Death's Advance

Kneel. Shadowstep forward while granting yourself stealth. — In-game description

Death's Advance

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Rifle

Type

Kneel

Movement

Shadowstep

Sequence

 →  → 

Game link

API

40436

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0.25¼  

2

5

 

Death's Advance

Kneel. Shadowstep forward while granting yourself stealth.

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Distance: 600

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Critical Strikes

• Hidden Killer — Gain bonus critical-hit chance while stealthed. This bonus lingers for a short duration after you've been revealed.

Shadow Arts

• Merciful Ambush — Heal when you enter or exit stealth. Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shadow's Embrace — Remove conditions when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Meld with Shadows — Gain superspeed when you enter or exit stealth.
• Shadow Savior — After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.
• Leeching Venoms — Venom utility skills siphon life from struck foes. Gain stacks of Spider Venom when you enter or exit stealth. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.
• Cover of Shadow — Gain protection when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shadow's Rejuvenation — Gain initiative when you enter or exit stealth.

Acrobatics

• Hard to Catch — Gain endurance when you shadowstep.
• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Notes

• This skill is only available when kneeling within the smoke field created by Sniper's Cover.
• Only grants stealth to yourself.
• Fails if the shadowstep target location would place you in invalid terrain.
• If there is valid terrain within 600 units, but you cannot path to it it will shadowstep you as far as possible in a straight line.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	Increased the initiative cost from 4 to 5 in PvP only.
January 30, 2024	Increased the initiative cost from 2 to 4 in PvP only.
November 28, 2023	Fixed an issue that could prevent this skill from granting stealth.
November 29, 2022	(Undocumented) Death's Advance has been added to the game.