Skritt Swipe
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Skritt Swipe
- Profession
Thief (skill list)- Specialization
Antiquary- Slot
- Profession mechanic
- Type
- Steal
- Game link
- API
- 77397
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“— In-game description
Artifacts[edit]
- Defensive Artifacts
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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. |
- Offensive Artifacts
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Forged Surfer Dash | Offensive Artifact. Dash to the targeted location while dropping bombs along your path that detonate after a short period of time, dealing damage and burning enemies. More bombs are dropped the farther you travel. For a short time after using this skill, you continue to drop additional bombs at your location. |
| Metal Legion Guitar | Offensive Artifact. Rock out with your guitar, damaging and applying conditions to opponents around you, then slam the ground, damaging and stunning opponents in the area. For a short time after using this skill, your first weapon skill is replaced with your stealth attack, even when not stealthed. |
| Mistburn Mortar | Offensive Artifact. Shoot an orb that explodes upon impact with the ground, creating a corrupted area that deals damage and applies conditions to enemies. For a short time after using this skill, your strikes additionally inflict burning on enemies. |
| Summon Kryptis Turret | Offensive Artifact. Summon a Kryptis turret at your targeted location and[sic] fires at the closest foe in range. For a short time after using this skill, you deal increased damage to enemies that were struck by the turret. |
Related traits[edit]
Deadly Arts
Serpent's Touch — Stealing inflicts poison. While in the downed state, your attacks apply poison.
Mug — Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
Improvisation — 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.
Shadow Arts
Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
Shadow Savior — Gain dark aura when you steal. Granting yourself dark aura heals nearby allies.
Cover of Shadow — When you steal, create a field around yourself that grants allies protection. Granting dark aura to yourself removes a condition from nearby allies.
Acrobatics
Swindler's Equilibrium — Gain power and additional power while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal.
Trickery
Thrill of the Crime — When you Steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
Bountiful Theft — Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies. Grant additional boons to allies if your target has no boons.
Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.
Sleight of Hand — Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.
Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.
Antiquary
Repeat Ransacker — Reduce the recharge of Skritt Swipe whenever you use an artifact.
Prolific Plunderer — 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.
Scoundrel's Luck — Gain Scoundrel's Luck whenever you use Skritt Swipe, Scoundrel's Luck allows you to use Double Edge skills on cooldown without backfiring.
Combat High — Gain Combat High when you use Skritt Swipe, increasing your outgoing strike and condition damage. Lose stacks of Combat High every interval.
Notes[edit]
- Casting this skill without a target will still grant Artifacts. For this reason, it is useful to precast Skritt Swipe at least 30 seconds before entering combat.
- Unless keybound otherwise, skill F2 will always be an Offensive Artifact, and skill F3 will always be a Defensive Artifact.
Trivia[edit]
- In the initial preview stream for the antiquary elite specialization, this skill was named Skritt Snatch.
- When casting this skill, the character will occasionally shout:
- That'll do nicely.
- Ahah!
- Priceless!
- When casting Holo-Dancer Decoy, the character will occasionally shout:
- Enjoy the show!
- When casting Exalted Hammer, the character will occasionally shout:
- A souvenir from Maguuma's depths!
- When casting Chak Shield, the character will occasionally shout:
- Still perfectly functional!
- When casting Zephyrite Sun Crystal, the character will occasionally shout:
- Hahaha-haah!
- Now that's a rush!
- When casting Metal Legion Guitar, the character will occasionally shout:
- I'll take final requests?
- Let's make some noise!
- Forged Surfer Dash, Summon Kryptis Turret, and Mistburn Mortar don't currently appear to have voicelines.
Version history[edit]
For a detailed skill history, see here.
| Patch | Changes |
|---|---|
| November 18, 2025 |
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| October 28, 2025 | Visions of Eternity release:
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| August 19, 2025 |
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