Roll for Initiative

Trick. Evade backward to regenerate initiative and recover from crippled, chilled, and immobilized. — In-game description

Roll for Initiative

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Trick

Movement

Retreat

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

13035

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28

35

 

Roll for Initiative

Trick. Evade backward to regenerate initiative and recover from crippled, chilled, and immobilized.

 Initiative Gain: 6

 Initiative Gain: 4

 Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Acrobatics

• Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
• Guarded Initiation — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Swindler's Equilibrium — Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or spear recharges Steal. Swords and spears deal increased damage.
• 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

• Preparedness — Increases maximum initiative by 3. Gain increased expertise.
• Trickster — Tricks remove conditions.

Daredevil

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

Deadeye

• Payback — When Renewing Gaze triggers, this trait restores a portion of the recharge time needed by your healing, utility, and elite skills. Excludes racial skills.

Notes

• The rollback's maximum range is roughly 580 units.
• Initiative is gained shortly after the roll is completed.
• This skill can be used mid-air.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 35 seconds to 28 seconds in PvE, and from 50 seconds to 35 seconds in PvP and WvW. Reduced initiative gain from 6 to 4 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 40 seconds to 50 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 35 seconds to 40 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Lowered the recharge from 60 seconds to 35 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
October 15, 2013	Withdraw and Roll for Initiative: These skills now properly remove immobilize upon execution.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Roll for Initiative has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Rolling for initiative refers to players rolling dice to determine the order of play, particularly for combat in Dungeons & Dragons.