Binding Shadow/history
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This page contains information about a Guild Wars 2 skill that has been updated since its introduction. Some of the information on this page no longer applies to the game as it currently exists. For the current version of this skill, see Binding Shadow. |
June 27, 2023
- Binding Shadow: Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE and from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW. This skill now immobilizes marked targets instead of knocking them down.
Binding Shadow
- Profession
Thief (skill list)- Specialization
Deadeye- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
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2025Binding ShadowCantrip. Reveal yourself if you are stealthed and remove boons from your target after a short delay. If the foe is your marked target, they are also immobilized.
Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.
Revealed (3s): You cannot stealth
2 Poison (10s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Boons Removed: 2
Knockdown: 3 seconds
Defiance Break: 300
Range: 1,200
— In-game description
February 28, 2022
- (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Binding Shadow
- Profession
- Thief (skill list)
- Specialization
- Deadeye
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
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Binding ShadowCantrip. Reveal yourself if you are stealthed and immobilize your target after a short delay, while also removing boons. If the foe is your marked target, it is also knocked down.
— In-game description
May 11, 2021
- Binding Shadow: This skill now reveals the caster if they are using stealth when the skill begins. Reduced the aftercast animation from 0.25 seconds to 0.08 seconds.
Binding Shadow
- Profession
- Thief (skill list)
- Specialization
- Deadeye
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
“¾Binding ShadowCantrip. Reveal yourself if you are stealthed and immobilize your target after a short delay, while also removing boons. If the foe is your marked target, it is also knocked down.
— In-game description
February 25, 2020
- Binding Shadow: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.01. Reduced vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
Binding Shadow
- Profession
- Thief (skill list)
- Specialization
- Deadeye
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Training cost
- 15 Hero points
- Game link
“¾Binding ShadowCantrip. Immobilize your target after a short delay and remove their boons. If the foe is your marked target, it is also knocked down.
— In-game description
July 10, 2018
- Binding Shadow: This skill now requires a line of sight to the player's target to activate. Note that the attack portion of this skill does not require line of sight to hit as long as the activation has already occurred.
May 08, 2018
- Binding Shadow: This skill no longer scales condition duration with malice and instead removes 2 boons when it hits any target.
- Binding Shadow: The knockdown effect is now applied in addition to the immobile condition when the skill is used against a thief's mark.
Binding Shadow
- Profession
- Thief (skill list)
- Specialization
- Deadeye
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Game link
“¾Binding ShadowCantrip. Immobilize your target after a short delay and remove their boons. If the foe is your marked target, it is also knocked down.
Damage: 266 (1.0)?
15 Vulnerability (10s): +15% Incoming Damage, +15% Incoming Condition Damage
— In-game description
March 27, 2018
- Binding Shadow: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to knock down for longer than its listed value.
November 07, 2017
- Binding Shadow: This skill now performs a range check before activating.
- Removed range and line-of-sight restrictions from the delayed attack.
Original version
Binding Shadow
- Profession
- Thief (skill list)
- Specialization
- Deadeye
- Slot
- Utility
- Type
- Cantrip
- Game link
“¾Binding ShadowCantrip. Immobilize your target after a short delay. If the foe is your marked target, they'll be knocked down instead. Conditions applied by this skill have increased duration for each stack of malice.
Duration Increase: 10%
— In-game description
