Defensive Artifact

Defensive Artifact is a skill type available exclusively to the thief specialization Antiquary, via the Skritt Swipe skill. Artifacts replace the conventional stolen skills, and are randomly allocated.

List of defensive artifact skills[edit]

#	Skill			Description
Antiquary
	Chak Shield			Defensive Artifact. Place an electrified shield at your position that blocks projectiles and deals damage to enemies within it. For a short time after using this skill, your weapon skills that cost initiative refund initiative.
	Exalted Hammer			Defensive Artifact. Leap to the targeted area and slam down with an enchanted exalted[sic] hammer, damaging enemies while healing and granting boons to allies in the area. For a short time after using this skill, activating any weapon skill that costs initiative creates an additional healing burst at your location.
	Holo-Dancer Decoy	0.5½		Defensive Artifact. Summon a holo-dancer decoy that taunts enemies and grants boons to nearby allies. It self-destructs if it is not destroyed, dealing damage to enemies in a large area and granting additional boons to allies. For a short time after using this skill, the next utility skill you use has reduced cooldown.
	Zephyrite Sun Crystal	1	1	Defensive Artifact. Dash toward your target, damaging and inflicting conditions on enemies and removing conditions from allies around you when you reach your destination. You evade attacks as long as you are still traveling. For a short time after using this skill, whenever you use a weapon skill that costs initiative, remove conditions from yourself.

Improvisation (Deadly Arts) — Use stolen skills twice. Reduce the cooldown of all equipped utility skills when you steal. Cooldown effect will only trigger if all utility slots are filled and if at least one of your active utility skills is on cooldown. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.
Card Swap (Antiquary) — Gain access to Reshuffle. Remove conditions from yourself whenever you reshuffle your artifacts or use an artifact skill.
Prolific Plunderer (Antiquary) — Gain an additional artifact slot. Whenever you pilfer, you gain an additional, random artifact. You can use one additional artifact when you pilfer with Skritt Swipe.
Meticulous Custodian (Antiquary) — Your artifacts have increased effectiveness. Beneficial artifact effects last longer.
Exhilarating Ephemera (Antiquary) — Gain increased damage for a period of time after using an artifact.
Enterprising Aristocrat (Antiquary) — Gain initiative and barrier whenever you use an artifact skill. You take reduced strike and condition damage whenever you have barrier.
Possessive Hoarder (Antiquary) — Artifacts grant boons to allies when used. Offensive and defensive artifacts grant different boons. Barrier granted through Magpie's Defense and Enterprising Aristocrat is now also granted to allies as well.