Shadow step

Introduced in Guild Wars Factions, shadow step refers to the ability to move instantaneously. It also once referred to a specific skill available in the Factions Preview Event named Shadow Step, but that skill has been renamed to Shadow of Haste.

For a list of shadow step skills, see the shadow stepping skills quick reference.

Special event shadow steps:
 * Side Step (Factions) snow fighting skill for the Wintersday minigame Dwayna vs Grenth.

Limitations and restrictions

 * If a user shadow steps while holding an item, the user will automatically drop the item before shadow stepping.
 * Users may not shadow step to locations that they cannot normally walk to. For example, users may not shadow step past closed gates to enemies. This differs from regular teleportation.
 * Shadow stepping does not have a distance limitation unless you would shadow step over impassible terrain, in which case the shadow step is restricted to the radius of the radar.
 * Also, if you shadow step while activating a skill, the skill's activation will be canceled when you shadow step (with the exception of Augury of Death).