Shadow step

Used in Guild Wars Factions, shadow step refers to the the assassin's ability to move instantanously. It also once referred to a specific skill available in the FPE 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 (Core) snow fighting skill for Wintersday 2006

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.
 * The maximum distance coverable by a shadow step in PvP is the radius of the radar. An attempt to shadow step further than this will place you short of your destination. In PvE you will not have any restriction on how far you can shadow step.
 * Also, if you shadow step while activating a skill, the skill's activation will be canceleled when you shadow step.