Shadow Disciplines

This page lists Assassin skills from the Shadow Disciplines skill tree. Other Assassin skills: Martial Arts, Traps, All Assassin Skills

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Claw and Dagger Mastery

• Description: Passive - Improves your skill with claw and dagger weapons
• Required Level: 1
• Required Skills: None

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Damage +%	35	47	59	71	83	95	107	119	131	143	155	167	179	191	203	215	227	239	251	263	275	287	299	311	323	335	347	359	371	383	395	407	419	431	443	455	467	479	491	503	515	527	539	551	563	575	587	599	611	623	635	647	659	671	683	695	707	719	731	743
Attack Rating +%	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290	300	310	320	330	340	350	360	370	380	390	400	410	420	430	440	450	460	470	480	490	500	510	520	530	540	550	560	570	580	590	600	610	620
Critical Strike Chance +%	3	6	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25

Changelog

Season 5: Claw and dagger mastery +10% enhanced damage per level increased to +12% Season 4: Claw and Dagger Mastery enhanced damage per level increased from 8% to 10% Season 2: damage scaling increased from 4% per level to 8% per level Season 1: renamed, now affects daggers as well as claws Vanilla Info for Claw Mastery

Psychic Hammer

• Description: Use the power of your mind to create a psychic blast to crush and knock back your enemies. Bounces to nearby enemies
• Required Level: 1
• Required Skills: None

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Bounces	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Magic Damage (min)	4	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	31	37	43	49	55	61	67	73	85	97	109	121	133	145	169	193	217	241	265	289	325	361	397	433	469	505	541	577	613	649	685	721	757	793	829	865	901	937	973	1009	1045	1081	1117	1153	1189	1225	1261	1297	1333	1369	1405	1441
Magic Damage (max)	6	10	14	18	22	26	30	34	42	50	58	66	74	82	90	98	112	126	140	154	168	182	208	234	260	286	312	338	376	414	452	490	528	566	604	642	680	718	756	794	832	870	908	946	984	1022	1060	1098	1136	1174	1212	1250	1288	1326	1364	1402	1440	1478	1516	1554
Mana Cost	1.5	1.7	2	2.2	2.5	2.7	3	3.2	3.5	3.7	4	4.2	4.5	4.7	5	5.2	5.5	5.7	6	6.2	6.5	6.7	7	7.2	7.5	7.7	8	8.2	8.5	8.7	9	9.2	9.5	9.7	10	10.2	10.5	10.7	11	11.2	11.5	11.7	12	12.2	12.5	12.7	13	13.2	13.5	13.7	14	14.2	14.5	14.7	15	15.2	15.5	15.7	16	16.2

Deals 20% less damage per bounce

Psychic Hammer Receives Bonuses From:

• Mind Blast: +15% Damage per Level
• Cloak of Shadows: +15% Damage per Level
• Shadow Warrior: +15% Damage per Level

Changelog

Season 6: Psychic hammer bounce range increased by 33% Psychic hammer tooltip now displays that its damage reduces by 20% per bounce (was previously hidden) Season 5: Psychic hammer now gains an additional bounce every 10 soft levels instead of capping at 3 Psychic hammer bounce distance increased by 20% Season 2: synergies reduced to 15% (was 18%) Season 1: Hits another enemy at level 10+ damage buffed, only deals magic damage starting mana cost reduced to 1.5 (was 4) now has Mind Blast, Cloak of Shadows, & Shadow Warrior as synergies at 18% Vanilla Info

Burst of Speed

• Description: Increases attack and movement speed for a period of time
• Required Level: 6
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Movement Speed +%	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86
Duration (seconds)	300	305	310	315	320	325	330	335	340	345	350	355	360	365	370	375	380	385	390	395	400	405	410	415	420	425	430	435	440	445	450	455	460	465	470	475	480	485	490	495	500	505	510	515	520	525	530	535	540	545	550	555	560	565	570	575	580	585	590	595

Hard Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Attack Speed +%	15	22	27	31	34	37	39	41	43	44	45	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	53

Mana Cost: 10

Changelog

Season 5: Burst of speed base movement speed increased from 10% to 20% Burst of speed level 8-16 movement speed bonus reduced from 2% to 1% Burst of speed base duration increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes Burst of speed duration scaling reduced from 12 seconds per level to 5 seconds Season 1: now grants attack speed with hard points instead of soft points walk/run speed reduced Vanilla Info

