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May 11, 2021

Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons. Successfully hitting your target inflicts slow on them while granting you quickness.

Miscellaneous effect.png Boons Stolen: 3
Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions Transferred: 3
Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Slow.png Slow (4s): Skills and actions are slower.
Quickness.png Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are faster.
Slow.png Slow (2s): Skills and actions are slower.
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Arcane Thievery: (Competitive split) Reduced quickness and slow duration from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons. Successfully hitting your target inflicts slow on them while granting you quickness.

Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Slow.png Slow (4s): Skills and actions are slower.
Quickness.png Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are faster.
Slow.png Slow (2s): Skills and actions are slower.
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

December 12, 2017

  • Arcane Thievery: In addition to its previous effects, successfully hitting a target now inflicts slow on the target for 4 seconds while granting quickness to the mesmer for the same duration.
Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send three conditions you have to your foe and give them slow, and steal three of their boons while granting yourself quickness.

Quickness.png Quickness (4s): Skills and actions are faster.
Slow.png Slow (4s): Skills and actions are slower.
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

  • Arcane Thievery: This skill has been unsplit and now has a 25-second recharge in all game modes.
Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send three conditions you have to your foe and steal three of their boons.

Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

  • Arcane Thievery: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 35 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.
Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  
35 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
 
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send three conditions you have to your foe and steal three of their boons.

Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

July 26, 2016

  • Arcane Thievery: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 35 seconds.
Arcane Thievery.png

Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  35 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send three conditions you have to your foe and steal three of their boons.

Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

September 29, 2015

June 23, 2015

  • Manipulation skill range has been increased to 1200.
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Arcane Thievery

Profession
Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Manipulation
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  45 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send three conditions you have to your foe and steal three of their boons.

Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

June 03, 2014

April 15, 2014

October 15, 2013

  • Arcane Thievery: This skill will now have a consistent animation when used with a greatsword.

April 30, 2013

  • Arcane Thievery skill: Now correctly transfers the boons removed from enemies and the conditions removed from the mesmer.

March 26, 2013

December 14, 2012

October 22, 2012

  • Arcane Thievery: This skill now appropriately removes the aegis boon rather than being blocked by it.

Original version

45 Recharge time  
Arcane Thievery

Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons.

Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description