Stealing is really quite powerful in so many ways. Once you get to the point where your search out which mob to steal from to get X result is when it becomes useful. sure in every situation what you get might not be great but some of the time it can really be game changing.
The shadowstep in itself is nice. I often use it in WvW to escape by stealing off rabbits or other critters which guarantees stealth.
I always make sure I have the two steal buffs from the trickery trait line too these are just no brainers in almost all spec’s
Kyús – 80 – Guardian// All Classes Level 80
Hand of Blood [HoB]
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