List of thief traits

This is a list of thief traits.

Deadly Arts

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"Would you like a taste of poison?"

Deadly arts focuses on the application and enhancement of the poison condition as well as increasing damage dealt from other sources. It also offers various improvements to stealing, which can further broaden offensive options.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Serpent's Touch		Stealing inflicts poison. While in the downed state, your attacks apply poison.
Major Adept	Dagger Training		Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
Major Adept	Mug		Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
Major Adept	Deadly Ambition		Inflict poison when striking a foe with a dual wield attack. Gain increased condition damage. Applies poison once per attack use.
Minor Master	Lotus Poison	10	Weaken targets when you poison them.
Major Master	Even the Odds		Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
Major Master	Panic Strike	20	Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe below the health threshold immobilizes them.
Major Master	Revealed Training		Gain power, then gain extra power while you are revealed.
Minor Grandmaster	Exposed Weakness		Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
Major Grandmaster	Potent Poison		Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.
Major Grandmaster	Improvisation	15	Use stolen skills twice. Recharge one random equipped utility skill when you steal. Goes on cooldown regardless of whether a utility skill is recharged. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.
Major Grandmaster	Executioner		Deal increased strike damage when your target is below the health threshold.

Critical Strikes

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"Strike when they're weak."

Critical strikes improve your ability to critically hit the enemy. Whether it be increasing the damage of critical hits or improving access to the fury boon, this trait line offers multiple options and augments.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Keen Observer		Critical-hit chance is increased while your health is above the threshold.
Major Adept	Assassin's Fury	2	Gain might when you gain fury.
Major Adept	Signets of Power		Signets gain reduced recharge time and an additional passive effect.
Major Adept	Twin Fangs		Deal increased critical damage while your health is above the threshold. Gain bonus critical-hit chance when hitting a foe from behind or the side.
Minor Master	Unrelenting Strikes	8	Grant fury to yourself and nearby allies when you critically strike an enemy.
Major Master	Sundering Shade	1	Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.
Major Master	Practiced Tolerance		Gain ferocity based on your precision.
Major Master	Deadly Aim	8	Your pistol and harpoon gun attacks now pierce, but have reduced strike damage.
Minor Grandmaster	Ferocious Strikes		Gain increased critical damage against foes whose health is above the threshold.
Major Grandmaster	No Quarter	2	Landing a critical hit while under the effects of fury increases the duration of fury. Gain increased ferocity while under the effects of fury.
Major Grandmaster	Hidden Killer		Gain bonus critical-hit chance while stealthed. This bonus lingers for a short duration after you've been revealed.
Major Grandmaster	Invigorating Precision		You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical-hit damage. This healing is increased while you are under the effects of fury.

Shadow Arts

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"Draped in shadow..."

The shadow arts specialization is focused around going into stealth and using stealth attacks. Increasing stealth duration and adding additional effects while in or exiting of stealth are the focus of this line.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Merciful Ambush	10	Heal when you enter or exit stealth. Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
Major Adept	Shielding Restoration	10	Grant barrier to nearby allies when you use a healing skill.
Major Adept	Shadow's Embrace		Remove conditions when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
Major Adept	Hidden Thief	2	Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
Minor Master	Meld with Shadows		Gain superspeed when you enter or exit stealth.
Major Master	Shadow Savior		After completing a shadowstep, you are healed. Nearby allies are also healed for a larger amount. Only affects thief shadowsteps.
Major Master	Leeching Venoms		Venom utility skills siphon life from struck foes. Gain stacks of Spider Venom when you enter or exit stealth. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.
Major Master	Cloaked in Shadow		Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.
Minor Grandmaster	Shadow Siphoning	1	Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
Major Grandmaster	Cover of Shadow		Gain protection when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
Major Grandmaster	Shadow's Rejuvenation		Gain initiative when you enter or exit stealth.
Major Grandmaster	Rending Shade		Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Acrobatics

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"Dancing through battle with a twirl of my blade."

