Impossible Odds

This skill is split between game modes — select one to view: PvE / WvW   PvP

Impossible Odds

5 

 

-6

-8

 4  

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Legendary Assassin

Sequence

 → 

Game link

External links

API

“

Legendary Assassin. Empower yourself with Shiro's incredible speed and destructive prowess, gaining great movement speed and striking foes an additional time when you hit them.
This effect can occur once per interval.

  Damage: 146 (0.55)^?

  Damage: 120 (0.45)^?

  Impossible Odds: Your attacks gain a follow-up strike.

  Movement Speed Increase: 50%

  Strike Delay: 0.25¼ seconds

  Interval: 0.25¼ seconds

— In-game description ^[?]

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Impossible Odds.

Notes

• If the skill is turned off manually it goes on a 1 second cooldown.
• If the skill is allowed to drain the maximum available energy, it goes on a 4 second cooldown.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 16, 2019	Instead of pulsing superspeed, this skill now increases your movement speed by 50%. Reduced damage of the secondary strike by 19% in PvP only.
July 10, 2018	Reduced the energy cost of this skill from 10 to 5. Reduced the energy upkeep of this skill in PvE from 8 to 6 energy per second. Fixed a bug that caused the superspeed effect to intermittently deactivate while this skill was active.
February 06, 2018	Reduced the energy drain from 10 to 8 per second. Gaining quickness has been replaced with inflicting a secondary strike when hitting a foe.
December 12, 2017	This skill and its associated Relinquish Power skill are now usable in midair.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now grants 10% increased damage for its duration in addition to its existing effects (5% for WvW/sPvP).
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Impossible Odds has been added to the game.