Weapon Block

• Description: Passive - Chance to block when you are using dual claw-class weapons
• Required Level: 12
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Block Chance %	14	20	25	29	33	35	37	39	41	42	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	60

Hard Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Faster Block Rate +%	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20

Cooldown: 0.16 seconds

Changelog

Season 6: Weapon block now gives +1% faster block rate per base point Weapon block diminishing return scaling increased from 8 to 50 to 6 to 60 Season 5: Now has a 4 frame cooldown after mitigating an attack Season 4: Weapon Block maximum block chance reduced from 65% to 50% Weapon Block minimum block chance reduced from 26% to 14% Weapon Block now works while moving Season 1: no changes Vanilla Info

Cloak of Shadows

• Description: Cast a shadow to blind nearby enemies, lowering their defenses for a period of time
• Required Level: 12
• Required Skills: Psychic Hammer [1]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Defense +%	5	6	8	9	11	12	14	15	17	18	20	21	23	24	26	27	29	30	32	33	35	36	38	39	41	42	44	45	47	48	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	62	63	65	66	68	69	71	72	74	75	77	78	80	81	83	84	86	87	89	90	92	93
Enemy Defense %	-15	-16	-17	-18	-19	-20	-21	-22	-23	-24	-25	-26	-27	-28	-29	-30	-31	-32	-33	-34	-35	-36	-37	-38	-39	-40	-41	-42	-43	-44	-45	-46	-47	-48	-49	-50	-51	-52	-53	-54	-55	-56	-57	-58	-59	-60	-61	-62	-63	-64	-65	-66	-67	-68	-69	-70	-71	-72	-73	-74

Range: 20 yards

Mana Cost: 13

Duration: 5 seconds

Changelog

Season 2: now reduces defense by 1% per level (was 3%) Season 1: now has a fixed duration of 5 seconds (was 8 + 1 second per level) bonus defense reduced Vanilla Info

Mind Blast

• Description: Stun a group of enemies using the power of your mind
• Required Level: 18
• Required Skills: Psychic Hammer [1], Cloak of Shadows [12]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Magic Damage (min)	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	31	36	41	46	51	56	66	76	86	96	106	116	131	146	161	176	191	206	221	236	251	266	281	296	311	326	341	356	371	386	401	416	431	446	461	476	491	506	521	536	551	566	581	596
Magic Damage (max)	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	33	38	43	48	53	58	68	78	88	98	108	118	133	148	163	178	193	208	223	238	253	268	283	298	313	328	343	358	373	388	403	418	433	448	463	478	493	508	523	538	553	568	583	598
Damage (min)	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	26	31	36	41	46	51	56	61	73	85	97	109	121	133	157	181	205	229	253	277	313	349	385	421	457	493	529	565	601	637	673	709	745	781	817	853	889	925	961	997	1033	1069	1105	1141	1177	1213	1249	1285	1321	1357	1393	1429
Damage (max)	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	34	39	44	49	54	59	64	69	81	93	105	117	129	141	165	189	213	237	261	285	321	357	393	429	465	501	537	573	609	645	681	717	753	789	825	861	897	933	969	1005	1041	1077	1113	1149	1185	1221	1257	1293	1329	1365	1401	1437

Hard Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Radius (yards)	2.6	3.3	3.3	4	4	4.6	4.6	4.6	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Stun Length (seconds)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mana Cost: 9

Mind Blast Receives Bonuses From:

• Psychic Hammer: +13% Damage per Level
• Cloak of Shadows: +13% Damage per Level
• Shadow Warrior: +13% Damage per Level

Changelog

Season 7: Now deals partial magic damage Season 3: Mind blast starting radius increased from 1.6 yards to 2.6 yards Mind blast synergies increased from 10% to 13% stun now lasts 1.5 seconds in pvp (was 2 seconds) Season 2: AoE reduced by 1 synergies reduced from 12% to 10% Season 1: moved in the skill tree, requires level 18 (was 24) No longer stuns after first hard point (was 2 seconds + 0.2 per level) no longer converts enemies Increased AOE with soft points damage buffed Mana cost reduced to 9 (was 15) now has Psychic Hammer, Cloak of Shadows, & Shadow Warrior as synergies at 12% Vanilla Info

