The Shadow Archetype
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Using the shadows as a cloak, users of this archetype prefer to extinguish the lives of their victims without ever being seen. The Shadow archetype makes use of toxins and deception to weaken targets before dealing a fatal blow. Shadow users are heralds of death—by the time you’ve seen one, you’re already dead.
Archetype Bonus: Increases Dexterity by 2 Points Per 3 Levels
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Active Skills
Quick Slash
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Deals (x) spell damage.
Shadowstrike
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Deals (x) spell damage and applies bleeding that deals (y) spell damage every second for 4s. Increases damage and bleeding damage by 20% per Aether consumed.
Crippling Dagger
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Throws a dagger into the target, dealing (x) spell damage and slowing them by 50% for 2s.
Sinister Plot
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Gains 2 Aether every second for 10s.
Stalk
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Dashes behind the target and slows them by 50% for 2s. Can be re-activated within 2 seconds to go back to the original location.
Shadow Kick
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Interrupts a target's spellcasting, slows their spell casting and spell global cooldown by 20% for 6s.
Shadowbind
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Snares the target for 2s. Duration is increased by 0.5s per Aether consumed.
Coup de Grace
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Deals (x) spell damage to the target, and an extra (y) spell damage if used within 2 seconds after Stalk. Increases damage dealt by (z) per Aether consumed.
Illusive
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Dodges all incoming targetable attacks for 4s.
Death Blossom
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Consumes up to 5 Aether. Deals (x) spell damage in a small area. Damage is increased by (y) per Aether consumed.
Anti-Healing Venom
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Deals (x) spell damage to the target and reduces healing received from spells by 50% for 5s. Duration is increased by 2s per Aether.
Venomous Weapons
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For the next 15s, basic attacks reduce target's weapon defense by 2% for 5s, up to 20 stacks. New stacks reset their duration. Increases duration by 2s per Aether consumed.
Shadow Passives
Deadly Duelist
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When dual wielding, increases your atack speed by 10%.
Lethal Toxins
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Increases abilities' slow effectiveness by 25% of the base amount.
Shadow Proficiency
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Lowers the cooldown of Illusive, Stalk and Coup de Grace by 50%.
Killer Instinct
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Deal 10% more damage to targets under 50% health.
Trickster
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Your basic attacks and spell castings have, respectively, 5% and 10% of chance to throw a dagger at the target dealing x spell damage.
Cheap Shot
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Using an ability has a 10% chance to increase your Critical Strike Chance by 30% for 5 seconds.