Riposting Shadows

Legendary Assassin. Dodge backward through the Mists. Remove movement-impairing conditions, and gain fury. — In-game description

Riposting Shadows

30

40

 

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Legendary Assassin

Movement

Retreat

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

External links

API

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Legendary Assassin. Dodge backward through the Mists. Remove movement-impairing conditions, and gain fury.

  Fury (6s): +20% Critical Chance

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Endurance Gained: 25

  Endurance Gained: 15

  Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

  Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Retribution

• Unwavering Avoidance — Gain vigor when successfully evading an attack.
• Eye for an Eye — Gain protection when you are disabled. Gain might when you break out of a stun. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, launch, and taunt.

Salvation

• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.
• Generous Abundance — Create healing orbs around yourself when using a Legend skill. Create healing orbs around Ventari's tablet when using a Legendary Centaur skill. Dragon Facet skills cannot activate this trait.

Invocation

• Glaring Resolve — Gain stability and heal yourself when you break stuns.
• Ferocious Aggression — All damage dealt is increased while you have fury.
• Incensed Response — Gain might when you grant yourself fury.
• Roiling Mists — Critical-hit chance has increased effectiveness when you are under the effect of fury.

Devastation

• Aggressive Agility — Movement skills remove immobilizing conditions.
• Notoriety — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when using a legendary stance skill.

Herald

• Shared Empowerment — When applying a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.
• Reinforced Potency — Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
• Elevated Compassion — Heal allies when you grant them boons. An ally can only be affected by this skill once per interval.

Renegade

• Blood Fury — Fury increases the duration of bleeds you inflict. Gaining fury inspires you with Kalla's Fervor.
• Wrought-Iron Will — Evading an attack inspires you with Kalla's Fervor and grants boons to nearby allies.
• Bold Reversal — When you break a stun, unleash an empowering roar.
• Brutal Momentum — While at full endurance, increase your chance to critically strike. Gain vigor when you gain fury.

Notes

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Riposting Shadows.

• The backwards evade transverses 600 units
• This skill can be used while in mid-air.

Bug:

Occasionally this skill will cause the player to be briefly stuck in the ground.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased energy cost from 30 to 40. Reduced endurance gain from 25 to 15.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now grants 6 seconds of fury when activated.
April 19, 2016	The endurance gain of this ability has been reduced from 50 to 25.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Riposting Shadows has been added to the game.