Elusive

When to use it

Named part of a universal solo core alongside Vitality and Valor. Contested: the same affix was rated B tier in the June playtest, before the launch balance pass. The captured scale is what makes the Blackarrow argument concrete — a class missing a dodge is buying back a fifth of its dodge cost at level five, not an unquantified "faster dodge".

Builds using this

• Withered Knight — Greatsword PvP — Soulgrot explains it at 16:47
  Included in the blue upgrade plan; a final numeric target is not established by the spoken section.
• Mercenary — Parry Sword & Shield, solo — Master Deemo explains it at 20:30
  Faster dodge energy. The stated logic is comparative: if you have it and your opponent does not, you simply dodge more often than they can for the whole fight.
• Elemental Sorcerer — chant, zone, disengage — Master Deemo explains it at 24:30
  Maxed first, before anything offensive, and on blue gear rather than saved for purple. On a kit that dies to being reached, dodge frequency is the damage stat.
• Shadowstrix — dual blades, wound explosion — Master Deemo explains it at 16:00
  His first pick at every tier, for survivability and dodge economy.
• Shadowstrix bait-and-stun — Swanifier explains it at 03:00
  Four of one or the other on top of the floor. Without a level-4 brew the Vitality line is unaffordable, so Elusive takes the slot.
• Seer — Reverent catalyst, ranged support — LichKArthus explains it at 10:30
  Five, and called always mandatory no matter what. The stated reason is not general: Shadowstrix exists, you will be dived, and evade spam is the answer.
• Blackarrow — PvP Kiting — thelorr explains it at 09:01
  Target 5 in the final-level advice. Dodge economy is a core requirement of the playstyle.
• Mercenary — Skullcrusher hammer, PvP — Firebox explains it at 01:00
  “Every kit probably wants this” — his words, and the same position every other creator on this site takes.

Where this comes from

Legacy Gaming — Ultimate Sorcerer Class Guide — opens at 26:00, where the affix is explained.

3 further sources describe it independently:

• Master Deemo — Best Shadowstrix Solo Build and Affix Guide — at 16:00
• Master Deemo — Best Mercenary Solo Build and Affix Guide
• Rebrrth — The Ultimate Guide to Black Arrow — at 14:30