Fade

• Description: Raise all resistances and resist curses for a period of time
• Required Level: 18
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1], Burst of Speed [6]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Reduces Curse Duration by %	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Physical Damage Reduction +%	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30
All Resistances +%	19	27	33	38	42	45	48	50	52	54	56	57	58	60	60	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	75
Duration (seconds)	300	305	310	315	320	325	330	335	340	345	350	355	360	365	370	375	380	385	390	395	400	405	410	415	420	425	430	435	440	445	450	455	460	465	470	475	480	485	490	495	500	505	510	515	520	525	530	535	540	545	550	555	560	565	570	575	580	585	590	595

Mana Cost: 10

Changelog

Season 5: Fade base duration increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes Fade duration scaling reduced from 12 seconds per level to 5 seconds Season 4: fade now starts at 5% curse duration reduction from 17% fade now caps at 20% curse duration reduction from 60% Season 1: curse duration reduction reduced damage reduction reduced Vanilla Info

Shadow Warrior

• Description: Summon a shadow of yourself that mimics your skills and fights by your side
• Required Level: 18
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1], Psychic Hammer [1], Weapon Block [12], Cloak of Shadows [12]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Life (Normal)	600	630	660	690	720	750	780	810	840	870	900	930	960	990	1020	1050	1080	1110	1140	1170	1200	1230	1260	1290	1320	1350	1380	1410	1440	1470	1500	1530	1560	1590	1620	1650	1680	1710	1740	1770	1800	1830	1860	1890	1920	1950	1980	2010	2040	2070	2100	2130	2160	2190	2220	2250	2280	2310	2340	2370
Life (Nightmare)	800	840	880	920	960	1000	1040	1080	1120	1160	1200	1240	1280	1320	1360	1400	1440	1480	1520	1560	1600	1640	1680	1720	1760	1800	1840	1880	1920	1960	2000	2040	2080	2120	2160	2200	2240	2280	2320	2360	2400	2440	2480	2520	2560	2600	2640	2680	2720	2760	2800	2840	2880	2920	2960	3000	3040	3080	3120	3160
Life (Hell)	1000	1050	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350	1400	1450	1500	1550	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1850	1900	1950	2000	2050	2100	2150	2200	2250	2300	2350	2400	2450	2500	2550	2600	2650	2700	2750	2800	2850	2900	2950	3000	3050	3100	3150	3200	3250	3300	3350	3400	3450	3500	3550	3600	3650	3700	3750	3800	3850	3900	3950
Attack Rating +%	40	80	120	160	200	240	280	320	360	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	720	760	800	840	880	920	960	1000	1040	1080	1120	1160	1200	1240	1280	1320	1360	1400	1440	1480	1520	1560	1600	1640	1680	1720	1760	1800	1840	1880	1920	1960	2000	2040	2080	2120	2160	2200	2240	2280	2320	2360	2400
Defense +%	0	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228	240	252	264	276	288	300	312	324	336	348	360	372	384	396	408	420	432	444	456	468	480	492	504	516	528	540	552	564	576	588	600	612	624	636	648	660	672	684	696	708
All Resistances +%	5	17	27	35	42	47	51	55	57	61	62	65	67	68	70	71	73	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89
Mana Cost	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56

Cooldown: 2 seconds

Affected by difficulty resistance penalties of -40% in Nightmare and -100% in Hell

Wears randomly-generated equipment which can be viewed by using the inspect hotkey while hovering over them with the Unsummon skill

Changelog

Season 7: Item quality per level increased from 2 to 3 Shadow warrior base item quality increased from 18 to 20 Reworked Shadow Warrior equipment generation so that they will generate boots to increase their kick damage Allowed inspecting shadow warriors gear (use unsummon skill to highlight the warrior and press inspect hotkey) Season 6: Shadow warrior AI has been updated Shadow warrior cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 2 second Shadow warrior is now properly gaining its poison resist bonus Season 5: Shadow warrior base health in normal increased from 376 to 600 Shadow warrior base health in nightmare increased from 376 to 800 Shadow warrior base health in hell increased from 376 to 1000 Shadow warrior health per level reduced from 15% to 5% Shadow warrior all resist scaling has been changed from +4 all resist per level capping at 75 to a diminishing return scaling from 5 to 90 (its all resist scaling now matches shadow master) Season 1: attack rating reduced from 100 per level to 40 per level Vanilla Info

