Takedown

This article is about smokescale pet skill. For soulbeast beastmode skill, see Takedown (soulbeast).

Cripple your target with a powerful strike. — In-game description

Takedown

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Pet

Smokescale

Pet family

Smokescale

Slot

Pet (skill list)

Game link

API

31430

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0.75¾  10  

Takedown

Cripple your target with a powerful strike.

 Damage: 844 (0.5)^?

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

 Range: 240

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 28, 2023	Reduced the cooldown from 20 seconds to 10 seconds. This skill no longer knocks down enemies. Increased the power coefficient from 0.01 to 0.5 in WvW and PvP.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.5 to 0.01.
February 22, 2017	Updated this attack to have a slight movement toward the target. Reduced aftercast by 0.25 seconds. Increased the range at which the creature will attack from 130 to 240.
May 17, 2016	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being blocked.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Takedown has been added to the game.