Acrobatics is focused primarily on dodging attacks and increasing your overall mobility. This line also offers a few general survivability options, such as self-healing and condition removal, depending on the situation.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Expeditious Dodger		Gain swiftness upon dodging.
Major Adept	Instant Reflexes	30	Gain evasion when you use an elite skill.
Major Adept	Vigorous Recovery		Gain vigor when using a healing skill.
Major Adept	Pain Response	16	Gain regeneration and remove damaging conditions when struck while below the health threshold.
Minor Master	Feline Grace	1	Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
Major Master	Guarded Initiation	1	Remove conditions when striking an enemy while your health is above the threshold.
Major Master	Swindler's Equilibrium	10	Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or spear recharges Steal. Swords and spears deal increased damage.
Major Master	Hard to Catch		Gain endurance when you shadowstep.
Minor Grandmaster	Endless Stamina		The effects of vigor on you are enhanced. Gain bonus concentration.
Major Grandmaster	Assassin's Reward		Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
Major Grandmaster	Upper Hand	2	Gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack.
Major Grandmaster	Don't Stop		While you have swiftness, movement-impairing conditions have reduced duration. When you gain swiftness, lose a movement-impairing condition.

Trickery

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"Watch your step."

Trickery offers new ways to manage initiative in combat as well as various augments to the Steal skill.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Kleptomaniac		Stealing gives you initiative.
Major Adept	Uncatchable		Leave behind lesser caltrops when you dodge.
Major Adept	Burst of Agility		Use Lesser Haste when attacking a foe from behind or from the side.
Major Adept	Thrill of the Crime		When you Steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
Minor Master	Preparedness		Increases maximum initiative by 3. Gain increased expertise.
Major Master	Bountiful Theft		Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.
Major Master	Trickster		Tricks gain reduced recharge and remove conditions.
Major Master	Pressure Striking		Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Lead Attacks		Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
Major Grandmaster	Quick Pockets	8	Gain initiative on swapping weapons while in combat.
Major Grandmaster	Sleight of Hand		Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.
Major Grandmaster	Deadly Ambush		Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Daredevil

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"Try keepin' up with this!"

The daredevil is a master of maneuverability and mobility. Gaining an additional endurance bar and the ability to customize their dodge roll, the daredevil has the tools to become a melee whirlwind of destruction.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Staff Proficiency		You can wield a staff.
Minor Adept	Physical Supremacy		Gain access to physical skills. Your maximum endurance threshold is increased, while Steal is replaced with Swipe.
Major Adept	Marauder's Resilience		Gain vitality based on a portion of your power. Damage is decreased from foes within the range threshold.
Major Adept	Escapist's Fortitude	1	Gain health when you successfully evade an attack. Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
Major Adept	Brawler's Tenacity		Physical skills grant endurance when activated and gain reduced recharge.
Minor Master	Weakening Strikes		Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal increased strike damage to them.
Major Master	Staff Master		While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff.
Major Master	Havoc Specialist		Strike damage dealt increases based on endurance that is missing.
Major Master	Impacting Disruption		Enemies that you interrupt suffer a pulmonary impact. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Endurance Thief		Gain endurance when you successfully steal from an enemy.
Major Grandmaster	Lotus Training		Your dodge ability now uses Impaling Lotus, firing daggers at nearby enemies. Gain increased condition damage for a period of time when dodging.
Major Grandmaster	Unhindered Combatant		Your dodge ability is replaced by a long-range dash that removes inhibiting conditions and grants swiftness and damage reduction. Removing conditions in this way temporarily reduces endurance gain.
Major Grandmaster	Bounding Dodger		Your dodge ability is replaced by Bound, dealing damage to the area after you evade. Gain increased strike damage for a period of time after you dodge.

Deadeye

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"One shot, one kill."

