Mesmerize

Mesmerize is a Crowd Control strategy that causes an opponent to stop both movement and attack. If a mesmerized target is attacked, then mesmerize will be broken and the target will start moving and attacking again.

Mesmerize, Stun, and Knock Down all stop a target from moving and attacking. However, they differ in the follow ways:

Skill	Effect on Target's Action	Effect on Target's Body	Can the Effect be Interrupted by an Attack on the Target? †
Stun	Target cannot Move or Attack	Remains Standing/Upright	Not Interrupted by Attack
Knock Down	Target cannot Move or Attack	Knocked to Ground	Not Interrupted by Attack
Mesmerize	Target cannot Move or Attack	Remains Standing/Upright	Interrupted by Attack

† Mesmerize can be interrupted (i.e. eliminated) if the mesmerized target is attacked, whereas stun and knockdown continue for the full duration even if the target is attacked.

Mesmerize applies a Resist Crowd Control on the target (which causes the target to become temporarily resistant to subsequent stuns/knockdowns/mesmerizes/roots/knockdowns).

The following abilities have a chance to mesmerize an opponent, and are being tested/confirmed as to if they generate crowd control resistance. Please edit this page if you can confirm or deny resistance.

Ability	School	Is Resist Crowd Control Applied?
Sap	Subterfuge Skills	Unknown/Untested
Mesmerizing Melody	Bard Skills	Yes
Dazzling Rays	Sun Magic	Unknown/Untested
Corpse Explosion	Death Magic	Unknown/Untested
Moon Beams	Moon Magic	Yes
Night Step	Moon Magic	Unknown/Untested

Pending Questions

Is there any mechanical difference between Mesmerize and Stun?

Shield Bash and Sap lists effects as both stun and mesmerize. If there is a difference between them remove from one page or the other, and edit the primary ability pages. (In testing Shield Bash only displayed the Stun icon on the Mob's bar, so has been delisted as being Mesmerize.)