Stolen skill

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Stolen skills are unique skills to the thief profession and its elite specializations Daredevil and Deadeye. After using Steal as Thief/Daredevil or Deadeye's Mark as Deadeye (F1 on the Mechanic Bar), the stolen skill will be stored in the F2 skill until used. The stolen skills depends on the NPC or the profession (in PvP and WvW).

List of stolen skills[edit]

Thief icon small.png Thief and Daredevil icon small.png Daredevil[edit]

Skills stolen from enemy players in PvP and WvW[edit]

Skill Profession Description
Mace Head Crack.png Mace Head Crack Guardian icon small.png Guardian Daze your foe.
Essence Sap.png Essence Sap Revenant icon small.png Revenant Throw energy at your target, slowing them.
Whirling Axe (stolen skill).png Whirling Axe Warrior icon small.png Warrior Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Throw Gunk.png Throw Gunk Engineer icon small.png Engineer Throw gunk at target area to inflict a random condition.
Healing Seed (bundle skill).png Healing Seed Ranger icon small.png Ranger Periodically grants regeneration and removes conditions from you and your allies.
Blinding Tuft.png Blinding Tuft Thief icon small.png Thief Throw a handful of hair, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.
Ice Shard Stab.png Ice Shard Stab Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist Stab and chill your foe.
Consume Ectoplasm.png Consume Plasma Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer Gain all boons.
Skull Fear.png Skull Fear Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer Strike fear into nearby foes.
Underwater replacement
  • The skills stolen from Guardian icon small.png Guardians, Warrior icon small.png Warriors and Ranger icon small.png Rangers cannot be used underwater (they don't have an actual skill replacement, the mechanic slot becomes empty underwater). Instead the following skills can be stolen underwater which however once stolen can be also used on land (or its land replacement):
Skill Profession Description
Use Whip.png Throw Chain Guardian icon small.png Guardian Throw a chain to cripple and immobilize your foe.
Underwater.pngWhirling Strike (Driftwood).png Whirling Strike Warrior icon small.png Warrior Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Not available underwaterBranch Leap.png Branch Leap Warrior icon small.png Warrior Use the branch to leap at your foe. This skill only replaces  Whirling Strike (Driftwood).png Whirling Strike while on land but cannot be stolen directly.
Eat Egg.png Eat Egg Ranger icon small.png Ranger Restore health and initiative.
  • Using steal underwater on Revenant icon small.png Revenants will result in an empty mechanic slot, however, the stolen skill  Essence Sap.png Essence Sap becomes available when entering land afterwards.

Skills stolen from NPCs[edit]

See also: Stolen skill wiki search tool
Skill Equivalent bundle Description
Blinding Tuft.png Blinding Tuft Tuft of Hair Throw a handful of hair, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.
Bone Crack.png Bone Crack Bone Stun your foe.
Branch Bash.png Branch Bash Wooden Leg Launch your foe, breaking the branch.
Club Shock Wave.png Club Shock Wave Ettin Club Smash the club on the ground, knocking down foes in a line in front of you.
Consume Ectoplasm.png Consume Plasma Plasma Gain all boons.
Drink.png Drink Elixir of Heroes You become invulnerable.
Eat Egg.png Eat Egg Griffon Egg Restore health and initiative.
Essence Sap.png Essence Sap Throw energy at your target, slowing them.
Exploding Venom Sack.png Exploding Venom Sack Cover the target area in a poisonous cloud.
Healing Seed (bundle skill).png Healing Seed Seed Pod Periodically grants regeneration and removes conditions from you and your allies.
Ice Shard Stab.png Ice Shard Stab Corrupted Ice Shard Stab and chill your foe.
Mace Head Crack.png Mace Head Crack Daze your foe.
Rusty Scrap Strike.png Rusty Scrap Strike Rusty Scrap Bleed, poison, and weaken your foe with a strike from your rusty scrap.
Shoot Rifle.png Shoot Rifle Bombardment Target Marker Shoot your foe, launching them back and making them vulnerable while pushing yourself back.
Skull Fear.png Skull Fear Ancient Cursed Skull Strike fear into nearby foes.
Throw Coral Shard.png Throw Coral Shard Coral Shard Throw a coral shard at a foe to cause bleeding and vulnerability.
Throw Crystal Shard.png Throw Crystal Shard Crystal Shard Throw a crystal shard and bleed a foe.
Throw Feathers.png Throw Feathers Moa Feathers Throw a handful of feathers to blind nearby foes. Stealth yourself.
Throw Gear.png Throw Gear Gear Throw the gear at your foe, stunning them.
Throw Gunk.png Throw Gunk Gunk Throw gunk at target area to inflict a random condition.
Throw Lava Rock.png Throw Lava Rock Lava Rock Throw a lava rock that burns your foe.
Net Shot.png Throw Net Underwater Net Immobilize foes by throwing your net.
Throw Boulder.png Throw Rock Rock Throw a rock to knock down your foe.
Throw Boulder.png Throw Rock Rock Throw a rock to daze your foe.
Throw Scale.png Throw Scale Drake Scale Throw the scale to bleed and poison your foe.
Tooth Stab.png Tooth Stab Tooth Stab and bleed your foe.
Use Staff.png Use Scepter Use the scepter attack with a random effect. 50% chance to stun your target with a Lightning Whip. 50% chance to burn the area around you with an unblockable Flame Burst.
Use Staff.png Use Staff Use the staff to create random attacks. 50% chance to damage and stun foes with a Chain Lightning that strikes up to three foes. 50% chance to damage and burn a single foe with a Fireball.
Use Staff.png Use Trident Use the trident to create random attacks. 50% chance to damage and bleed foes with a rock blade. 50% chance to damage and knock back a single foe with a water missile.
Whirling Axe (stolen skill).png Whirling Axe Axe Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.

