Weakening Shroud

Cast Weakening Shroud when entering shroud. Critical hits inflict weakness. — In-game description

Weakening Shroud

Specialization

Curses (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Weakening Shroud

Cast Weakening Shroud when entering shroud. Critical hits inflict weakness.

 Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Weakness (20.5½s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Weakening Shroud (PvE)			Bleed and weaken nearby foes.
Weakening Shroud (PvP)			Bleed and weaken nearby foes.
Weakening Shroud (WvW)			Bleed and weaken nearby foes.

Related skills

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Death Shroud — Shroud
•   Reaper's Shroud — Shroud
•   Desert Shroud — Shade, Shroud
•   Harbinger Shroud — Shroud

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sandstorm Shroud — Herald of Sorrow

Notes

• Also works underwater.
• The cooldown only applies to the weakness application.
• The shroud entrance effect, Weakening Shroud, happens about 1 second after entering shroud at the shroud entering location.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	The ability used when entering shroud has been renamed Weakening Shroud and now corrupts a boon in addition to its previous effects.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced weakness duration from 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
December 11, 2018	The damage of this trait has been increased by 20% in PvE, and it will no longer be able to critically hit foes in all game modes.
January 26, 2016	The effect triggered off of this trait now converts up to 1 boon into a condition.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. Added: Critical hits inflict weakness for 5 seconds. Added: Internal cooldown: 10 seconds. Traits that previously referred to Death Shroud now refer to the more ubiquitous Shroud.
February 26, 2013	This trait now applies two stacks of bleeding to be consistent with the Enfeebling Blood weapon skill.
November 15, 2012	This trait now functions underwater.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Weakening Shroud has been added to the game.