Hide in Shadows

This article is about the skill. For other uses, see Hide in Shadows (disambiguation).

Hide in Shadows

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Profession

Thief (skill list)

Slot

Healing

Type

Deception

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Vanish in stealth, gaining regeneration and curing conditions.

  Healing: 6,026 (1.0)^?

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Regen (6s): 780 Heal

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

— In-game description ^[?]

Notes

• The conditions are removed before the healing is applied. Thus, Poison would not be able to apply its -33% healing potency effect. Poison applied after activation will reduce the Regeneration boon's effectiveness as normal.

Related traits

•  Trapper's Respite - Drop a Lesser Needle Trap when you use a healing skill.
•  Vigorous Recovery - Gain vigor when using a healing skill.
•  Concealed Defeat - Create a smoke screen when downed. Deception abilities recharge faster.
•  Meld with Shadows - Stealth skills last longer.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	The base healing of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 15% base heal increase in all modes.
March 27, 2018	Increased the base healing by 15% in PvP and WvW.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug in which this skill was not receiving increased stealth duration from Meld with Shadows.
April 19, 2016	This skill now removes confusion in addition to its other removals. Increased the duration of regeneration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This ability is now classified as a deception.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Hide in Shadows has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This was the default healing skill for thieves until the September 2014 Feature Pack, where it was switched with  
  
   Signet of Malice. The skill got an unlock requirement of one Hero point.