Shadow Strike
In-game tooltip: leave a shadow in place and dash forward, dealing Physical Damage. After a brief delay the shadow dashes toward your position, dealing Physical Damage and stunning enemy targets it hits.
Applies to 15 September 2026 updateUpdated
In-game tooltip captured
- Class
- Shadowstrix
- Weapon
- Dagger
- Role
- Bait / stun
- Applies to
- 15 September 2026 update
- Balance passes
- Named in none of 5 to 2026-09-15
When to use it
The dagger stance’s bait tool, and the reason the class wins duels it should lose. Because the dash grants i-frames, it is thrown into an incoming attack: you dodge the hit, the target is stuck in their own animation, and the returning shadow lands the stun on them. Taken with Nimble, which roughly halves the cooldown whenever the shadow connects — a talent worth dropping if you cannot land the timing.
Builds using this
- Shadowstrix bait-and-stun — Swanifier explains it at 00:00The bait. The creator is explicit that its value is the i-frame on the cast, not the opening damage: eyeframe the attack, then recast behind for a guaranteed stun.
- Shadowstrix — Dagger PvP — Swanifier explains it at 00:00Played as an i-frame first and a stun second: bait the attack, phase through it, and fire the strike from behind while they are locked in the animation — “which guarantees the stun”.
Where this comes from
Opens at 00:11, where the skill is explained. Full citation below.
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Sources for this page
- Swanifier — Best ShadowStrix Build — Launch build, published 4 August 2026. Chaptered abilities, talents and affixes with the skill panel open throughout; source for the Shadowstrix tooltip captures, energy-economy talents and the affix budget priced against a level-4 brew.
Other Shadowstrix Dagger skills
- Flash Stride — Gap close
- Poison Crow Mark — Slow / anti-escape