Shadow Step

Physical Dmg	Critical Strike Dmg
Unstoppable
+ Movement Speed
+ Critical Strike Chance
Stuns (CC)
Agility
Cutthroat
Mobility
Imbueable

Shadow Step is a Rogue skill from the Agility skill tree. Its features are:

'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.

Shadow Step

Become Unstoppable and quickly move through the shadows to stab your victim from behind for 72% damage. Gain 50% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds afterwards.

Cooldown: 9 seconds

Lucky Hit Chance: 100%

Damage: Physical Damage
Requires Dual Wielded weapons

Tags: Agility, Cutthroat, Imbueable, Mobility

Class: Rogue

Upgrades

Enhanced Shadow Step

Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Dazes and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds.

Disciplined Shadow Step

Shadow Step deals 200%[x] more damage. Casting Shadow Step reduces its cooldown by 3 seconds.

Methodical Shadow Step

After Shadow Stepping , you gain 20% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds.

Other Skills that work with Shadow Step

The following skills either:

Create a condition Shadow Step can exploit
Exploit a condition Shadow Step 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
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 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
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
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
Imbuement Tree
Shadow Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Imbue your weapons with festering shadows. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Shadow damage and infect enemies for 6 seconds. Infected enemies explode on death, dealing 40% damage to all surrounding enemies. If the infection expires before the enemy dies, it will deal 60% damage to only that enemy. Damage: Shadow Damage Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Enhanced Shadow Imbuement You have +15% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement . Skill
Mixed Shadow Imbuement Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take x12% increased Non-Physical damage for 8 seconds. Skill
Blended Shadow Imbuement Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Skill
Cold Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Imbue your weapons with frigid energies. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Cold damage and Chill (CC) enemies for 25% per hit. Damage: N/A Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuement Cold Imbued Skills deal x20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen (CC) enemies. Skill
Blended Cold Imbuement Cold Imbuement applies to 2 additional Imbueable Skills and reduces their Energy cost by 35%. Skill
Poison Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Imbue your weapons with lethal poison. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Poison damage and apply 100% of their Base damage as additional Poisoning damage over 6 seconds. Damage: Poison Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable Skill
Enhanced Poison Imbuement Casting Poison Imbuement generates 30 Energy, increased by 2 for each Nearby Poisoned enemy. Skill
Mixed Poison Imbuement Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 30% chance to reduce the Cooldown of Poison Imbuement by 2 seconds. Skill
Blended Poison Imbuement Critical Strikes with Poison Imbued Skills deal x75% increased Poisoning damage. Skill
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 Shadow Step

The following items either:

Grant a bonus when using Shadow Step
Create a condition Shadow Step can exploit
Exploit a condition Shadow Step creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Surprise	Offensive	When you Evade or Shadow Step, you drop a cluster of exploding Stun Grenades that deal 90 - 270] total Physical damage and Stun (CC) enemies for 1 second. Your Stun Grenades deal 25 - 45% increased damage. Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
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 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
Frostbitten Aspect	Utility	Enemies hit by your Stun Grenades have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to be Frozen (CC) for 2 seconds. You deal [10 - 25]%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen (CC) or Stunned (CC) enemies. Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
Ravager's Aspect	Mobility	Shadow Step has an additional Charge. Killing an enemy with Shadow Step refunds a Charge and increases the damage of Shadow Step by 4.5 - 14.5% [x] for 2 seconds, up to 27 - 87% [x]. Boots, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	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

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

Changes to Shadow Step

Patch 1.4.0, May 14, 2024

Added Mobility tag.,,m