Sneak Gyro

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

Sneak Gyro

0.75¾  

45

60

 

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Scrapper

Slot

Elite

Type

Well

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

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

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Stealth (10.5½s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 6

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Interval: 1 second

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Smoke

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

Tools

• Power Wrench — Reduces recharge of your tool-kit skills. 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 final 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
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.