Slow

Slow

Effect type

Condition

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Duration

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Skills and actions are slower.

— In-game description

Slow is a condition that increases the activation time of skills and abilities, reducing animation speed by 50%. Dodge and skill movement speed is also halved for the duration. Slow deals defiance bar damage at a rate of 50 per second.

Related skills

Skills that cause slow

Weapon skills that apply slow

• Dagger
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     Aura Slicer
• Axe
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     Frigid Blitz
• Short bow
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     Spiritcrush
• Celestial Avatar
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     Natural Convergence
• Shield
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     Echo of Memory
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     Deja Vu (with Echo of Memory)

Utility skills that apply slow

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   Forced Engagement
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   Well of Action
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   Impairing Daggers
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   Muddy Terrain

Elite skills that apply slow

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   Dragon's Maw
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   Time Warp
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   Ghastly Breach

Bundle skills that apply slow

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   Shell Wall (Turtle Banner)

Downed skills that apply slow

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   Essence Sap

Profession mechanics that apply slow

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   Essence Sap {Stolen)

Related traits

See also: Condition#Related traits

Traits that apply slow

See also: Condition#Traits that convert boons into conditions

•  Dragonhunter
  •  Piercing Light — Traps gain reduced recharge and slow enemies.
•  Firebrand
  •  Stoic Demeanor — Inflict slow on foes you disable or immobilize. Disables includes: stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt and fear
•  Spellbreaker
  •  Slow Counter — Full Counter applies cripple and slow.
•  Chronomancer
  •  Delayed Reactions — Interrupting a foe slows them and grants you alacrity.
  •  Lost Time — Cast Lost Time when you disable a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Traits that benefit from slow on foes

•  Chronomancer
  •  Danger Time — Gain additional critical-hit chance against slowed enemies. Critical hits deal additional damage to slowed enemies. This bonus also applies to your illusions.

Traits that remove slow

See also: Boon#Traits that convert conditions into boons

•  Acrobatics
  •  Guarded Initiation — Remove conditions when striking an enemy while your health is above the threshold.

Version history

Patch	Changes
April 19, 2016	The formula for animation-speed increases and decreases has been modified. Quickness is normalized to behave the same as before, while Slow has had its effectiveness reduced. However, due to the formula change, Slow will continue to have a negative impact while Quickness is in effect. Casting a skill with quickness and slow will now result in a 1.166x longer activation time, increased from 1.0x.
January 26, 2016	"Finish Them" Finishers: The stomping effect will no longer be time-scaled through effects like quickness and slow. Reviving: Reviving characters will no longer be affected by time-scaled effects like quickness and slow. Quickness and slow will no longer affect most defensive abilities. Abilities that are offensive and defensive simultaneously (such as Blurred Frenzy or Pistol Whip) will still be affected by time scaling for the time being.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Slow has been added to the game.

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