Infiltrator's Strike

Shadowstep to a foe and strike them. Use Shadow Return[sic] to shadowstep back and cure one condition. — In-game description

Infiltrator's Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand sword

Movement

Shadowstep

Sequence

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Game link

API

13015

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Infiltrator's Strike

Shadowstep to a foe and strike them. Use Shadow Return[sic] to shadowstep back and cure one condition.

 Damage: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 183 (0.5)^?

 Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

 Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

 Swiftness (3s): +33% Movement Speed

 Number of Targets: 3

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Panic Strike — Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe below the health threshold immobilizes them.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Shadow Arts

• Shadow Savior — After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.

Acrobatics

• Hard to Catch — Gain endurance when you shadowstep.
• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
• Don't Stop — While you have swiftness, movement-impairing conditions have reduced duration. When you gain swiftness, lose a movement-impairing condition.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Deadeye

• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.

Specter

• Traversing Dusk — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.

Notes

• If you use this skill without a target, shadowstep-related traits will not activate.
•   Infiltrator's Return has 15 seconds to be activated after using Infiltrator's Strike to return to original location.
  • If you are out of range, it will move you 1200 units toward your original location.
• Despite having no listed cast time, this skill cannot be used during other skills' cast time; it will queue instead.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 0.75 to 1.8.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.75 to 0.5.
July 10, 2018	Immobilization duration has been split between game modes and will now use a lower 1-second duration in PvP and WvW while using 2 seconds in PvE.
May 08, 2018	The immobile duration of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 1.5-second immobile in all modes.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now grants 3 seconds of swiftness when cast, in addition to its previous effects.
February 22, 2017	This skill has been unsplit from PvP and will now use a 900 maximum range. Immobilize duration has been increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds game-wide.
December 13, 2016	The range of this ability has been increased from 600 to 900 in PvP only. Immobilize duration has been increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds in PvP only.
August 10, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented Infiltrator's Return from becoming available when the skill was used in midair.
March 16, 2015	This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Infiltrator's Strike has been added to the game.