Online:Shadow

Progression

								1								Veiled Strike
								4								Shadow Cloak
Refreshing Shadows I								8
								12								Consuming Darkness
Shadow Barrier I								14
Refreshing Shadows II								18
								20								Path of Darkness
Dark Vigor I								22
Shadow Barrier II								27
								30								Aspect of Terror
Dark Vigor II								36
Dark Veil I								39
								42								Summon Shade
Dark Veil II								50

Shadow is one of three class skill lines available to Nightblades. Abilities in this line focus on self-preservation through limiting enemies' attacks and hiding. Known abilities in this skill are listed below.

Skill Perks

The Shadow skill line is immediately available to all Nightblades, and is leveled up by earning experience while Shadow skills are slotted. Skills include: Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 7958, Max Health 8744, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1037. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Skills with this icon may need to be updated following changes in Update 20.

Ultimate Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

	Name	Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Consuming Darkness	12	Instant		Area	–	5 meters	13.5 seconds	200 Ultimate
		Duration: [12 / 12.5 / 13 / 13.5] seconds. Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 30%. Allies in the area can activate the ​ Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 24927 Health over 4 seconds.
				Bolstering Darkness	Major Protection remains on you and your allies even after leaving the area. Duration: [14 / 14.5 / 15 / 15.5] seconds. Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection while inside the ring and even after leaving it, reducing your damage taken by 30%. Allies in the area can activate the ​ Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 24927 Health over 4 seconds.
				Veil of Blades	Enemies in the area take damage over time. Duration: [14 / 14.5 / 15 / 15.5] seconds. Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70%, dealing [2768 / 2768 / 2769 / 2770] Magic Damage to them every 1 second, and granting you and your allies Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 30%. Allies in the area can activate the ​ Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 24927 Health over 4 seconds.

Active Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost.

	Name	Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Veiled Strike	1	Instant		Enemy	5 meters		–	2700 Magicka
		Slash an enemy, dealing [6149 / 6217 / 6284 / 6353] Magic Damage. Attacking with Veiled Strike while Sneaking or invisible stuns the enemy for 4 seconds and sets them Off Balance for 5 seconds.
				Surprise Attack	Converts to a Stamina ability, and applies Major Fracture to the enemy, reducing their Physical Resistance. Cost: 2295 Stamina. Slash an enemy, dealing 6354 Physical Damage and afflicting them with Major Fracture, which reduces their Physical Resistance by 5280 for [12 / 13 / 14 / 15] seconds. Attacking with Surprise Attack while Sneaking or invisible stuns the enemy for 4 seconds and sets them Off Balance for 5 seconds.
				Concealed Weapon	While slotted, your Movement Speed while Sneaking or invisible is increased. Slash an enemy, dealing 6353 Magic Damage. Attacking with Concealed Weapon while Sneaking or invisible stuns the enemy for 4 seconds and sets them Off Balance for 5 seconds. While slotted, your Movement Speed while Sneaking or invisible is increased by [22 / 23 / 24 / 25]%.
	Shadow Cloak	4	Instant		Self	–		2.5 seconds	4050 Magicka
		Cost: [4320 / 4230 / 4140 / 4050] Magicka. Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 2.5 seconds.
				Shadowy Disguise	Guarantees a Critical Strike on your next attack. Cost: [4050 / 3960 / 3870 / 3780] Magicka. Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 2.5 seconds. Your next direct damage attack used within 3 seconds will always be a Critical Strike.
				Dark Cloak	Heals you and reduces your damage taken instead of granting invisibility. Cost: [4050 / 3960 / 3870 / 3780] Magicka, Duration: 3 seconds. Cloak yourself in shadow to heal for 32% of your Max Health over 3 seconds and gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 8%.
	Path of Darkness	20	Instant		Area	–	17 meters	10 seconds	3510 Magicka
		Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 2 seconds after leaving the path.
				Twisting Path	Path affects a larger conal area and deals damage. Area: 15 meters. Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 2 seconds after leaving the path. Deals [1260 / 1274 / 1287 / 1301] Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second.
				Refreshing Path	Path also heals you and your allies. Create a corridor of shadows, granting you and allies in area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 2 seconds after leaving the path. Heals [1260 / 1274 / 1287 / 1301] Health to you and allies in area every 1 second.
	Aspect of Terror	30	Instant		Area	–	6 meters	–	3780 Magicka
		Cost: [4050 / 3960 / 3870 / 3780] Magicka. Summon a dark spirit to terrify up to 2 enemies, causing them to flee in fear for 4 seconds. After the fear ends, their Movement Speed is reduced by 50% for 2 seconds.
				Mass Hysteria	Also applies Minor Maim to the enemy when the fear ends, reducing their damage done. Summon a dark spirit to terrify up to 2 enemies, causing them to flee in fear for 4 seconds. After the fear ends, their Movement Speed is reduced by [50 / 51 / 52 / 53]% for 2 seconds and they are afflicted with Minor Maim, reducing their damage done by 15%.
				Manifestation of Terror	Creates two traps instead, which fear enemies when triggered. Duration: [30 / 40 / 50 / 60] seconds, Range: 22 meters, Target: Ground. Conceal two sinister traps, one at the targeted location and another next to you, which take 2 seconds to arm and last for [30 / 40 / 50 / 60] seconds. When each trap is triggered, a dark spirit is summoned to terrify up to 6 enemies, causing them to flee in fear for 4 seconds. After the fear ends, their Movement Speed is reduced by 50% for [2 / 2 / 2 / 4] seconds.
	Summon Shade	42	Instant		Enemy	28 meters		15 seconds	2700 Magicka
		Duration: [12 / 13 / 14 / 15] seconds. Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for [12 / 13 / 14 / 15] seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 901 Magic Damage. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 15% for 4 seconds.
				Dark Shade	The shade occasionally deals area of effect damage. Duration: [15 / 16 / 17 / 18] seconds. Summon a shade versions [sic] of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for [15 / 16 / 17 / 18] seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 901 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 1202 Magic Damage. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 15% for 4 seconds.
				Shadow Image	Summon a ranged shade instead which deals more damage, and you can activate the ability again to teleport to it. Duration: [15 / 16 / 17 / 18] seconds, Target: Self. Summon a shade version of yourself to stay in place and attack an enemy from range for [15 / 16 / 17 / 18] seconds. The shade shoots at an enemy, dealing 1202 Magic Damage. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 15% for 4 seconds. While the shade is summoned, you can activate this ability again to teleport to the shade's location.

Passive Abilities

Passive abilities are active all the time.

	Name	Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Refreshing Shadows	8		Increases your Health, Stamina, and Magicka Recovery by 7%.
		18		Increases your Health, Stamina, and Magicka Recovery by 15%.
	Shadow Barrier	14		Casting a Shadow ability grants you Major Resolve and Major Ward for 3 seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5280. This duration is increased by 25% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. Current Duration: (0 × Heavy Armor) seconds.
		27		Casting a Shadow ability grants you Major Resolve and Major Ward for 6 seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5280. This duration is increased by 25% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. Current Duration: (1 × Heavy Armor) seconds
	Dark Vigor	22		Increases your Max Health by 2% for each Shadow ability slotted.
		36		Increases your Max Health by 3% for each Shadow ability slotted.
	Dark Veil	39		Increases the duration of your Shadow abilities by 8%.
		50		Increases the duration of your Shadow abilities by 15%.