Guarded Initiation

Movement skills grant resistance. — In-game description

Guarded Initiation

Specialization

Acrobatics (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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5

Guarded Initiation

Movement skills grant resistance.

 Resistance (2s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Heartseeker — Dagger
•   Death Blossom — Dagger
•   Disabling Shot — Short bow
•   Unsuspecting Strike — Spear
•   Escape — Harpoon gun
•   Debilitating Arc — Staff
•   Vault — Staff

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sohothin Blossom — Sohothin

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Withdraw — Trick

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadowstep — Deception
•   Shadow Return — Deception
•   Roll for Initiative — Trick

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Branch Leap — Stolen skill
•   Exalted Hammer — Defensive Artifact
•   Zephyrite Sun Crystal — Defensive Artifact
•   Forged Surfer Dash — Offensive Artifact
•   Forged Surfer Dash — Offensive Artifact

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bound — Bounding Dodger
•   Dash — Unhindered Combatant
•   Impaling Lotus — Lotus Training

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait has been reworked. It now grants the thief resistance when using a movement skill, with a 5-second internal cooldown.
January 27, 2016	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to grant bonus vitality.
January 26, 2016	This trait now removes confusion in addition to its current removals. The health threshold has been reduced from 90% to 75%.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Guarded Initiation has been added to the game.