Infiltrator's Arrow

Fire an arrow and shadowstep to the target area, blinding nearby foes. — In-game description

Infiltrator's Arrow

 

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Short bow

Movement

Shadowstep

Game link

API

13025

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6

8

 

Infiltrator's Arrow

Fire an arrow and shadowstep to the target area, blinding nearby foes.

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Number of Targets: 3

 Radius: 120

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Shadow Arts

• Shadow Savior — After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.

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.

Specter

• Traversing Dusk — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.

Notes

• As a shadowstep, it can only send the player to locations they could reach without having to jump.
• Jumping after the shot has been fired but before it has landed, when timed correctly, can fire the shot over small terrain providing you have line of sight on the opposite end of the terrain.
• If the player is downed while the projectile is in flight, they will still shadowstep when it reaches the target area.

Anomalies:

• Aiming under a platform thin enough will shadow step the player on top of the platform instead of under it.
• A dodge immediately following Infiltrator's Arrow will be performed in-place, as if the player was immobilized.
• If used right before entering Siege Golem, the golem will teleport with the arrow.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
December 01, 2020	Increased initiative cost from 6 to 8 in PvP and WvW.
September 29, 2020	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to be able to be reflected in a disorienting fashion. When the projectile from this skill is reflected, it will now be destroyed instead.
March 16, 2015	This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found.
April 15, 2014	Added a skill fact for number of targets: 3.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Infiltrator's Arrow has been added to the game.