Infusing Terror/history
April 14, 2026
- Infusing Terror: Reactivating this skill to cast Terrify no longer removes the damage reduction effect.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud
- Slot
- Transform

- Type
- Shroud
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“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%- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
August 22, 2023
- Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in WvW only.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud
- Slot
- Transform

- Type
- Shroud
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud. Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
Damage Reduced: 66% Damage Reduced: 20%- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
May 02, 2023
- Infusing Terror: Increased damage reduction percentage from 20% to 66% in PvE only.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud
- Slot
- Transform

- Type
- Shroud
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud. Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
Damage Reduced: 66% Damage Reduced: 20%- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
September 01, 2021
- Infusing Terror: Fixed an issue that caused strike damage reduction to stack additively with other sources instead of multiplicatively.
May 11, 2021
- Infusing Terror: This skill can now be used in midair so that it better functions with Death's Charge.
February 25, 2020
- Infusing Terror: (Competitive split) Reduced stability duration from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud
- Slot
- Transform

- Type
- Shroud
- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud. Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
- Damage Reduced: 20%
- Condition Damage Reduced: 20%
- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
August 08, 2017
- Infusing Terror: Updated the description of this skill to clarify the damage-reduction component.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud

- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
- Damage Reduced: 20%
- Condition Damage Reduced: 20%
- 3 Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
May 17, 2017
- Infusing Terror: 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.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud

- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces most incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
- Damage Reduced: 20%
- Condition Damage Reduced: 20%
- 3 Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
May 16, 2017
- Infusing Terror: 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.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud

- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability and reduces most incoming damage. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
- Damage Reduced: 33%
- Condition Damage Reduced: 33%
- 3 Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.
- Duration: 6 seconds
- Radius: 360
— In-game description
April 19, 2016
- Infusing Terror: 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.
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud

- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability every second. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
— In-game description
Original version
Infusing Terror
- Profession
Necromancer (skill list)- Specialization
Reaper- Parent skill
- Reaper's Shroud

- Sequence
- →
- Game link
“Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability every second. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.
— In-game description