Steal/history

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February 14, 2023

  • Steal is no longer replaced by Swipe when the daredevil specialization is equipped.
  • (Undocumented) Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
Steal.png

Steal

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Slot
Profession mechanic
Movement
Shadowstep
Game link

25 Recharge time  
Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

April 14, 2020

  • Steal: Fixed a bug that could leave stolen items with 0 ammo in the F2 slot.

October 01, 2019

  • Steal: Fixed a bug that could cause the shadowstep to fail in rare situations.

April 23, 2019

  • Physical Supremacy: This trait now causes Steal to become Swipe, which reduces the range from 1,200 to 600 and makes the attack unblockable.

December 02, 2015

  • Steal: Removed this ability's target requirement.
    • This skill will no longer attempt to fire (and go on cooldown) on enemies outside of its maximum distance.

June 23, 2015

  • Steal: This ability has now been split between F1 and F2.
    • The steal button remains at its default F1 position, whereas stolen items are now located in the F2 slot.
    • Stealing while the F2 slot is filled will overwrite the currently existing stolen item if the slot already has an item in it.
    • Steal has had its base range increased from 900 to 1200.
    • Steal recharge has been reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
Steal.png

Steal

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Slot
Profession mechanic
Game link

30 Recharge time  
Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

March 16, 2015

  • Steal: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found.

September 10, 2014

  • Steal: Fixed an issue in which thieves were unable to hit with this ability while using a movement skill.

July 01, 2014

  • Steal: Fixed a bug that caused players to occasionally steal an item from targets they could not reach by shadowstepping.

April 15, 2014

  • Steal: Fixed a bug in which this skill would be obstructed after shadowstepping to the target if there was an obstacle between the thief and the target upon activation.

June 25, 2013

  • Steal: Reduced the recharge to 35 seconds.
Steal.png

Steal

Profession
Thief icon small.png Thief (skill list)
Slot
Profession mechanic
Game link

35 Recharge time  
Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

March 26, 2013

  • Steal: No longer initiates autoattacks.

Original version

45 Recharge time  
Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description