Exposed Weakness

This article is about the thief trait. For the effect applied to the Ancient Forgeman, see Exposed Weakness (effect).

Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them. — In-game description

Exposed Weakness

Specialization

Deadly Arts (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Minor

Training cost

6 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Exposed Weakness

Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

 Damage Increase per Unique Condition: 2%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Spinning Axe — Axe
•   Cunning Salvo — Axe
•   Recall Axes — Axe
•   Harrowing Storm — Axe
•   Orchestrated Assault — Axe
•   Lotus Strike — Dagger
•   Twisting Fangs — Dagger
•   Death Blossom — Dagger
•   Shadow Shot — Dagger
•   Dancing Dagger — Dagger
•   Cloak and Dagger — Dagger
•   Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Bola Shot — Pistol
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Shadow Strike — Pistol
•   Repeater — Pistol
•   Black Powder — Pistol
•   Crippling Strike — Sword
•   Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Infiltrator's Strike — Sword
•   Trick Shot — Short bow
•   Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Cluster Bomb — Short bow
•   Detonate Cluster — Short bow
•   Disabling Shot — Short bow
•   Choking Gas — Short bow
•   Infiltrator's Arrow — Short bow
•   Barbed Spear — Spear
•   Poison Tip Strike — Spear
•   Ashen Assault — Spear
•   Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Mantis Sting — Spear
•   Entangling Asp — Spear
•   Falling Spider — Spear
•   Nine-Tailed Strike — Spear
•   Unsuspecting Strike — Spear
•   Vampiric Slash — Spear
•   Distracting Throw — Spear
•   Tow Line — Spear
•   Hooked Spear — Spear
•   Piercing Shot — Harpoon gun
•   The Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Escape — Harpoon gun
•   Crippling Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Ink Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Punishing Strikes — Staff
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Dust Strike — Staff
•   Malicious Cunning Salvo — Axe
•   Malicious Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Malicious Shadowsquall — Scepter
•   Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Brutal Aim — Rifle
•   Deadly Aim — Rifle
•   Skirmisher's Shot — Rifle
•   Spotter's Shot — Rifle
•   Death's Retreat — Rifle
•   Malicious Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Malicious Ashen Assault — Spear
•   Malicious Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Malicious Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Shadow Bolt — Scepter
•   Double Bolt — Scepter
•   Triple Bolt — Scepter
•   Shadowsquall — Scepter
•   Triple Threat — Scepter
•   Measured Shot — Scepter
•   Endless Night — Scepter
•   Twilight Combo — Scepter

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt Shot — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Eternal Night — Enter Shadow Shroud

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blinding Powder — Deception
•   Smoke Screen — Deception
•   Pitfall
•   Shadow Portal
•   Thousand Needles
•   Signet of Shadows — Signet
•   Caltrops — Trick
•   Devourer Venom — Venom
•   Ice Drake Venom — Venom
•   Skale Venom — Venom
•   Spider Venom — Venom
•   Fist Flurry — Physical
•   Impairing Daggers — Physical
•   Binding Shadow — Cantrip

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dagger Storm — Trick

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blinding Tuft — Stolen skill
•   Essence Sap — Stolen skill
•   Exploding Venom Sack — Stolen skill
•   Ice Shard Stab — Stolen skill
•   Rusty Scrap Strike — Stolen skill
•   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill
•   Skull Fear — Stolen skill
•   Throw Chain — Stolen skill
•   Throw Coral Shard — Stolen skill
•   Throw Crystal Shard — Stolen skill
•   Throw Cursed Artifact — Stolen skill
•   Throw Feathers — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
•   Throw Lava Rock — Stolen skill
•   Throw Net — Stolen skill
•   Throw Scale — Stolen skill
•   Throw Unstable Reagent — Stolen skill
•   Throw Vine — Stolen skill
•   Tooth Stab — Stolen skill
•   Unstable Artifact — Stolen skill
•   Use Scepter — Stolen skill
•   Use Staff — Stolen skill
•   Use Trident — Stolen skill
•   Steal Defenses — Stolen skill
•   Steal Durability — Stolen skill
•   Steal Health — Stolen skill
•   Steal Mobility — Stolen skill
•   Steal Precision — Stolen skill
•   Steal Resistance — Stolen skill
•   Steal Strength — Stolen skill
•   Steal Time — Stolen skill
•   Steal Warmth — Stolen skill
•   Siphon — Steal

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Burst of Shadows — Collateral Damage
•   Lesser Caltrops — Uncatchable
•   Impaling Lotus — Lotus Training

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Deadly Arts

• Serpent's Touch — Stealing inflicts poison. While in the downed state, your attacks apply poison.
• Deadly Ambition — Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.
• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.
• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
• Panic Strike — Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe below the health threshold immobilizes them.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.
• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Trickery

• Pressure Striking — Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
• Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Daredevil

• Weakening Strikes — Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.

Specter

• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.

Notes

• The damage modifier stacks additively with itself, but multiplicatively with other damage modifiers.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
July 10, 2018	The damage this trait causes has been changed from 10% damage if the target has a condition to 2% damage per unique condition on a target.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Exposed Weakness has been added to the game.