Deception
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This article is about the utility skill type. For the mesmer downed skill, see Deception (mesmer skill). Deception is a skill type focusing on stealth and avoiding damage.
List of deception skills[edit]
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Description | ||
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| Hide in Shadows | 1 | 25 | Deception. Vanish in stealth and cure conditions. Then gain regeneration and heal yourself. | |||
| Blinding Powder | ¼ | 20 | Deception. Blind nearby foes and grant stealth to nearby allies. | |||
| Shadow Refuge | 
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¼ | 35 | Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth. | ||
| Shadowstep |
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30 | Deception. Shadowstep to target area. Becomes Shadow Return, which returns you to your starting area and cures three conditions. | |||
 Shadow Return
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Deception. Return to your starting location, and cure three conditions. | ||||
| Smoke Screen |
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½ | 25 | Deception. Create a smoke screen that blocks missiles and blinds foes. | ||
| Thieves Guild | 1½ | 120 | Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat. | |||
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| False Oasis |
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¾ | 25 | Deception. Create a mirage at your current location and heal over time. When the mirage expires, it spawns a mirage mirror. | ||
| Crystal Sands |
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¼ | 20 | Deception. Draw in shards of crystal sand that confuse foes they pass through on their way to your targeted location. The shards form a Mirage Mirror upon reaching their destination. | ||
| Illusionary Ambush | 20 | Deception. You and all your illusions shadowstep to a random point around your target and gain Mirage Cloak. Illusions' actions are interrupted when they change focus to the targeted foe. | ||||
| Mirage Advance | ¾ | 25 | Deception. Shadowstep and unleash an attack that blinds and dazes your target and nearby foes. You may reactivate this skill to return to your original position. | |||
| Mirage Retreat
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Return to your starting point and leave behind a clone at your previous location. | |||||
| Sand through Glass | 20 | Deception. Evade backward and gain Mirage Cloak. | ||||
| Jaunt |
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½ | Deception. Shadowstep to a target location and confuse nearby foes. | |||
Related traits[edit]
Self-Deception (Mirage) — Using a Deception skill will create a clone if you have any other clones active.
Related equipment[edit]
Relic of Peitha — After shadowstepping or using a deception skill, fire a blade at a nearby enemy after a short delay, applying torment and increasing your strike damage against that target.
Gallery[edit]
Thief deception training
Trivia[edit]
- This skill type was previously called Maneuver.
