Siphon

Steal. — In-game description

Siphon

0.5½  18  

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Specter

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Steal

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Steal.

 Enemy target: Steal your foe's shadow, slowing them for a period of time while gaining shadow force.

  Slow (5s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Slow (3s): Skills and actions are slower.

  Shadow Force Gain: 25

  Shadow Force Gain: 15

 Ally target: Grant your target barrier and reduce the cooldown of Siphon. If you are in shroud, transfer your tether to the target.

  Barrier: 1,428 (0.5)^?

  Shrouded Ally: Entering Shadow Shroud without an ally targeted will attach you to your siphoned ally. Breaks if you move outside of the range of Shroud.

  Allied Target Recharge Reduction: 50

  Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing grants you stealth. Deception skills gain reduced recharge.

Acrobatics

• Swindler's Equilibrium — Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or spear recharges Steal. Swords and spears deal increased damage.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
• Sleight of Hand — Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.

Specter

• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
• Amplified Siphoning — Gain increased shadow force when hitting a foe with Siphon. Grant increased barrier when targeting an ally.
• Shadestep — Siphon now grants you barrier when targeting enemies, and it revives allies when targeting them. Shadowstepping breaks your barrier and grants it to nearby allies, proportional to the number of allies affected.

Notes

• Your character will occasionally shout out one of the following lines upon using this skill:
  • "Thanks for sharing." (enemy)
  • "I'll ? your shadow." (enemy)
  • "Gift from the shadows." (ally)
  • "Back to the fight!" (ally)

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 30, 2022	(PvP only) Reduced shadow force gained from 25% to 15%. Reduced slow duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
March 29, 2022	Fixed a bug that caused the incorrect cooldown to occur when targeting a fully defeated ally.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Siphon has been added to the game.
November 30, 2021	Siphon was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4. No longer requires a pathing check in order to execute.
October 26, 2021	Siphon was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.