Guild Wars 2

I’m new to GW2 and created a thief character. I see everywhere that stealth is your friend. Is stealth a skill by itself kinda like it is in WoW or is it an effect you get from certain skills?

I’ve been so confused trying to find it and feel very unsmart having to ask. Thanks for the help.

Stealth is an effect of other skills for the most part. The main skill that gives stealth is called Cloak and Dagger. Which is accessible by holding a dagger in your offhand. It requires you hit an enemy or npc and does damage, in which case you stealth for 3s.

There is also blinding powder, hide in shadows, shadow refuge.

Stealth is a status affect given by certain skills. You start with one (your heal, hot key #6). You can learn more skills that give you stealth as you level up. There are also traits and equipment that give you stealth when triggered.

When you’re in stealth, you’re #1 skill changes and has some powerful effects.

Note that Stealth is pretty short compared to WoW. There’s no long, permenant stealths (Thieves are already too overpowered to give them something like that).

sealth is an effect that last a short period of time when you use certain skills. it’s not a permanent effect, or an effect that last until you attack (like in wow.) Although attack will break stealth. personaly i have found it to be useful in two ways.

one to shed aggro, for instance if i was fighting one monster and acidentally rolled into another and start taking too much damge, i will throw blinding powder and go stealth which buys you a few seconds to run, or let you healing skill recharge.

second when you attack with your #1 skill (primary weapon) while stealthed, you do a special “sneak attack” depending on the weapon you are using.

one other thing that i have noticed about stealth, is that there seems to be a short cool down time, so if i use blinding powder and then attack (breaking stealth) and then imediately use another skill that would stealth me it won’t. (just what i noticed, perhaps someone else has notice this as well)

hope this helps G/L

hemlocked.5364:

sealth is an effect that last a short period of time when you use certain skills. it’s not a permanent effect, or an effect that last until you attack (like in wow.) Although attack will break stealth. personaly i have found it to be useful in two ways.

one to shed aggro, for instance if i was fighting one monster and acidentally rolled into another and start taking too much damge, i will throw blinding powder and go stealth which buys you a few seconds to run, or let you healing skill recharge.

second when you attack with your #1 skill (primary weapon) while stealthed, you do a special “sneak attack” depending on the weapon you are using.

one other thing that i have noticed about stealth, is that there seems to be a short cool down time, so if i use blinding powder and then attack (breaking stealth) and then imediately use another skill that would stealth me it won’t. (just what i noticed, perhaps someone else has notice this as well)

hope this helps G/L

when you attack from stealth you get the revealed debuff. it makes you unable to stealth for 3 seconds.

Gungnir Grimm.7123:

when you attack from stealth you get the revealed debuff. it makes you unable to stealth for 3 seconds.

thx for clarifying that Grimm

Gungnir Grimm.7123:

when you attack from stealth you get the revealed debuff. it makes you unable to stealth for 3 seconds.

Note that this is only attacks that deal direct damage. Abilities like choking gas or the first part of shadow shot that cause only condition damage will not break stealth.