Vault

Leap toward your destination, damaging foes upon impact. — In-game description

Vault

 

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Daredevil

Weapon

Staff

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

30597

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0.75¾  

5

6

 

Vault

Leap toward your destination, damaging foes upon impact.

 Damage: 908 (2.25)^?

 Damage: 734 (1.82)^?

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 180

 Evade: 0.5½ seconds

 Combo Finisher: Leap

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Acrobatics

• Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
• Guarded Initiation — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Swindler's Equilibrium — Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or spear recharges Steal. Swords and spears deal increased damage.
• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
• Upper Hand — Gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Daredevil

• Escapist's Fortitude — Gain health when you successfully evade an attack. Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
• Staff Master — While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 26, 2020	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to do inconsistent damage based on height difference.
April 28, 2020	This skill no longer ignores the immobile condition.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 2.25 to 1.82. WvW will now use the PvP initiative cost of 6.
December 11, 2018	The damage of this attack will no longer occur if the thief shadowsteps after the skill has begun.
May 16, 2017	The initiative of this skill has been increased from 5 to 6 in PvP only.
February 23, 2017	Removed this ability’s interaction with quickness. Reduced the minimum height that the character achieves when vaulting down terrain, which should reduce the occurrence of midair impacts.
February 22, 2017	The code functionality of this skill has been updated. The user will now more accurately travel to the targeted destination when under high-latency situations, in most scenarios. This skill is now affected by quickness. This skill now requires a line of sight to the target point in order to cast.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Vault has been added to the game.