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: 624 (1.7)^?

 Damage: 440 (1.2)^?

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Boons Removed: 1

 Additional Boons Removed: 2

 Additional Boons Removed: 1

 Number of Targets: 5

 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.

• The Thief is only stealthed if Shattering Assault hits a target.
• The additional boon removal will also be triggered if it's that usage of Shattering Assault that applies the Weakness (e.g. by using Weakening Strikes).

Trivia

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

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 10, 2024	Fixed an issue that could prevent this skill from canceling autoattacks when it applied stealth to the player.
August 23, 2024	This skill now requires its attack to strike a target in order to apply stealth to the thief.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Shattering Assault has been added to the game. Increased the number of targets struck from 3 to 5. Using a follow-up skill will now always enable finisher skills unless the skill is interrupted.
June 27, 2024	Shattering Assault was available during the Spear Beta Event.