Deadly Arts

Specialization background.

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"Would you like a taste of poison?"

Deadly arts focuses on the application and enhancement of the poison condition as well as increasing damage dealt from other sources. It also offers various improvements to stealing, which can further broaden offensive options.

— In-game description

Deadly Arts is a core specialization for the thief that focuses on improving daggers, poison and stealing.

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Serpent's Touch		Stealing inflicts poison. While in the downed state, your attacks apply poison.
Major Adept	Dagger Training		Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
Major Adept	Mug		Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
Major Adept	Deadly Ambition		Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.
Minor Master	Lotus Poison	10	Weaken targets when you poison them.
Major Master	Even the Odds		Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
Major Master	Panic Strike	20	Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe below the health threshold immobilizes them.
Major Master	Revealed Training		Gain power, then gain extra power while you are revealed.
Minor Grandmaster	Exposed Weakness		Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
Major Grandmaster	Potent Poison		Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.
Major Grandmaster	Improvisation	15	Use stolen skills twice. Reduce the cooldown of all equipped utility skills when you steal. Cooldown effect will only trigger if all utility slots are filled and if at least one of your active utility skills is on cooldown. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.
Major Grandmaster	Executioner		Deal increased strike damage when your target is below the health threshold.

See also: List of thief traits

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