Guild Wars 2

Shiro was a quick and deadly assassin and the new sword set delivers on this theme. In today’s blog post, ArenaNet revealed three of the new sword skills.
Rift Slash — Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.

This third skill on the auto-attack change will slash at foes in front of your character. Any foe hit will have an unstable mist rift sliced into them that will explode after a short delay and damage nearby foes.

Precision Strike — Strike nearby foes with precision, sending out blades that damage and chill them.

Another quick attack that is good for damaging your foe or just to keep them chilled and within reach of your blades.

Unrelenting Assault — Unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes, shadowstepping to foes in the vicinity and delivering strikes. Gain might each time you strike a foe.

On the legend side, ArenaNet revealed three of the Shiro specific skills. First up is the heal Enchanted Daggers:

Enchanted Daggers — Enchanted daggers will strike your target as you attack, siphoning life from the damaged foe.

Designed to mimic Shiro’s aggressiveness, this heal skill will have you summon jade daggers that float above your character that attack any enemy you strike, siphoning life from that foe.

Phase Traversal — Step through the Mists to your target, and make your next few attacks unblockable.
Jade Winds — Call upon the Jade Wind to turn nearby enemies into jade, stunning them for a short duration.

Not only will you be able to cast Jade Wind, but a trait will trigger this skill when the player is downed. This way players can truly feel like Shiro as they too release the Jade Wind when defeated.

Ye ye we know.

We know sword skills as they were datamined. Offhand has something with chain effect that immobilize and 600 range pull.

Lets hope that Phase Traversal doesnt cost a lot of energy and that his healing skill is good. I smell upkeep ability.

Some reason that Heal remind me of Necro’s Heal Minion…

Maybe the Necro forum were right. the Revenant was modeled after Necro community suggestions and complaints… just saying.

When do we learn about the trait line for this? Is it even called Devastation? I saw this posted, and removed this morning…. I hope Shiro is in the next weekend beta, but I am curious.

I missed this past event… hoping that with HoT bought now can I participate in the later weekends even though I didnt have it in time for this last one.