Guarded Initiation

Movement skills grant resistance. — In-game description

Guarded Initiation

Specialization

Acrobatics (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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5

Guarded Initiation

Movement skills grant resistance.

  Resistance (2s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Heartseeker — Dagger
•   Death Blossom — Dagger
•   Shadow Shot — Dagger
•   Shadow Strike — Pistol
•   Infiltrator's Strike — Sword
•   Infiltrator's Return — Sword
•   Disabling Shot — Short bow
•   Infiltrator's Arrow — Short bow
•   Escape — Harpoon gun
•   Ink Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Smoke Trail — Harpoon gun
•   Weakening Charge — Staff
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Vault — Staff
•   Death's Retreat — Rifle
•   Death's Advance — Rifle
•   Measured Shot — Scepter

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sohothin Blossom — Sohothin

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Withdraw — Trick
•   Well of Gloom — Well

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadowstep — Deception
•   Shadow Return — Deception
•   Shadow Portal
•   Infiltrator's Signet — Signet
•   Roll for Initiative — Trick
•   Shadow Swap
•   Well of Bounty — Well
•   Well of Silence — Well
•   Well of Sorrow — Well
•   Well of Tears — Well

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadowfall — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Steal
•   Branch Leap — Stolen skill

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Escape

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bound — Bounding Dodger
•   Dash — Unhindered Combatant
•   Impaling Lotus — Lotus Training

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait has been reworked. It now grants the thief resistance when using a movement skill, with a 5-second internal cooldown.
January 27, 2016	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to grant bonus vitality.
January 26, 2016	This trait now removes confusion in addition to its current removals. The health threshold has been reduced from 90% to 75%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Guarded Initiation has been added to the game.