Shadestep

Shadow Shroud skills provide additional supportive effects to nearby allies and your tethered ally. — In-game description

Shadestep

Specialization

Specter (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Shadestep

Shadow Shroud skills provide additional supportive effects to nearby allies and your tethered ally.

 Healing: 129 (0.12)^?

 Alacrity (5s): +25% Skill Recharge Rate

 Regen (3s): 390 Heal

 Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Healing: 1,948 (0.75)^?

 Aegis (4s): Block the next incoming attack.

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Related skills

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt Shot — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Eternal Night — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Mind Shock — Enter Shadow Shroud

Notes

• The protection from Dawn's Repose is applied at the end of the leap.
• Despite the trait saying that it's the "Shadow Shroud skills" that provide additional supportive effects, the effects are actually applied around the specter and to the tethered ally after these skills is used. This also applies to skills that can be targeted away from the group, like Grasping Shadows.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	This trait has been reworked. It now augments your shadow shroud skills to have additional supportive effects: Haunt Shot: Provides a small amount of healing to nearby allies. Grasping Shadows: Grants alacrity to nearby allies in PvE and regeneration to nearby allies in PvP and WvW. Dawn's Repose: Grants protection to nearby allies. Eternal Night: Provides a large amount of healing to nearby allies. Mind Shock: Applies aegis to nearby allies.
February 11, 2025	This trait no longer causes the beneficial effects of Shadow Shroud skills to affect allies around the tethered ally.
July 18, 2023	Reduced alacrity duration from 2 seconds to 1.25 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	This trait has been reworked. It now spreads the beneficial effects of your shadow shroud skills to allies around your tethered target, and it additionally grants boons to yourself and those allies when you use a shadow shroud skill.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Shadestep has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Shadestep was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. Broken barrier will now be distributed evenly among allies affected.
October 26, 2021	Shadestep was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.