Shadow Strike/history

November 28, 2023

• Shadow Strike: 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.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Movement

Shadowstep

Sequence

 → 

Game link

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4  

Shadow Strike

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

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₃ Repeater (10s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

₂ Repeater (5s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Distance: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

May 25, 2021

• Shadow Strike: Reduced applied torment from 4 stacks to 2 stacks in PvE only. This now matches the number of stacks currently in PvP and WvW.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Movement

Shadowstep

Sequence

 → 

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

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

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Repeater (4s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Repeater (3s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Distance: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

• Shadow Strike: Repeater availability duration has been reduced from 4 to 3 seconds in PvP and WvW.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Sequence

 → 

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

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

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Repeater (4s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Repeater (3s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Distance: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

May 26, 2020

• Shadow Strike: Reduced the number of torment stacks from 4 to 2 in PvP and WvW.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Sequence

 → 

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

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

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Repeater (4s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

 Distance: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

March 05, 2019

• Shadow Strike: This skill now grants access to Repeater for 4 seconds upon landing a successful melee hit.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Sequence

 → 

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them. Unlock repeater for a short time.

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

Repeater (4s): Now has access to the Repeater skill.

Distance: 600

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

May 08, 2018

• Shadow Strike: The torment this skill inflicts is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 4-stack torment in all modes.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

Distance: 600

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

December 12, 2017

• Shadow Strike: Increased applied torment from 2 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 6 seconds.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

Distance: 600

₂ Torment (6s): 264 Damage, 382 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₄ Torment (6s): 528 Damage, 763 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

December 13, 2016

• Shadow Strike: The amount of torment applied by this ability has been increased from 2 stacks to 4 stacks in PvP only.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

Distance: 600

₂ Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

₄ Torment (5s): 440 Damage, 636 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

January 26, 2016

• Shadow Strike: This skill will now trigger Assassin's Reward correctly, even if it misses.

June 23, 2015

• Shadow Strike: All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 116 (0.315)^?

 Shot Damage: 481 (1.3125)^?

Distance: 600

₂ Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

• Shadow Strike: Updated the damage skill fact for the second strike to display the correct damage amount.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 101 (0.3)^?

 Shot Damage: 336 (1.25)^?

Distance: 600

₂ Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

— In-game description

October 15, 2013

• Shadow Strike: This ability now has a distance skill fact that represents the distance retreated.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

Game link

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 101 (0.3)^?

 Shot Damage: 336 (1.25)^?

Distance: 600

₂ Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

— In-game description

July 23, 2013

• Shadow Strike: This skill now applies 2 stacks of torment for 5 seconds.

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 101 (0.3)^?

₂ Torment (5s): 220 Damage, 318 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Shot Damage: 336 (1.0)^?

— In-game description

Original version

Shadow Strike

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand pistol
Off hand dagger

 

Type

Dual Wield

“

4  

Shadow Strike

Dual Wield. Stab your foe, then shadowstep away and shoot them.

 Damage: 101

 Shot Damage: 336

— In-game description