Deal physical damage to all enemies around the caster with each spin while channeled, increasing the spin rate the longer it is channeled. The caster is immune to hard disabling effects while spinning. Activate the ability again to end channeling early.^[48]