Instinctive Engage

Leap forward and slash at your foe. Gain quickness if you successfully strike. — In-game description

Instinctive Engage

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Specialization

Soulbeast

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

46123

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Instinctive Engage

Leap forward and slash at your foe. Gain quickness if you successfully strike.

 Damage: 734 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 550 (1.5)^?

 Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are faster.

 Slow (2s): Skills and actions are slower.

₄ Poison (8s): 1,072 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

₄ Poison (6s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Distance: 400

 Combo Finisher: Leap

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Wilderness Survival

• Ambidexterity — Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch, dagger, or mace. Torch and dagger skills recharge faster.
• Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic

• Bountiful Hunter — You deal increased strike damage for each boon affecting you. Your pet deals increased strike damage for each boon affecting it.
• Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.

Soulbeast

• Essence of Speed — Gaining quickness increases the duration of other boons affecting you.
• Predator's Cunning — When you apply poison to a foe, steal some health from them.
• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This skill is no longer an ammunition skill. Reduced cooldown in PvE to 12 seconds, matching WvW and PvP. Increased the damage inflicted to 2.0 in PvE and 1.5 in WvW and PvP. Increased quickness duration from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds in WvW and PvP. This skill now slows and poisons enemies it strikes.
February 14, 2023	Reduced ammunition recharge from 15 seconds to 12 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness duration from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
May 08, 2018	The damage of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 66% damage increase in all modes with a 0.5 second cooldown between uses.
March 27, 2018	Increased damage by 67% in PvP and WvW.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Instinctive Engage has been added to the game.