Shadow Trap

Set a trap. The first enemy to trigger this trap becomes marked. You may activate Shadow Pursuit to shadowstep to the marked enemy. — In-game description

Shadow Trap

 

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Trap

Sequence

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0.5½  45  

Shadow Trap

Set a trap. The first enemy to trigger this trap becomes marked. You may activate Shadow Pursuit to shadowstep to the marked enemy.

 Duration: 120 seconds

 Range: 10,000

 Unblockable

— In-game description

Notes

• Shadow Trap requires line of sight to function properly.
• Upon activation by enemy, you have 10 seconds to activate Shadow Pursuit or the skill will begin recharging.
• You can shadowstep back to the trap before an enemy is marked by using Destroy Shadow Trap.

Related equipment

• Superior Rune of the Trapper — Gain 2 seconds of  superspeed and  stealth when using a trap skill.

Gallery

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  First triggered

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  Smoke dissipating

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  As seen from above

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 16, 2019	Removed from the game.
March 28, 2017	All traps created by the thief will have a 1-second arm time before the trap can affect enemies.
September 29, 2015	Shadow Trap has been increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes.
July 09, 2013	This skill now has a maximum duration of 120 seconds.
June 25, 2013	Increased the recharge to 45 seconds.
November 15, 2012	This skill no longer shadowsteps the thief when the trap is triggered. This skill now has two additional abilities: The first ability becomes available when Shadow Trap is cast and will destroy the current trap. The second ability, Shadow Pursuit, becomes available when an enemy triggers the trap. The thief may choose to activate this ability and shadowstep to the enemy that triggered the trap. If this ability is not activated after 10 seconds, the ability will fade and Shadow Trap will be available.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shadow Trap has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill originated as unimplemented content in the original Guild Wars game as Shadow Tripwire.