Dark Shroud

Dmg Reduction	Critical Strike Dmg
+ Movement Speed
Critical Strike Chance
Subterfuge

Dark Shroud is an upgrade to Dark Shroud, a Rogue skill from the Subterfuge Skill Tree. For full information on this skill visit the Dark Shroud page.

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Dark Shroud

Cooldown: 20 seconds
Surround yourself with up to 5 protective shadows. Gain 8.0% Damage Reduction per active shadow. Each time you take direct damage, that damage is reduced and a shadow is consumed.

Damage: N/A
Tags: Subterfuge

Upgrades

Enhanced Dark Shroud

Dark Shroud's shadows have a 14% chance to not be consumed.

Subverting Dark Shroud

You Heal for 10% of your Maximum Life when a Dark Shroud shadow is removed.

Countering Dark Shroud

While you have at least 2 active shadow from Dark Shroud, gain +8% Critical Strike Chance.

Other Skills that work with Dark Shroud

The following skills either:

Create a condition Dark Shroud can exploit
Exploit a condition Dark Shroud creates


Basic Tree
Puncture Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Throw blades a short distance, dealing 21% damage. Every 3rd cast Slows enemies by 20% for 2 seconds. Critical Strikes will always Slow. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons Tags: Basic, Marksman Chain Skill
Primary Puncture Every 3rd cast of Puncture will also ricochet up to 2 times. Critical Strikes will always ricochet. Skill
Enhanced Heartseeker When Heartseeker Critically Strikes, gain 8%[+] Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Double this amount if the enemy is Vulnerable . Skill
Fundamental Heartseeker Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by x 5% for 4 seconds, up to x 15%. Skill
Core Tree
Enhanced Barrage Barrage's ricochet chance is increased to 100% for arrows that damage a Vulnerable enemy or Critically Strike any enemy. Skill
Advanced Rapid Fire Rapid Fire deals 30%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds after you Evade. Skill
Siphoning Strikes Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes against Close enemies have up to a 85% chance to Heal you for 1% of your Maximum Life (17). Damage: Physical Damage Prerequisite: Can also reach Siphoning Strikes via Flurry and Twisting Blades. Passive
Stutter Step Critically Striking an enemy grants 5%[+] Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Passive
Agility Tree
Enhanced Dash Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10%[+] for 5 seconds. Skill
Trick Attacks Dazing or Stunning an enemy increases your Critical Strike Chance by 2%[+] and Critical Strike Damage by 2%[x] for 5 seconds, both up to 12%. Damage: Physical Damage Prerequisite: Can also reach Trick Attacks via Dash. Passive
Key Passives Tree
Precision When you cast a Marksman Skill, you gain a stack of Precision. You gain an additional stack if that Skill Critically Strikes, once per cast. When you reach 4 stacks of Precision, your next Marksman Ultimate or Rogue_Skill_Tree#Core\|Core Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike and deals 50%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage, consuming all stacks of Precision. This damage is further increased by 15%[x] of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Current Bonus: 57.5%[x] Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Marksman Passive

Items that work with Dark Shroud

The following items either:

Grant a bonus when using Dark Shroud
Create a condition Dark Shroud can exploit
Exploit a condition Dark Shroud creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Synergy	Offensive	Using an Agility Skill reduces the Cooldown of your next Subterfuge Skill by 20%. Using a Subterfuge Skill increases the damage of your next Agility Skill by 35 - 55%[x]. Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
Aspect of Volatile Shadows	Offensive	When a Dark Shroud shadow is removed you trigger an explosion that deals 113 - 173 Shadow damage and applies Shadow Imbuement to each enemy it hits. Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Ancient's Lament (Map)	Dry Steppes	Rogue
Enshrouding Aspect	Defensive	Using a Healing Potion makes a free Dark Shroud shadow. Each shadow grants 2.5 - 4.5% increased Damage Reduction. You may now drink your Healing Potion while at full Life. Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50%)	Ghoa Ruins (Map)	Hawezar	Rogue

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

There are no Unique Items that boost or benefit from Dark Shroud.

Changes to Dark Shroud

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

Countering Dark Shroud - Now requires at least 2 active shadows, down from 4, to gain its Critical Strike Chance increase.

Patch 1.1.0a, July 18, 2023

Enhanced Dark Shroud - Chance to not be consumed increased from 10% to 14%.

Patch 1.0.2d, June 4, 2023

Damage Reduction per shadow gained from Skill Ranks reduced from .8% to .4%.