Shadow Disciplines

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Claw Mastery

Level Requirement: 1

Stats

This is a passive skill.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Attack Rating Bonus	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%	110%	120%
Damage Bonus	35%	39%	43%	47%	51%	55%	59%	63%	67%	71%
Chance of Critical Strike	3%	6%	9%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Attack Rating Bonus	130%	140%	150%	160%	170%	180%	190%	200%	210%	220%
Damage Bonus	75%	79%	83%	87%	91%	95%	99%	103%	107%	111%
Chance of Critical Strike	17%	18%	18%	19%	19%	20%	20%	20%	20%	21%

Notes

Useful for those who depend on claws.

Psychic Hammer

Level Requirement: 1

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	4	4.2	4.5	4.7	5	5.2	5.5	5.7	6	6.2
Damage	2-5	3-6	4-7	5-8	6-9	7-10	8-11	9-12	10-13	12-15
Magic Damage	2-5	3-6	4-7	5-8	6-9	7-10	8-11	9-12	10-13	12-15

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	6.5	6.7	7	7.2	7.5	7.7	8	8.2	8.5	8.7
Damage	13-16	15-18	16-19	18-21	19-22	21-24	23-26	25-28	27-30	29-32
Magic Damage	13-16	15-18	16-19	18-21	19-22	21-24	23-26	25-28	27-30	29-32

Notes

Interesting skill to use, not very powerful, but auto-targets anything within range.

Burst of Speed

Level Requirement: 6

Stats

Burst of Speed will not work at the same as Fade. Always costs 10 mana.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bonus to Attack Speed	21%	27%	31%	34%	37%	41%	42%	44%	44%	45%
Bonus to Movement Speed	23%	29%	34%	39%	42%	45%	47%	49%	51%	52%
Duration (Seconds)	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Bonus to Attack Speed	46%	47%	49%	50%	51%	51%	51%	52%	52%	52%
Bonus to Movement Speed	54%	55%	56%	57%	57%	59%	59%	60%	60%	61%
Duration (Seconds)	240	252	264	276	288	300	312	324	336	348

Notes

A must have for any Assassin. Especially helpful for those who rely on attack speed. The increase to walking and running speed is always useful.

Cloak of Shadows

Level Requirement: 12

Stats

This skill stops ranged monsters from casting spells or shooting missiles. Doesn't work against uniques or bosses. This skill always costs 13 mana. This effect enemies within 20 yards of the Assassin. When partied, members will receive the defense bonus as well as the "cloaking" effect.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bonus to Defense	10%	13%	16%	19%	22%	25%	28%	31%	34%	37%
Enemy Defense Reduced by	15%	18%	21%	24%	27%	30%	33%	36%	39%	42%
Duration (Seconds)	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Bonus to Defense	40%	43%	46%	49%	52%	55%	58%	61%	64%	67%
Enemy Defense Reduced by	45%	48%	51%	54%	57%	60%	63%	66%	69%	72%
Duration (Seconds)	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27

Notes

This skill is one of those that people notice right away. The Shadow Master often casts this.

Weapon Block

Level Requirement: 12

Stats

This is a passive skill and only works when dual wielding claw-class weapons.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Blocking Chance	26%	32%	36%	39%	42%	44%	46%	47%	49%	50%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Blocking Chance	51%	52%	53%	54%	55%	56%	56%	56%	57%	57%

Notes

This grants an Assassin who dual-wields two claws the ability to block. With this skill she can also block various missile and special attacks (Traps, Sorceress skills, etc...)

Fade

Level Requirement: 18

Stats

Fade will not work at the same time as Burst of Speed. Always costs 10 mana.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Curse Duration Reduced by	47%	53%	58%	62%	65%	67%	69%	71%	73%	74%
Bonus to Resistances	19%	27%	33%	38%	42%	45%	47%	50%	52%	54%
Duration in Seconds	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228
Bonus to Physical Resistance	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Curse Duration Reduced by	75%	76%	77%	78%	79%	80%	80%	81%	81%	82%
Bonus to Resistances	56%	57%	58%	60%	60%	62%	62%	63%	63%	64%
Duration in Seconds	240	252	264	276	288	300	312	324	336	348
Bonus to Physical Resistance	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	19%	20%

Notes

This skill is very useful when entering areas with high-elemental damaging monsters. Not to mention it makes the Assassin look ethereal

