Shadow Meld

Cantrip. Vanish into stealth. — In-game description

Shadow Meld

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Slot

Elite

Type

Cantrip

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

API

45508

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Shadow Meld

Cantrip. Vanish into stealth.

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Stealth (2s): Invisible to foes.

 Condition Removed

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 25 seconds

 Count Recharge: 45 seconds

— In-game description

Related traits

Critical Strikes

• Hidden Killer — Gain bonus critical-hit chance while stealthed. This bonus lingers for a short duration after you've been revealed.

Shadow Arts

• Merciful Ambush — 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.
• Shadow's Embrace — Remove conditions when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Meld with Shadows — Gain superspeed when you enter or exit stealth.
• 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.
• Cloaked in Shadow — Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.
• Cover of Shadow — Gain protection when you enter or exit stealth. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shadow's Rejuvenation — Gain initiative when you enter or exit stealth.

Acrobatics

• Instant Reflexes — Gain evasion when you use an elite skill.

Deadeye

• One in the Chamber — When you cast a cantrip, gain a random new stolen skill. Stolen skills deal more damage. (Requires a marked target. Overwrites existing stolen skills.)
• 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.

Notes

• Has two charges; each charge recharges after the count recharge (25 seconds in PvE, 45 seconds in WvW/PvP), with 5 second cooldown after each use.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	Reduced the count recharge from 45 seconds to 25 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023	This skill no longer removes revealed in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced stealth duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP and WvW.
November 07, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being recognized as an elite skill for the purposes of some rune effects.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Shadow Meld has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.