Dark Shroud

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.

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Dmg Reduction	Critical Strike Dmg
+ Movement Speed
Critical Strike Chance
Subterfuge

'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 Puncture 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 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. When you reach 3 stacks of Precision, your next Marksman Ultimate or Core Skill is a guaranteed Critical Strike and deals x65% increased Critical Strike Damage, consuming all stacks of Precision. This damage is further increased by x 20% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. 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 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

• You can now only lose 1 Dark Shroud shadow every 1.5 seconds.
• Enhanced Dark Shroud
  • Previous – Dark Shroud's shadows have a 14% chance to not be Consumed.
  • Now – Each active Dark Shroud shadow grants you 5% increased Movement Speed and also has a 15% chance to not be Consumed.
• Subverting Dark Shroud
  • Previous – Each active shadow from Dark Shroud grants you 4% increased Movement Speed.
  • Now – You Heal for 10% of your Maximum Life when a Dark Shroud shadow is removed.
• Countering Dark Shroud
  • You only need 1 active shadow to get the bonus Critical Strike Chance instead of 2.
  • Critical Strike Chance increased from 8% to 10%.

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%.