Shadow Master

• Description: Summon a powerful shadow of yourself to fight by your side
• Required Level: 30
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1], Psychic Hammer [1], Weapon Block [12], Cloak of Shadows [12], Shadow Warrior [18]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Life (Normal)	600	630	660	690	720	750	780	810	840	870	900	930	960	990	1020	1050	1080	1110	1140	1170	1200	1230	1260	1290	1320	1350	1380	1410	1440	1470	1500	1530	1560	1590	1620	1650	1680	1710	1740	1770	1800	1830	1860	1890	1920	1950	1980	2010	2040	2070	2100	2130	2160	2190	2220	2250	2280	2310	2340	2370
Life (Nightmare)	800	840	880	920	960	1000	1040	1080	1120	1160	1200	1240	1280	1320	1360	1400	1440	1480	1520	1560	1600	1640	1680	1720	1760	1800	1840	1880	1920	1960	2000	2040	2080	2120	2160	2200	2240	2280	2320	2360	2400	2440	2480	2520	2560	2600	2640	2680	2720	2760	2800	2840	2880	2920	2960	3000	3040	3080	3120	3160
Life (Hell)	1000	1050	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350	1400	1450	1500	1550	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1850	1900	1950	2000	2050	2100	2150	2200	2250	2300	2350	2400	2450	2500	2550	2600	2650	2700	2750	2800	2850	2900	2950	3000	3050	3100	3150	3200	3250	3300	3350	3400	3450	3500	3550	3600	3650	3700	3750	3800	3850	3900	3950
Attack Rating +%	40	80	120	160	200	240	280	320	360	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	720	760	800	840	880	920	960	1000	1040	1080	1120	1160	1200	1240	1280	1320	1360	1400	1440	1480	1520	1560	1600	1640	1680	1720	1760	1800	1840	1880	1920	1960	2000	2040	2080	2120	2160	2200	2240	2280	2320	2360	2400
All Resistances +%	5	17	27	35	42	47	51	55	57	61	62	65	67	68	70	71	73	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89
Mana Cost	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64

Cooldown: 2 seconds

Wears randomly-generated equipment which can be viewed by using the inspect hotkey while hovering over them with the Unsummon skill

Changelog

Season 7: Reworked Shadow Master equipment generation so that they will generate boots to increase their kick damage Allowed inspecting shadow masters gear (using unsummon skill to highlight the warrior and press 0) Season 6: Shadow master AI has been updated Shadow master cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 2 second Season 5: Shadow master base health in normal increased from 376 to 600 Shadow master base health in nightmare increased from 376 to 800 Shadow master base health in hell increased from 376 to 1000 Shadow master health per level reduced from 15% to 5% Season 1: attack rating reduced from 90 per level to 40 per level Vanilla Info

Venom

• Description: Adds poison damage to your weapons
• Required Level: 30
• Required Skills: Claw and Dagger Mastery [1], Burst of Speed [6], Fade [18]

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Poison Damage (min)	60	75	90	105	120	135	150	165	185	205	225	245	265	285	305	325	350	375	400	425	450	475	507	540	572	605	637	670	712	755	797	840	882	925	967	1010	1052	1095	1137	1180	1222	1265	1307	1350	1392	1435	1477	1520	1562	1605	1647	1690	1732	1775	1817	1860	1902	1945	1987	2030
Poison Damage (max)	80	95	110	125	140	155	170	185	205	225	245	265	285	305	325	345	370	395	420	445	470	495	527	560	592	625	657	690	732	775	817	860	902	945	987	1030	1072	1115	1157	1200	1242	1285	1327	1370	1412	1455	1497	1540	1582	1625	1667	1710	1752	1795	1837	1880	1922	1965	2007	2050
Duration (seconds)	300	305	310	315	320	325	330	335	340	345	350	355	360	365	370	375	380	385	390	395	400	405	410	415	420	425	430	435	440	445	450	455	460	465	470	475	480	485	490	495	500	505	510	515	520	525	530	535	540	545	550	555	560	565	570	575	580	585	590	595

Poison Duration: 1.6 seconds

Mana Cost: 12

Venom Receives Bonuses From:

• Cobra Strike: +8% Poison Damage per Level

Changelog

Season 7: No longer double dips on increase poison damage% (the poison damage% will be applied on hit and not on casting venom) No longer has scaling duration from poison damage% Now lasts 1.6 seconds at all levels Season 5: Venom cobra strike synergy increased from 6% to 8% Season 3: venom now gains 5 seconds duration per level Season 2: now lasts 5 minutes at all levels Season 1: now has Cobra Strike as a synergy at 6% Vanilla Info