Skills stolen from Strike Missions[edit]

Skill Description Acquired from
Fire Snowball.png Throw Enchanted Ice Throw a deadly orb ice that explodes when it lands. Allies in the blast radius gain stability and frost armor. Legendary Icebrood Construct
Whisper of Jormag
Champion Icebrood Beast
Champion Corrupted Kodan
Varinia Stormsounder
Throw Unstable Reagent.png Throw Unstable Reagent Creates a spacial fluctuation that pulls foes to the center, making them vulnerable and removing their boons. Fraenir of Jormag
Ankka
The Ritualist
The Mech Rider
Throw Cursed Artifact.png Throw Cursed Artifact Throw the artifact to the ground to curse an area, inflicting conditions on foes with every pulse. Boneskinner
Champion Icebrood Goliath
Minister Li
The Enforcer
Drink Ambrosia.png Drink Ambrosia Gain damage reduction and multiple boons. Voice of the Fallen
Minister Li
The Enforcer
Spread Pollen (mossheart).png Blessing Seed Plant a seed at your feet that heals allies and removes their conditions with every pulse. Claw of the Fallen
Minister Li
The Mindblade
Poultice (skill).png Time in a Bottle Grant your allies alacrity and quickness. Champion Ice Giant
Minister Li

Skills stolen from Raid Encounters[edit]

Skill Description Acquired from
Detonate Plasma.png Detonate Plasma Grant boons to nearby allies.
Unstable Artifact.png Unstable Artifact Shadowstep to a target location, immobilizing enemies in the area. If a downed ally is in that area, instead shadowstep them to you and partially revive them.
Soul Stone Venom.png Soul Stone Venom Venom. Use a corrupted soul stone to remove conditions on allies and apply a stack of venom for each condition removed. Allies that hit with this venom will initiate a strike that originates from the thief.
Throw Magnetic Bomb.png Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw a bomb that continuously pulls enemies to its point of impact.

Deadeye icon small.png Deadeye[edit]

Skills stolen from NPCs and enemy players in PvP and WvW[edit]

Skill Profession Description
Steal Defenses.png Steal Defenses Guardian icon small.png Guardian Grant aegis to allies around you and poison your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Resistance.png Steal Resistance Revenant icon small.png Revenant Grant resistance to allies around you and inflict torment on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Strength.png Steal Strength Warrior icon small.png Warrior Grant might to allies around you and weaken your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Durability.png Steal Durability Engineer icon small.png Engineer Grant protection to allies around you and inflict vulnerability on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Mobility.png Steal Mobility Ranger icon small.png Ranger Grant superspeed to allies around you and immobilize your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Precision.png Steal Precision Thief icon small.png Thief Grant fury to allies around you and blind your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Warmth.png Steal Warmth Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist Grant vigor to allies around you and chill your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Time.png Steal Time Mesmer icon small.png Mesmer Grant quickness to allies around you and slow your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.
Steal Health.png Steal Health Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer Heal allies around you and inflict bleeding on your marked target. Gain stealth if malice is at or above the threshold.

Related traits[edit]

Deadly Arts Deadly Arts[edit]

  • Improvisation Improvisation — Use stolen skills twice. Reduce the cooldown of all equipped utility skills when you steal. Cooldown effect will only trigger if all utility slots are filled and if at least one of your active utility skills is on cooldown. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.

Deadeye Deadeye[edit]