Shadow Strike

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 00:00
  The 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 00:00
  Played 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

Swanifier — Best ShadowStrix Build — opens at 00:11, where the skill is explained.