Shadow Disciplines

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

This page has outdated info - these changes have not been updated:
 * Shadow Warrior health values (normal/nm/hell)
 * Shadow Master health values (normal/nm/hell)

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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
• 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
Nearby Enemies	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

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
Damage (min)	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	38	45	52	59	66	73	80	87	104	121	138	155	172	189	223	257	291	325	359	393	444	495	546	597	648	699	750	801	852	903	954	1005	1056	1107	1158	1209	1260	1311	1362	1413	1464	1515	1566	1617	1668	1719	1770	1821	1872	1923	1974	2025
Damage (max)	20	23	26	29	32	35	38	41	48	55	62	69	76	83	90	97	114	131	148	165	182	199	233	267	301	335	369	403	454	505	556	607	658	709	760	811	862	913	964	1015	1066	1117	1168	1219	1270	1321	1372	1423	1474	1525	1576	1627	1678	1729	1780	1831	1882	1933	1984	2035

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	2.6	3.3	3.3	4	4	4.6	4.6	5.3	5.3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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 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) 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
Resist All +%	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	376	432	488	545	601	658	714	770	827	883	940	996	1052	1109	1165	1222	1278	1334	1391	1447	1504	1560	1616	1673	1729	1786	1842	1898	1955	2011	2068	2124	2180	2237	2293	2350	2406	2462	2519	2575	2632	2688	2744	2801	2857	2914	2970	3026	3083	3139	3196	3252	3308	3365	3421	3478	3534	3590	3647	3703
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 +%	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	720
All Resist	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	90
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

Note: Though not stated in the tooltip, Shadow Master is affected by a difficulty penalty of -40 resistance in Nightmare and -100 in Hell unlike other summons.

Changelog

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	376	432	488	545	601	658	714	770	827	883	940	996	1052	1109	1165	1222	1278	1334	1391	1447	1504	1560	1616	1673	1729	1786	1842	1898	1955	2011	2068	2124	2180	2237	2293	2350	2406	2462	2519	2575	2632	2688	2744	2801	2857	2914	2970	3026	3083	3139	3196	3252	3308	3365	3421	3478	3534	3590	3647	3703
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
Resist All +%	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	90
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

Changelog

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: 0.4 seconds

Mana Cost: 12

Venom Receives Bonuses From:

• Cobra Strike: +8% Poison Damage per Level

Changelog

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