Legendary Assassin Stance

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Legendary Assassin Stance

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Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Legend

Game link

External links

API

“

Invoke the power of the legendary assassin Shiro Tagachi.

— In-game description ^[?]

Skills

Skill						Description
Healing
Enchanted Daggers		2	0.5½	5	30	Summon enchanted daggers that will attack as you attack, siphoning life from targets hit.
Utility
Phase Traversal		4	0.5½	30	5	Step through the Mists to your target. Your next few attacks can't be blocked and deal increased damage.
Riposting Shadows		3		30		Dodge backward through the Mists. Remove movement-impairing conditions, and gain fury.
Impossible Odds		4		5 / -6		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.
Relinquish Power						End the Impossible Odds skill.
Elite
Jade Winds		9	1	50	5	Call upon the Jade Wind to turn nearby enemies into jade, stunning them for a short duration.

Related traits

Activation.

See also: Legend#Related traits

•  Nefarious Momentum — Gain might when using a legendary stance skill; gain more when using a Legendary Assassin skill.

Dialogue

Upon activating Assassin Stance:

Shiro: I have returned, to fight at your side.

Shiro: I demand that you release me!

Idle conversations

Shiro: The emperor feared my great power—do you?

<Character name>: Do your worst. I am impervious! (asura)

<Character name>: You're so easy to ignore. (charr)

<Character name>: Was that supposed to scare me? (human)

<Character name>: Do your worst. I could use a laugh. (norn)

<Character name>: You cannot harm me. I am protected. (male sylvari)

<Character name>: You can't harm me. I'm protected. (female sylvari)

Shiro: What has become of the empire in my absence?

<Character name>: Cantha expelled all nonhumans and closed its borders long ago. After Orr rose, it was isolated further. (asura)

<Character name>: Emperor Usoku expelled all nonhumans and closed Cantha's borders long ago. After Orr rose, it was isolated further. (male human)

<Character name>: They say Cantha expelled all nonhumans and closed its borders long ago. I hope to find out one day. (female human—voice only)

<Character name>: They say Cantha expelled all nonhumans and closed its borders long ago. After Orr rose, it was isolated further. (otherwise)

Notes

• Applies the  Legendary Assassin Stance effect.

Trivia

• Shiro Tagachi's name seems to translate to 'White Rice Field' in English from Japanese.
• Shiro is voiced by Feodor Chin in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Legendary Assassin Stance has been added to the game.

References

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Skill types and profession mechanics