Double Edge
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Double Edge is a skill type that can be recasted while on cooldown, at the cost of the skill backfiring and negatively affecting the user.
List of Double Edge skills[edit]
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| Antivenom Draught | ¾ | 10 | Double Edge. Drink an antivenom potion to heal yourself and remove conditions. You may activate the skill while it is recharging, with a chance for the skill to backfire. The chance of the skill backfiring lowers as the skill recharges, and the skill cannot backfire when the skill is completely recharged. | |||
 Antivenom Draught: Backfired
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¾ | 10 | This skill has backfired and cannot be used again until fully recharged. | |||
| Canach-Coin Toss | 15 | Double Edge. Flip a number of enchanted Canach Coins. Gain effects depending on whether they land on heads or tails. You may activate the skill while it is recharging, with a chance for the skill to backfire. The chance of the skill backfiring lowers as the skill recharges, and the skill cannot backfire when the skill is completely recharged. | ||||
| Canach-Coin Toss
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¼ | 15 | This skill has backfired and cannot be used again until fully recharged. | |||
| Emergency Jade Shield | 15 | Double Edge. Break stuns and summon a jade shield that applies barrier to yourself. You may activate the skill while it is recharging, with a chance for the skill to backfire. The chance of the skill backfiring lowers as the skill recharges, and the skill cannot backfire when the skill is completely recharged. | ||||
| Emergency Jade Shield
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15 | This skill has backfired and cannot be used again until fully recharged. | ||||
| Inquest Portal Device | ½ | 20 | Double Edge. Shadowstep to the targeted enemy, damaging and inflicting conditions on enemies at the target's location. You may activate the skill while it is recharging, with a chance for the skill to backfire. The chance of the skill backfiring lowers as the skill recharges, and the skill cannot backfire when the skill is completely recharged. | |||
| Inquest Portal Device: Backfired
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20 | This skill has backfired and cannot be used again until fully recharged. | ||||
| Stone Summit Cannon | 
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½ | 15 | Double Edge. Summon a skritt to fire a dwarven cannon at the targeted area, damaging and inflicting conditions on foes. You may activate the skill while it is recharging, with a chance for the skill to backfire. The chance of the skill backfiring lowers as the skill recharges, and the skill cannot backfire when the skill is completely recharged. | ||
| Stone Summit Cannon
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½ | 15 | This skill has backfired and cannot be used again until fully recharged. | ||
| Skritt Scuffle |
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½ | 50 | Double Edge. Summon a skritt assistant at your location that grants you artifacts every interval as long as you are within range. The skritt has a random chance of giving you an Unstable Skritt Bomb instead of a regular artifact. Attempting to use the Unstable Skritt Bomb results in a Backfire. | ||
Related traits[edit]
Scoundrel's Luck (Antiquary) — Gain Scoundrel's Luck whenever you use Skritt Swipe, Scoundrel's Luck allows you to use Double Edge skills on cooldown without backfiring.
