Steal Defenses

Grant aegis to allies around you and poison your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold. — In-game description

Steal Defenses

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Stolen skill

Game link

API

43768

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0.25¼  0.5½  

Steal Defenses

Grant aegis to allies around you and poison your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.

 Damage: 133 (0.5)^?

 Malice Threshold for Stealth: 5

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Aegis (5s): Block the next incoming attack.

₂ Poison (8s): 536 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Maximum Count: 2

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Range: 1,500

— In-game description

Acquisition

• Using Deadeye's Mark on any Guardian in Structured PvP or WvW.
• Randomly, after using Deadeye's Mark on an NPC.
• Randomly, after using a cantrip utility skill with the trait One in the Chamber while having a marked target.

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
• Potent Poison — Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.
• Improvisation — Use stolen skills twice. Reduce the cooldown of all equipped utility skills when you steal. Cooldown effect will only trigger if all utility slots are filled and if at least one of your active utility skills is on cooldown. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.

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.

Deadeye

• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
• Fire for Effect — Using a stolen skill grants additional boons to allies around you. Stolen skills will always be Steal Time, regardless of the target's profession.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	Stolen Skills: These skills no longer scale their effects based on malice stacks.
November 07, 2017	Deadeye Stolen Skills: These skills can now be used while jumping or during skills that jump into the air. Fixed a bug that allowed stolen skills to be wasted by casting them on targets other than your mark. Stolen skills will now always be cast on your mark even if your mark is not your current target.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Steal Defenses has been added to the game.