Sneak Gyro

Well. Deploy a sneak gyro to provide stealth to nearby allies. — In-game description

Sneak Gyro

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Slot

Elite

Type

Well

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

API

30815

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Sneak Gyro

Well. Deploy a sneak gyro to provide stealth to nearby allies.

 Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

 Stealth (1s): Invisible to foes.

 Stealth (1s): Invisible to foes.

 Pulses: 6

 Pulses: 5

 Pulses: 3

 Duration: 5 seconds

 Duration: 2 seconds

 Interval: 1 second

 Radius: 240

 Combo Field: Smoke

— In-game description

Related traits

Alchemy

• Emergency Elixir — Drink an Elixir E when you use an elite skill.

Tools

• Power Wrench — Reduce the recharge of your elite skill when you dodge.

Scrapper

• Gyroscopic Acceleration — Well abilities have an increased area of effect and grant superspeed to nearby allies on their first pulse. Your function gyro also grants superspeed to allies when cast.

Notes

• Affects 5 allies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 18, 2023	Reduced stealth duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second in PvP only. Reduced number of pulses from 6 to 5 in PvP only.
March 14, 2023	Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 75 seconds in PvP only.
October 04, 2022	Reduced pulse stealth duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second in WvW only. Reduced number of pulses from 6 to 3 in WvW only. This skill no longer creates a smoke field in WvW. This skill now displays a visual effect to enemy players on activation.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) PvP will now use the WvW version of the skill, which as [sic] a 60-second cooldown.
October 01, 2019	Increased the cooldown of this skill from 45 to 60 seconds in WvW.
July 16, 2019	While scrapper specialization is equipped, Function Gyro now occupies the F5 slot.
April 23, 2019	Gyros can now be used underwater.
March 26, 2019	Reduced the stealth granted by this skill from 3 seconds per pulse to 1.5 seconds per pulse in PvP and WvW.
March 05, 2019	This skill has been reworked. The gyro now creates a smoke field that follows the engineer while it grants stealth to the player and nearby allies every second.
April 19, 2016	This skill now has a 0.75-second casting time.
January 26, 2016	This skill's recharge has been increased from 20 seconds to 40 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Sneak Gyro has been added to the game.