Malicious Shadowsquall

Stealth Attack. From the shadows, unleash a barrage towards your target. If this attack hits your mark, it consumes all malice and increases the duration of poison it applies — In-game description

Malicious Shadowsquall

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Scepter

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

69173

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20.5½  

Malicious Shadowsquall

Stealth Attack. From the shadows, unleash a barrage towards your target. If this attack hits your mark, it consumes all malice and increases the duration of poison it applies

Enemy target: Inflict conditions.

 Damage: 73 (0.2)^?

 Poison (3s): 101 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Number of Hits: 8

 Duration Bonus per Stack: 20%

 Duration Bonus per Stack: 25%

Ally target: Heal your target and grant boons.

 Healing: 522

 Regen (20.5½s): 325 Heal

 Number of Impacts: 8

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.
• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
• Potent Poison — Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
• Shadow Siphoning — Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Deadeye

• Malicious Intent — Marking a target or striking your mark with a stealth attack will immediately grant malice.
• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.

Notes

• Unlike the regular version of this skill, this does not affect allies near your ally target.

Bug:

Resets Malice if used on an ally instead of the marked target.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	Reduced bonus poison duration per stack of malice from 25% to 20% in PvE only.
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Added into the game Fixed an issue that prevented Malicious Intent from interacting properly with Malicious Shadowsquall.
June 27, 2023	Malicious Shadowsquall was available during the beta event.