Blade Shift

Blade Shift is a Rogue skill from the Basic skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	N/A
+ Movement Speed
- Control Duration
+ Non-Physical Resistances
Dazes (CC)
Cutthroat
Combo Point

Blade Shift Details and Upgrades

Blade Shift Quickly stab your victim for 16% damage and shift, allowing you to move freely through enemies for 3 seconds. Requires Dual Wielded weapons. Damage: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Tags: Basic, Cutthroat

Upgrades

Enhanced Blade Shift While Blade Shift is active you gain 20% Movement speed. Moving through enemies refreshes its duration.	Primary Blade Shift While Blade Shift is active you gain, + 15% Resistance to All Elements and reduce the duration of incoming Control Impairing Effects by 30%.
	Fundamental Blade Shift Casting a skill that isn't Blade Shift empowers your next Blade Shift to deal 100%[x] more damage.

Other Skills that work with Blade Shift

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Blade Shift can exploit
• Exploit a condition Blade Shift creates

Basic Tree
Enhanced Puncture Gain 2 Energy when Puncture damages a Crowd Controlled enemy. Skill
Enhanced Invigorating Strike Damaging a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy with Invigorating Strike increases its Energy Regeneration bonus to x 50%. Skill
Primary Invigorating Strike Invigorating Strike additionally grants 8%[+] Lucky Hit Chance. Hitting a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy increases this bonus to +32% Lucky Hit Chance. Skill
Core Tree
Enhanced Flurry Each time Flurry damages a Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemy, you are Healed for 1% of your Maximum Life up to 12% Maximum Life per cast. Skill
Agility Tree
Methodical Dash Dealing damage to Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash reduces its Charge Cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 4 seconds per cast. Skill
Weapon Mastery Gain a bonus when attacking based on weapon type used in your attack: • Daggers: 7%[x] increased damage to Healthy and Injured enemies. • Swords: 3%[x] increased damage. • Bows: 4%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. • Crossbows: 5%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage. Passive
Rapid Gambits Evading through an enemy Dazes them for 2 seconds. Your Evade Cooldown is reduced by 0.25 seconds when you Daze (CC) an enemy. Damage: Physical Damage Passive
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
Ultimate Tree
Trap Mastery When Poison Trap or Death Trap activates, you gain 4%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Trap Passive
Key Passives Tree
Momentum Casting or Channeling a Cutthroat Skill grants a stack of Momentum. Casting a Marksman Skill removes a stack of Momentum. For each stack of Momentum, you gain: • 3% Damage Reduction • 3% Maximum Energy • 3%[x] Energy Regeneration • 3%[+] Movement Speed • 6%[x] Increased Damage Maximum of 10 Stacks. Tags: Cutthroat Passive
Close Quarters Combat Damaging a Close enemy with Marksman or Cutthroat Skills each grant a +15% Attack Speed bonus for 8 seconds. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, you deal increased damage equal to x25% of your Damage vs Close bonus. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Marksman, Cutthroat Passive

Items that work with Blade Shift

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Blade Shift
• Create a condition Blade Shift can exploit
• Exploit a condition Blade Shift creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Uncanny Treachery	Defensive	Dealing direct damage with a non-Agility Skill after casting an Agility skill grants Stealth for 2 seconds. When Stealth breaks you gain 10 - 18% Dodge chance for 2 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50%)	Demon's Wake (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Cheat's Aspect	Defensive	You gain + 5 - 15% Damage Reduction and + 10% increased Movement Speed. These bonuses are doubled while below 50% Maximum Life. Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50%)	Luban's Rest (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Energizing Aspect	Resource	Damaging an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill generates 4 Energy. Gain 25 - 45 Energy after killing an Elite enemy with a Basic Skill. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Sanguine Chapel (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Rogue

* A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

	Condemnation "I've never seen such ruthless butchery. He deserves to be be shipped off to die in the swamps with the rest of the godless murderers." - Witness to the murder of Sergeant Walcot Type: Unique Dagger Class: Rogue Description: Your Core Skills deal [50 - 70]%[x] increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Basic Skills using this weapon have a 50% chance to generate 3 Combo Points.	+50.0% Damage Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[16.0 - 25.0]% Basic Attack Speed Lucky Hit: Up to a +[20.0 - 24.0]% Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable for 2 Seconds +[47.0 - 65.0]% Damage per Combo Point Spent +[99 - 135] Dexterity
	Asheara's Khanjar When Caldeum's gates closed, Asheara led her Iron Wolves out of the city knowing full well they would never return. Instead they roamed Kehjistan pledging their blades to any who were in need. Type: Unique Dagger Class: Rogue Description: Hits with this weapon increase your Attack Speed by [4.0 - 8.0]%[+] for 4 seconds, up to [30.0 - 50.0]%[+].	+50.0% Damage Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[6.0 - 8.0]% Critical Strike Chance +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance +[638 - 873] Maximum Life +[1 - 2] to Weapon Mastery
	Grasp of Shadow Dark wisps creep hungrily across these gloves, like an assassin's blade seeking a life to steal on a moonless night. Type: Unique Gloves Class: Rogue Description: Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a [24 - 44]% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics that Skill.	Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance +[113.5 - 145.0]% Ultimate Damage +[2 - 3] to Core Skills
	Cowl of the Nameless "He is banished from the Guild, his name stricken from the Book. His punishment is to never have been." - Excerpt from a burned parchment Type: Unique Helm Class: Rogue Description: You gain x20 - 40% increased Lucky Hit Chance against Crowd Controlled enemies.	Affixes: +1 - 2 to Unstable Elixirs +1 - 2 to Trick Attacks +1 - 2 to Rapid Gambits +41.5 - 55% Crowd Control Duration

Malignant Hearts

The Malignant Pact	Wrathful Super	Cycle through a Malignant bonus every 20 kills: Vicious: Gain 20% Attack Speed. Devious: Core and Basic Skills have a 15% chance to fully restore your Primary Resource. Brutal: Every 21 seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing 85 - 102 damage.	Generic
Creeping Death	Wrathful Super	Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects.	Generic
The Clipshot	Devious Utility	Lucky Hit: Up to a 20 - 40% chance for your Cutthroat Skills to Slow by 40% for 3 seconds and your Marksman Skills to Knock Back enemies.	Rogue

Changes to Blade Shift

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 15% to 16%.