Infusing Terror

Shroud. Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. While the armor is active, you may reactivate the skill to inflict fear on foes around you. — In-game description

Infusing Terror

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Specialization

Reaper

Parent skill

  Reaper's Shroud

Slot

Transform

Type

Shroud

Sequence

 → 

Game link

API

29958

“

25

20

25

 

Infusing Terror

Shroud. Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. While the armor is active, you may reactivate the skill to inflict fear on foes around you.

 Damage Reduced: 66%

 Damage Reduced: 20%

 Condition Damage Reduced: 66%

 Condition Damage Reduced: 20%

₃ Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

₃ Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Duration: 6 seconds

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Related traits

Blood Magic

• Vampiric Presence — You and your nearby allies siphon health with attacks. This effect increases while in Shroud.

Soul Reaping

• Sinister Shroud — Shroud skills gain reduced recharge.

Reaper

• Blighter's Boon — Gain life force when you apply a boon to yourself or remove a boon from an enemy. If you are in reaper's shroud, gain health instead.

Notes

• Causes the  Infusing Terror effect on the player's skill bar.
• Does not begin recharging until the  Infusing Terror effect expires.
• The damage reduction stacks multiplicatively with other damage reduction effects such as Protection and the -33% damage reduction from Reaper's Shroud.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reactivating this skill to cast Terrify no longer removes the damage reduction effect.
August 22, 2023	Secrets of the Obscure release: Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in WvW only.
May 02, 2023	Increased damage reduction percentage from 20% to 66% in PvE only.
September 01, 2021	Fixed an issue that caused strike damage reduction to stack additively with other sources instead of multiplicatively.
May 11, 2021	This skill can now be used in midair so that it better functions with Death's Charge.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced stability duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Updated the description of this skill to clarify the damage-reduction component.
May 17, 2017	Updated the skill fact to properly indicate a 20% damage reduction rather than 33%.
May 16, 2017	This skill no longer pulses stability but instead grants 3 stacks for 6 seconds upon activating it. The active form of this skill now reduces incoming physical and condition damage by 20% for its duration.
April 19, 2016	Reduced the active duration of this skill from 8 seconds to 5 seconds. The recharge time has been increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Infusing Terror has been added to the game.