Shattering Assault

Finisher. Strike foes in front of you and remove boons from them, then enter stealth. Remove additional boons from weakened foes. — In-game description

Shattering Assault

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Activ. type

Chain

Sequence

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Game link

API

72904

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Shattering Assault

Finisher. Strike foes in front of you and remove boons from them, then enter stealth. Remove additional boons from weakened foes.

 Damage: 513 (1.4)^?

 Damage: 440 (1.2)^?

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Boons Removed: 1

 Additional Boons Removed: 2

 Additional Boons Removed: 1

 Number of Targets: 3

 Evade: 0.5½ seconds

 Range: 170

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Related traits

Critical Strikes

• Hidden Killer — Gain bonus critical-hit chance while stealthed. This bonus lingers for a short duration after you've been revealed.

Shadow Arts

• Merciful Ambush — Heal when you enter or exit stealth. Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shadow's Embrace — Remove conditions when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Meld with Shadows — Gain superspeed when you enter or exit stealth.
• Leeching Venoms — Venom utility skills siphon life from struck foes. Gain stacks of Spider Venom when you enter or exit stealth. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.
• Cover of Shadow — Gain protection when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shadow's Rejuvenation — Gain initiative when you enter or exit stealth.

Acrobatics

• Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
• Swindler's Equilibrium — Gain power and additional power when while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal.
• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
• Upper Hand — Gain initiative when you dodge, and gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack. Evading can only trigger this trait once per interval.

Trickery

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

Daredevil

• Escapist's Fortitude — Gain health when you successfully evade an attack. Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.

Specter

• Panaku's Ambition — Gain barrier when you strike foes with a stealth attack. When you apply stealth to allies you also grant them barrier. This effect can only be received once and will reset when stealth is removed.

Notes

Anomaly:

The skill's description doesn't mention that it Evades.

• As this skill is a Follow Up, hitting a foes will progress both attack chains on the spear, granting access to Shattering Assault (this skill's Finisher skill) and Falling Spider (Entangling Asp's Finisher skill).

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2024	Shattering Assault was available during the Spear Beta Event.