Hook Strike

Stealth Attack. Attack your foes with stealth, knocking enemies down. — In-game description

Hook Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Daredevil

Weapon

Staff

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

30210

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Hook Strike

Stealth Attack. Attack your foes with stealth, knocking enemies down.

 Damage: 262 (0.65)^?

 Damage: 4 (0.01)^?

 Knockdown: 4 seconds

 Knockdown: 2 seconds

 Defiance Break: 400

 Defiance Break: 200

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.

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.
• Shadow Siphoning — Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
• 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.

Daredevil

• Impacting Disruption — Enemies that you interrupt suffer a pulmonary impact. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 13, 2022	Fixed an issue that caused the knockdown duration to be longer than intended.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Knockdown duration increased from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.65 to 0.01.
July 26, 2016	All stealth attack skills will now have a 1-second recharge between uses.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being usable when under the effect of stealth provided by a mesmer.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Hook Strike has been added to the game.