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

'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.

Blade Shift Details and Upgrades

Blade Shift Quickly stab your victim for 20% damage and shift, allowing you to move freely through enemies for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons 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

Blade Shift Creates	Skills that Exploit This Condition
Daze (CC)
Cutthroat
Combo Points	Barrage | Twisting Blades | Flurry | Rapid Fire | Penetrating Shot
Blade Shift Exploits	Skills that Create This Condition
N/A

(p) = passive skill

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

Changes to Blade Shift

Patch 1-3-0, January 23, 2024

• Damage increased from 16% to 20%.
• Duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds

Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

• Lucky Hit Chance increased from 35% to 50%.
• Enhanced Blade Shift - Now gives the full 20% Movement Speed bonus immediately.
• Primary Blade Shift - Description updated to: While Blade Shift is active, you gain +15% Resistance to All Elements and reduce the duration of incoming Control Impairing effects by 20%."

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Base damage increased from 15% to 16%.