Swindler's Equilibrium

Gain power and additional power when while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal. — In-game description

Swindler's Equilibrium

Specialization

Acrobatics (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Swindler's Equilibrium

Gain power and additional power when while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal.

 Power: +120

 Bonus Power: +120

 Recharge Time Reduced: 2 seconds

 Recharge Time Reduced: 1 second

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	(Undocumented) Existing spear related trait descriptions were updated to specify underwater spears. (Undocumented) Updated description. Increased the recharge to Steal from 1 to 2 seconds in PvE only.
October 17, 2023	Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from properly reducing the recharge of Steal.
June 27, 2023	This trait now recharges Steal by 1 second per trigger, with a 1-second cooldown.
November 30, 2021	Now properly recharges Siphon.
April 26, 2019	Fixed an issue in which Swipe's cooldown would not be appropriately reduced by the Sleight of Hand or Swindler's Equilibrium traits.
January 22, 2019	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to set its steal recharge time to a specified value instead of reducing it by that amount. Fixed a bug that caused this trait to have a longer internal cooldown than the listed value.
December 11, 2018	The cooldown of this trait has been reduced from 20 seconds (30 seconds in competitive game modes) to 10 seconds in all game modes. It now reduces the cooldown of Steal by 50% (25% in competitive game modes) instead of 100%. This trait no longer increases damage by a percentage and instead grants 120 power with an additional 120 power granted if the thief is also wielding a sword.
July 10, 2018	This trait has been split between game modes. The recharge time reduced in PvP and WvW is now 50%, while PvE remains at 100%.
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 20 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW.
August 14, 2017	Fixed a bug that could cause this trait to go on cooldown even if it did not recharge Steal.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Increased bonus damage to 10% Increased internal cooldown from 1 second to 20 seconds. This trait now fully recharges steal when the conditions are met
April 19, 2016	Damage while wielding a sword has been increased from 5% to 7%.
January 26, 2016	This trait now also grants 5% bonus damage to sword and spear attacks.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Swindler's Equilibrium has been added to the game.