Stolen skill

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

Thief and Daredevil

Skills stolen from enemy players in PvP and WvW

Skill	Profession	Description
Mace Head Crack	Guardian	Daze your foe.
Essence Sap	Revenant	Throw energy at your target, slowing them.
Whirling Axe	Warrior	Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Throw Gunk	Engineer	Throw gunk at target area to inflict a random condition.
Healing Seed	Ranger	Periodically grants regeneration and removes conditions from you and your allies.
Blinding Tuft	Thief	Throw a handful of hair, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.
Ice Shard Stab	Elementalist	Stab and chill your foe.
Consume Plasma	Mesmer	Gain all boons.
Skull Fear	Necromancer	Strike fear into nearby foes.

Underwater replacement

• The skills stolen from Guardians, Warriors and 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
Throw Chain	Guardian	Throw a chain to cripple and immobilize your foe.
Whirling Strike	Warrior	Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.
Branch Leap	Warrior	Use the branch to leap at your foe. This skill only replaces   Whirling Strike while on land but cannot be stolen directly.
Eat Egg	Ranger	Restore health and initiative.

• Using steal underwater on Revenants will result in an empty mechanic slot, however, the stolen skill   Essence Sap becomes available when entering land afterwards.

Skills stolen from NPCs

See also: Stolen skill wiki search tool

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

Skills stolen from Strike Missions

Skill	Description	Acquired from
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	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	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	Gain damage reduction and multiple boons.	Voice of the Fallen Minister Li The Enforcer
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
Time in a Bottle	Grant your allies alacrity and quickness.	Champion Ice Giant Minister Li

Skills stolen from Raid Encounters

Skill	Description	Acquired from
Detonate Plasma	Grant boons to nearby allies.	Salvation Pass Matthias Gabrel Stronghold of the Faithful McLeod the Silent phantasms that appear during Keep Construct encounter like Jessica the Benevolent Bastion of the Penitent Mursaat Overseer Hall of Chains Broken King Eater of Souls Eye of Judgment and Eye of Fate Light Thief Mythwright Gambit Kenut Pyre Guardian Ancient Invoked Hydra Wyvern Matriarch The Key of Ahdashim Cardinal Adina Strike Mission: Kaineng Overlook Minister Li
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.	Spirit Vale Vale Guardian and all colored guardians Gorseval the Multifarious Sabetha the Saboteur Stronghold of the Faithful Keep Construct Bastion of the Penitent Cairn the Indomitable Rigom Deimos Hall of Chains Dhuum Dhuum's Enforcer and Dhuum's Messenger Mythwright Gambit Conjured Greatsword The Key of Ahdashim Cardinal Sabir Qadim the Peerless
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.	Salvation Pass Slothasor Stronghold of the Faithful Xera Hall of Chains Soulless Horror Mythwright Gambit Nikare Strike Mission: Kaineng Overlook The Mindblade The Ritualist
Throw Magnetic Bomb	Throw a bomb that continuously pulls enemies to its point of impact.	Spirit Vale Kernan, "Knuckles" and Karde Salvation Pass Berg, Zane and Narella Bastion of the Penitent Samarog Guldhem Saul D'Alessio Mythwright Gambit Conjured Shield and Conjured Warrior Qadim Wyvern Patriarch and Apocalypse Bringer Strike Mission: Kaineng Overlook The Ritualist

Deadeye

Skills stolen from NPCs and enemy players in PvP and WvW

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

Related traits

 Deadly Arts

•  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's Gaze — Steal is replaced with Deadeye's Mark, which unlocks new Stolen skills and malice generation. Stealth attacks consume malice for bonus effects. Gain access to rifles and cantrips.
•  One in the Chamber — When you cast a cantrip, gain a random new stolen skill. Stolen skills deal more damage. (Requires a marked target. Overwrites existing stolen skills.)
•  Fire for Effect — Using a stolen skill grants additional boons to allies around you. Stolen skills will always be Steal Time, regardless of the target's profession.

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