diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/lunge.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/lunge.dm
index c3a3090d55..ea25286ba9 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/lunge.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/lunge.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	button_icon_state = "power_lunge"
 	bloodcost = 10
 	cooldown = 120
-	target_range = 5
+	target_range = 3 // artur was right
 	power_activates_immediately = TRUE
 	message_Trigger = "Whom will you ensnare within your grasp?"
 	must_be_capacitated = TRUE
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(owner, .proc/_walk, 0), 2 SECONDS)
 	target.playsound_local(get_turf(owner), 'sound/bloodsucker/lunge_warn.ogg', 60, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) // target-only telegraphing
 	owner.playsound_local(owner, 'sound/bloodsucker/lunge_warn.ogg', 60, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) // audio feedback to the user
-	if(do_mob(owner, owner, 6, TRUE, TRUE))
+	if(do_mob(owner, owner, 7, TRUE, TRUE))
 		walk_towards(owner, T, 0.1, 10) // yes i know i shouldn't use this but i don't know how to work in anything better
 		if(get_turf(owner) != T && !(isliving(target) && target.Adjacent(owner)) && owner.incapacitated() && owner.resting)
 			var/send_dir = get_dir(owner, T)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 				target.grabbedby(owner) // Taken from mutations.dm under changelings
 				target.grippedby(owner, instant = TRUE) //instant aggro grab
 				break
-			sleep(i*3)
+			sleep(3)
 
 /datum/action/bloodsucker/targeted/lunge/DeactivatePower(mob/living/user = owner, mob/living/target)
 	..() // activate = FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
index b238c5ba36..d715a1bb69 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/bloodsucker/powers/mesmerize.dm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			to_chat(owner, "<span class='warning'>You're too far outside your victim's view.</span>")
 		return FALSE
 
-	if(target.has_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)) // ?
+	if(target.has_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)) // ignores facing once the windup has started (now i know why i put this here!)
 		return TRUE
 
 	// Check: Facing target?
@@ -97,21 +97,27 @@
 		var/power_time = 138 + level_current * 12
 		target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, 30)
 		user.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, 30)
-		if(do_mob(user, target, 30, TRUE, TRUE)) // 3 seconds windup
+		for(var/i in 1 to 6) // this is a test lol
 			success = CheckCanTarget(target)
-			if(success) // target just has to be out of view when it is fully charged in order to avoid
-				PowerActivatedSuccessfully() // blood & cooldown only altered if power activated successfully - less "fuck you"-y
-				target.face_atom(user)
-				target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, power_time) // pretty much purely cosmetic
-				target.Stun(power_time)
-				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[target] is fixed in place by your hypnotic gaze.</span>")
-				target.next_move = world.time + power_time // <--- Use direct change instead. We want an unmodified delay to their next move //    target.changeNext_move(power_time) // check click.dm
-				target.notransform = TRUE // <--- Fuck it. We tried using next_move, but they could STILL resist. We're just doing a hard freeze.
+			if(success)
+				if(i==6)
+					PowerActivatedSuccessfully() // blood & cooldown only altered if power activated successfully - less "fuck you"-y
+					target.face_atom(user)
+					target.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE, power_time) // pretty much purely cosmetic
+					target.Stun(power_time)
+					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[target] is fixed in place by your hypnotic gaze.</span>")
+					target.next_move = world.time + power_time // <--- Use direct change instead. We want an unmodified delay to their next move //    target.changeNext_move(power_time) // check click.dm
+					target.notransform = TRUE // <--- Fuck it. We tried using next_move, but they could STILL resist. We're just doing a hard freeze.
+					break
+				sleep(5)
 			else
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[target] has escaped your gaze!</span>")
+				target.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
+				user.remove_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_MESMERIZE)
 				DeactivatePower()
 				DeactivateRangedAbility()
 				StartCooldown()
+				break
 				// oops! if they knew how they could just spam stun the victim and themselves.
 
 		spawn(power_time)