Startling Twist
- 11.5m Range
- Fast
- Ranged Skill
- Resistance: Physical
- Skill Type: Debuff
- Stun the enemy and remove Corruptions by removing an active Trick.
- Mounted Combat Enemies: Stun replaced with a mount speed debuff
- 8s Stun
- Breaks target out of Dazed
Removes 1 tier of up to 3 different Corruption effects from the target. - Cost: [471 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 45s
General Information
Class: Burglar
Trait Tree: The Mischief-maker
Rank Needed: 5 (trait 
Startling Twist)
This skill is replaced by 
Improved Startling Twist (requires further rank in same trait).
Effects
Using this skill removes 1 Trick from the enemy target to apply 
Stunned for 8 seconds and remove up to 3 different Corruptions. At least 1 Trick must be applied to the enemy target in order to use this skill. This skill does not remove Tricks applied by using 
Trickster, but prevents other Trick Removal skills from benefiting from the same Tricks.
When specialized in Yellow-line, using this skill applies Minor Rent Armour: Burglar to the enemy target.
Skill Interactions
Using the skill 
Subtle Stab reduces the active cooldown of this skill by 2 seconds (requires Yellow-line).
Using the skill 
Ready and Able resets the active cooldown of this skill.
Trait Interactions
- The trait
Perplexing Proposition in the Mischief-maker trait tree reduces the cooldown of this skill by up to 25 seconds. - The trait
Comedic Timing in the Mischief-maker trait tree makes this skill ignore up to 25% of the enemy's Resistance. - The second rank of the trait Startling Twist in the Mischief-maker trait tree replaces this skill with Improved Startling Twist.