Retreat

This article is about the game mechanic . For the Guardian shout skill , see "Retreat!".

Retreating is a skill mechanic that is used to roll or jump directly backwards. Often used to evade attacks or for skill-specific benefits, it can also be used for positioning and thus control in battle. Movement-speed adjustments do not affect the intended travel distance.

Related skills

Weapon skills that retreat

•   Brutal Shot — Rifle
•   Knot Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Hornet Sting — Sword
•   Quick Shot — Short bow
•   Ink Blast — Harpoon gun
•   Disabling Shot — Short bow
•   Escape — Harpoon gun
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Updraft — Dagger, when attuned to air
•   Burning Retreat — Staff, when attuned to fire
•   Ice Wall — Trident, when attuned to water
•   Fiery Frost — Scepter, when attuned to fire and water
•   Riptide — Sword, when attuned to water
•   Imminent Voyage — Trident

Bundle skills that retreat

•   Acid Bomb — Elixir Gun
•   Burning Retreat — Conjured Flame

Healing skills that retreat

•   Withdraw — Trick

Utility skills that retreat

•   Riposting Shadows — Legendary Assassin Stance
•   Lightning Reflexes — Survival
•   Roll for Initiative — Trick
•   Sand through Glass — Deception

Pet skills that retreat

•   Devourer Retreat — Devourer
•   Retreat — Devourer

Racial skills that retreat

•   Hidden Pistol
•   Rocket Jump

Common skills that retreat

•   Balthazar's Feint — Avatar of Balthazar
•   Escape
•   Explosive Disengagement
•   Ezoola's Retreat — Ice Core Collector
•   Vine Pull — Vine Whip (A Sly Trick)

Trivia

• On June 23, 2015, movement-speed adjustments were made to no longer affect the intended travel distance of retreat skills of player characters.

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