Shadow Strike

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Shadow Strike.png

Shadow Strike

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Type
Dual Wield
Movement
Shadowstep
Sequence
Shadow Strike.png
 → Repeater.png
Game link
API
13010
4 Initiative  
Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them. Unlock Repeater at reduced initiative cost for a short time.

Damage.png Damage: 116 (0.315)?
Damage.png Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)?
Torment.png4 Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Torment.png2 Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary
Repeater.png3 Repeater (10s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.
Repeater.png2 Repeater (5s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.
Miscellaneous effect.png Distance: 600
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Deadly Arts Deadly Arts

Critical Strikes Critical Strikes

Shadow Arts Shadow Arts

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

Acrobatics Acrobatics

Trickery Trickery

Specter Specter

  • Larcenous Torment Larcenous Torment — Steal health and gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
  • Traversing Dusk 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.
  • Strength of Shadows Strength of Shadows — Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage.

Notes[edit]

  • There are four components to this skill:
  1. Stabs a foe with a dagger attack, dealing damage and inflicting two stacks of torment.
  2. If an enemy was hit, the player shadowsteps 600 units directly away from them.
  3. After shadowstepping away, a projectile attack is fired at a target foe within 1300 range.
  4. This skill then flips over to Repeater for 3-4 seconds depending on game mode.
  5. Repeater can continue to be used for as long as you have the buff; during this time, Shadow Strike is unusable.
  • Dagger Training only affects the dagger attack.
  • Deadly Aim (trait) only affects the projectile attack.
  • Deadly Ambition affects both attacks.
  • Jumping while using this skill will prevent the shot and teleport, however Repeater will still become available.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
November 28, 2023
  • Increased the torment stacks from 2 to 4 in PvE only. Increased the Repeater effect duration from 4 seconds to 10 seconds in PvE, and from 4 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased the Repeater effect stacks from 1 to 3 in PvE and from 1 to 2 in PvP and WvW. The effect now causes the Repeater skill to cost one less initiative, and one stack of the effect is consumed when using Repeater.
May 25, 2021
  • Reduced applied torment from 4 stacks to 2 stacks in PvE only. This now matches the number of stacks currently in PvP and WvW.
July 07, 2020
  • Repeater availability duration has been reduced from 4 to 3 seconds in PvP and WvW.
May 26, 2020
  • Reduced the number of torment stacks from 4 to 2 in PvP and WvW.
March 05, 2019
  • This skill now grants access to Repeater for 4 seconds upon landing a successful melee hit.
May 08, 2018
  • The torment this skill inflicts is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 4-stack torment in all modes.
December 12, 2017
  • Increased applied torment from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 6 seconds.
December 13, 2016
  • The amount of torment applied by this ability has been increased from 2 stacks to 4 stacks in PvP only.
January 26, 2016
  • This skill will now trigger Assassin's Reward correctly, even if it misses.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.
April 15, 2014
  • Updated the damage skill fact for the second strike to display the correct damage amount.
October 15, 2013
  • This ability now has a distance skill fact that represents the distance retreated.
July 23, 2013
  • This skill now applies 2 stacks of torment for 5 seconds.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Shadow Strike has been added to the game.

Trivia[edit]