Shadow Warrior

Level Requirement: 18

Stats

The Shadow Warrior will use whatever skills currently selected by the Assassin who summoned her.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31
Life	376	432	488	545	601	658	714	770	827	883
Attack Rating Bonus	40%	80%	120%	160%	200%	240%	280%	320%	360%	400%
Defense Bonus	0	12%	24%	36%	48%	60%	72%	84%	96%	108%
Strength and Dexterity	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Resistances	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36
Life	940	996	1052	1109	1165	1222	1278	1334	1391	1447
Attack Rating Bonus	440%	480%	520%	560%	600%	640%	680%	720%	760%	800%
Defense Bonus	120%	132%	144%	156%	168%	180%	192%	204%	216%	228%
Strength and Dexterity	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200
Resistances	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	75	75

Notes

This summon can be useful in certain instances, however a Master is usually the better choice. Note that her resistances max at 75.

Mind Blast

Level Requirement: 24

Stats

This skill always costs 15 mana, and lasts 6-10 seconds at all levels.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Damage	10-20	12-22	14-24	16-26	18-28	20-30	22-32	24-34	29-39	34-44
Conversion Chance	18%	21%	24%	26%	27%	28%	29%	30%	31%	32%
Stun Duration (Seconds)	2	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	3	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.8

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Damage	39-49	44-54	49-59	54-64	59-69	64-74	72-82	80-90	88-98	96-106
Conversion Chance	32%	33%	33%	34%	34%	35%	35%	35%	35%	36%
Stun Duration (Seconds)	4	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.8	5	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.8

Notes

Venom

Level Requirement: 30

Stats

This skill always costs 12 mana. The Duration row indicates how long Venom stays in effect for the Assassin herself (visible via claw weapons turning a greenish tint). This skill can be used with either Fade or Burst of Speed.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Poison Damage (0.4 Seconds)	60-80	75-95	90-110	105-125	120-140	135-155	150-170	165-185	185-205	205-225
Duration in Seconds	120	124	128	132	136	140	144	148	152	156

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Poison Damage (0.4 Seconds)	225-245	245-265	265-285	285-305	305-325	325-345	350-370	375-395	400-420	425-445
Duration in Seconds	160	164	168	172	176	180	184	188	192	196

Notes

Note that this skill caps the poison duration to 0.4 seconds, so any other sources of poison damage (for instance 100 poison damage over 10 seconds) will only add however much damage they would normally do over 0.4 seconds. However, items which grant "+Poison Skill Damage" will increases Venom's damage.

Shadow Master

Level Requirement: 30

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39
Life	376	432	488	545	601	658	714	770	827	883
Bonus to Attack Rating	40%	80%	120%	160%	200%	240%	280%	320%	360%	400%
Bonus to Resistances	5%	16%	25%	32%	38%	42%	46%	49%	51%	54%
Strength and Dexterity	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Level of Skills*	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44
Life	940	996	1052	1109	1165	1222	1278	1334	1391	1447
Bonus to Attack Rating	440%	480%	520%	560%	600%	640%	680%	720%	760%	800%
Bonus to Resistances	56%	58%	59%	61%	62%	63%	65%	65%	66%	67%
Strength and Dexterity	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200
Level of Skills*	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11

• These are the levels of the skills the Shadow Master uses. She uses the following skills: Cloak of Shadows, Fade, Burst of Speed, Death Sentry and Various other traps; She also utilizes various Martial Art skills.

Notes

The resistances that a Shadow Master can have are not capped, there for it is possible to summon one that is immune to one or more elements.

For those interested, here is a list of generated items at specific levels for the Master:

• Level 1 Superior Helm; same type as Assasin
• Level 1 Superior Armor; same type as Assasin
• Level 1 Superior Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissors Suwayyah in left hand
• Level 1 Superior Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
• Level 5 Superior Bramble Mitts, Vambraces or Ogre Gauntlets
• Level 6 Magic Helm; same type as Assasin
• Level 6 Magic Armor; same type as Assasin
• Level 6 Magic Bramble Mitts or Vambraces
• Level 6 Magic Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissors Suwayyah in left hand
• Level 6 Magic Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
• Level 9 Magic Ring right
• Level 11 Rare Helm; same type as Assasin
• Level 11 Rare Armor; same type as Assasin
• Level 11 Rare Ring right
• Level 11 Rare Vambraces or Ogre Gauntlets
• Level 11 Rare Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissor Suwayyah in left hand
• Level 11 Rare Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
• Level 13 Rare Ring left
• Level 17 Rare Amulet