Take aim with your rifle and mark your enemies for assassination. The deadeye specializes in long-range combat and picking off enemies before they can get close. By marking your target, you gain increased damage against them as you wear them down before taking the final shot.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Rifle Proficiency		You can wield rifles.
Minor Adept	Deadeye's Gaze		Steal is replaced with Deadeye's Mark, which unlocks new Stolen skills and malice generation. Stealth attacks consume malice for bonus effects. Gain access to rifles and cantrips.
Major Adept	Malicious Intent		Marking a target or striking your mark with a stealth attack will immediately grant malice.
Major Adept	Collateral Damage		Trigger Burst of Shadows at your target's location if it dies while marked.
Major Adept	One in the Chamber		When you cast a cantrip, gain a random new stolen skill. (Requires a marked target. Overwrites existing stolen skills.)
Minor Master	Renewing Gaze		Deadeye's Mark recharges if your mark is defeated. Gain regeneration when this recharge occurs.
Major Master	Silent Scope		Gain precision. Gain additional precision while wielding a rifle. Enter stealth when you dodge roll with a rifle equipped.
Major Master	Payback		When Renewing Gaze triggers, this trait restores a portion of the recharge time needed by your healing, utility, and elite skills. Excludes racial skills.
Major Master	Premeditation		Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
Minor Grandmaster	Iron Sight		Strike damage dealt to your marked target is increased, and strike damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
Major Grandmaster	Maleficent Seven		Increase the maximum malice-stack count. Restore initiative and gain boons upon reaching the maximum number of malice stacks.
Major Grandmaster	Be Quick or Be Killed		Gain quickness when marking a foe. Your power and precision are increased while under this effect.
Major Grandmaster	Fire for Effect	0.5½	Hitting your marked target with a stolen skill grants boons to allies around your mark and to allies around you. Cannot grant boons to the same ally more than once per activation.

Specter

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"Join me—the darkness is our ally."

The Specter harnesses the power of shadow magic to debilitate enemies and preserve the health of allies. Enter Shadow Shroud to link with friends and fuel the destruction of your foes.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Scepter Proficiency		You can wield scepters in your main hand.
Minor Adept	Specter		Unlock scepter. Steal becomes Siphon and your initiative is reduced. Gain access to shadow force through spending initiative, and gain access to Shadow Shroud ability.
Major Adept	Second Opinion		A portion of condition damage is converted to healing power. Gain healing power, which is increased while wielding a scepter.
Major Adept	Shallow Grave	60	If the ally tethered by your Shadow Shroud takes a lethal blow, consume your shroud to prevent their death and heal them. If you would take a lethal blow, enter Shadow Shroud instead if your shroud is above the threshold.
Major Adept	Consume Shadows		Gain stacks of Consume Shadows at regular intervals while in Shadow Shroud. Exiting Shadow Shroud consumes your remaining shadow force and heals allies based on the number of stacks you have gained. Allies that are fully healed receive the rest of the value in barrier.
Minor Master	Dark Sentry	1	Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
Major Master	Larcenous Torment		Torment you inflict is increased. Gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
Major Master	Amplified Siphoning		Gain increased shadow force when hitting a foe with Siphon. Grant increased barrier when targeting an ally.
Major Master	Traversing Dusk		Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant alacrity on their initial impact.
Minor Grandmaster	Panaku's Ambition		Gain barrier when you strike foes with a stealth attack. When you apply stealth to allies you also grant them barrier. This effect can only be received once and will reset when stealth is removed.
Major Grandmaster	Strength of Shadows		Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Incoming damage from enemies is reduced based on the number of conditions they have. Rot Wallow Venom inflicts torment for a longer duration.
Major Grandmaster	Hungering Darkness		While in shroud, transfer conditions from your tethered ally and cleanse conditions from yourself. Each condition removed in this fashion heals a percentage of your base health and grants your tethered ally barrier.
Major Grandmaster	Shadestep		Siphon now grants you barrier when targeting enemies, and it revives allies when targeting them. Shadowstepping breaks your barrier and grants it to nearby allies, proportional to the number of allies affected.

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