Guild Wars 2

So.. i’ve been testing new build on my thief, and i wanted to try the deathly arts trait skill VII. its says: Stealing recharges all of one type (venoms, signets, traps,tricks, or diceptions).

Now when i do any of those skills (i tried with all of the types) it most of the time doesn’t work.
I don’t know why this work only now and then, could anyone explain me?

I am also confused about this trait. For me it has never worked at all.

It works as it should. Some people hate it. Some people love it. I am in the camp of the latter.

The skill will only trigger ONE of those types on a steal. There are 5 types in total thus each TYPE has a 1/5th change of being recharged instantly.

So as example if you have all 5 traits as Venoms, on average it will take you 5 steals to get them all recharged instantly on a steal. It does not mean you have to do 5 steals or it can not happen more often . That is just the mathematical chance.

If you have 4 of 5 trait types down on that tool bar then every 5 times you steal one of them should recharge on 4 of those steals.. Again this a probability.

Some hate the random nature of it. Some like that it can instantly reset a battle in your favor if you get lucky.

So as example let us say you have the very common selection of.

Withdraw as heal.
Shadowstep as a Condition cleanse/stun break
Roll For Initiative as stun break, dodge and Initiative gain
Signet of Agility for the precision, two extra dodges and cleanse of a condition.
Basilisk Venom as your elite.

On every steal there an 80 percent chance one of the 4 latter traits will instantly recharge.

So imagine if you could use one of any of those 4 skills two times in a row?

Now I was playing with a fully loaded bar of all venoms in ORR using venomous strength. I triggered all venoms and stole to the Veteran giant. I got lucky and all my venoms reset. (1/5 chance) my Might was at 10 stacks from the venoms, I had all those venoms loaded, attacked and instantly loaded them again giving 10 more stacks of might and all those venoms again.

(Imagine a thief that stacks might off signets ,uses them just prior to a backstab and is lucky enough to have them all reset on his steal , his target in for a world of pain)

It not something you should COUNT on…it a gamble. If you want to play the odds and play it safe use 4 of the types. (there no way to get all 5 types on your utility bar)

I like the skill. Being a Condition thief it better then my other options and I do get a chuckle when someone claims I am hacking after having used Shadowstep twice in 20 seconds.