Shadowblade

Shadowblade
Metaclass	Rogue
Locked	No
Starting Life	100
Life Rating	+0
Stat Modifiers
Strength	0
Dexterity	+3
Constitution	0
Magic	+3
Willpower	0
Cunning	+3

Description

Shadowblades are Rogues that are touched by the gift of magic, able to kill with their daggers under a veil of stealth while casting spells to enhance their performance and survival.

Their use of magic is innate and not really studied; as such they do not naturally regenerate mana and must use external means of recharging.

They use the schools of Phantasm, Temporal, Divination and Conveyance magic to enhance their arts. Their most important stats are: Dexterity, Cunning and Magic

Starting Equipment

• Iron Dagger
• Iron Dagger
• Rough Leather Armor
• Manasurge Rune

Starting Talents

• Dual Strike
• Shadow Combat
• Phase Door
• Lethality

Talent Categories

Class
Type	Name	Mastery	Locked	Talents
Technique	Dual Weapons	1.2	No	Dual Weapon Training	Dual Weapon Defense	Precision	Momentum
Technique	Dual Techniques	1.2	No	Dual Strike	Flurry	Sweep	Whirlwind
Techniques	Combat Techniques	1.3	No	Rush	Precise Strikes	Perfect Strike	Blinding Speed
Cunning	Dirty Fighting	1.3	No	Dirty Fighting	Backstab	Switch Place	Cripple
Cunning	Lethality	1.3	No	Lethality	Deadly strikes	Willful combat	Snap
Cunning	Shadow Magic	1.3	No	Shadow Combat	Shadow Cunning	Shadow Feed	Shadowstep
Spell	Phantasm	1.0	No	Illuminate	Blur Sight	Phantasmal Shield	Invisibility
Techniques	Combat Veteran	1.3	Yes	Quick Recovery	Fast Metabolism	Spell Shield	Unending Frenzy
Cunning	Stealth	1.3	Yes	Stealth	Shadowstrike	Hide in Plain Sight	Unseen Actions
Cunning	Ambush	1.3	Yes	Shadow Leash	Shadow Ambush	Ambuscade	Shadow Veil
Spell	Temporal	1.0	Yes	Congeal Time	Time Shield	Time Prison	Essence of Speed
Generic
Type	Name	Mastery	Locked	Talents
Techniques	Combat Training	1.2	No	Thick Skin	Armour Training	Combat Accuracy	Weapons Mastery
Cunning	Survival	1.1	No	Heightened Senses	Charm Mastery	Piercing Sight	Evasion
Spell	Conveyance	1.0	No	Phase Door	Teleport	Displacement Shield	Probability Travel
Spell	Divination	1.0	Yes	Arcane Eye	Keen Senses	Vision	Premonition

Strategy

The Shadowblade is fast, stealthy, mobile, and deadly. He is a Rogue who has learned rudimentary magic, much to the chagrin of his opponents.

While Shadowblade is a class that relies on magic, they have fairly minimal scaling with Magic and Spellpower, their spells mostly being utility or weapon damage based. As such, their primary stats are Dexterity and Cunning over Magic, though Magic is worth pumping in the end if you plan on taking the Arcane Might prodigy and for your shields.

The Shadowblade uses daggers, one in each hand, for his offense. Leading with a Dual Strike or some good old-fashioned Dirty Fighting to stun, and then following up with a Flurry or a Sweep to kill, leaves a path of carnage.

They are highly mobile, with access to the full suite of Conveyance talents, as well as Shadowstep, a devastating talent when combined with Track or any other ESP source. They also get Rush -- both of these trees are unlocked at birth.

Shadowblades do not get any healing talents either, nor do they have any major sources of damage mitigation, but they do start with access to Displacement Shield and have Time Shield in a locked category. Shadowblades may find it helpful to pick up the Light tree from an Anorithil escort quest, for the Healing Light, Bathe in Light and Providence talents.

In terms of trees to unlock, Shadowblades have a few options:

• Temporal: This is a balanced tree, giving you a very strong defensive shield in Time Shield and the overwhelming speed of {{t|Essence of Speed}, once you can afford to sustain it in the late game. Combining Essence of Speed with the speed boosts of Shadow Feed, Blinding Speed, and Momentum can allow you to cut down your foes before they can even act.

• Ambush: This is also a balanced tree, giving you utility and offensive skill. Shadow Leash allows you to disarm weapon damage foes, while Shadow Ambush allows you to silence caster threats, though foes that focus on summons and mental talents can circumvent these methods of threat mitigation. The real shining star of this tree, however, is using Ambuscade to create a shadow clone of yourself, then using Shadow veil to use it to destroy your foes, while you wait in a safe place. Do ensure that your main body are in a safe place (and maybe stealthed or invisible), as it can be damaged while you don't have control of it.

• Stealth: This is a tree focused completely on offense, to the detriment of your defense, as you must eschew the vastly superior protection of Heavy and Massive armor to use it. However, the damage you can output from stealth can allow you to kill your foes before they have the chance to counter-attack.

Classes

Classes with a non-white background need to be unlocked or may have other requirements

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