Shadow Step

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

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg	Critical Strike Dmg
Unstoppable
+ Movement Speed
+ Critical Strike Chance
Stuns (CC)
Imbueable
Cutthroat

'Grants Player' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of this 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 and stab your victim from behind for 72% damage. Gain 50% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds afterwards. Requires Dual Wielded weapons Cooldown: 9 seconds. Damage: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 100% Tags: Agility, Imbueable, Cutthroat

Upgrades

Enhanced Shadow Step Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step increases your Critical Strike Chance against them by +8% for 3 seconds	Disciplined Shadow Step Shadow Step's Cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds when it damages an enemy you have not hit with Shadow Step in the last 4 seconds.
	Methodical Shadow Step Enemies damaged by Shadow Step are Stunned (CC) for 2 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 30%. Skill
Primary Invigorating Strike Invigorating Strike additionally grants + 8% Lucky Hit Chance. Hitting a Crowd Controlled or Injured enemy increases this bonus to + 16% Lucky Hit Chance. Skill
Fundamental Heartseeker Heartseeker also increases the Critical Strike Damage the enemy takes by + 5% for 4 seconds, up to + 25%. 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 85% chance to Heal you for 1 / 2 / 3% of your Maximum Life. Point required in Sturdy. Passive
Stutter Step Critically striking an enemy grants +5% / +10% / +15% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Passive
Agility Tree
Enhanced Dash Enemies damaged by Dash take x15% increased Critical Strike Damage 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: Daggers: x 5%/10%/15% increased damage to Healthy enemies. Swords: x 3%/6%/9% increased damage. Bows: x 4%/8%/12% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Crossbows: x 5%/10%/15% increased Critical Strike Damage. Passive
Imbuement Tree
Shadow Imbuement Imbue your weapons with festering shadows. Your next 2 Imbeuable 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 40% damage to only that enemy. Cooldown: 13 seconds Damage: Shadow Tags: Imbuement Lucky Hit Chance: 33% 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 Imbue your weapons with frigid energies. Your next 2 Imbueable skills deal Cold Damage and Chill enemies for up to 25% per hit. Cooldown: 13 seconds Damage: Cold Tags: Imbuement Skill
Mixed Cold Imbuement Cold Imbued Skills deal 20% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Double this bonus against Frozen enemies. Skill
Blended Cold Imbuement Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 20% chance to instantly Freeze enemies for 3 seconds. Skill
Poison Imbuement Imbue your weapons with lethal poison. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Poison Damage and apply up to 100% of their Base damage as additional Poisoning Damage for over 5 seconds. Cooldown: 13 seconds Damage: Poison Tags: Imbuement Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Skill
Enhanced Poison Imbuement Poison Imbuement’s Poisoning duration is increased by 1 second. Skill
Mixed Poison Imbuement Lucky Hit: Poison Imbued Skills have up to a 30% chance to apply double the amount of Poisoning damage over time. 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 a 4% / 8% / 12% increased Critical Strike Chance against Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies for 4 seconds. Passive
Key Passives Tree
Momentum Cutthroat skills grant a stack of Momentum for 8 seconds if they either: Hit a Stunned, Dazed, or Frozen enemy Hit any enemy from behind While at 3 stacks if Momentum you gain: 20% increased Damage Reduction 30% increased Energy Regeneration 15% increased Attack Speed Passive
Close Quarters Combat Damaging a Close enemy with Marksman or Cutthroat Skills each grant a 10% [+] Attack Speed bonus for 8 seconds. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, your damage dealt is increased by 40%[x] of the total amount of your Damage vs Crowd Controlled bonus. While both Attack Speed bonuses are active, you deal x30% increased damage against Crowd Controlled enemies. 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 leave behind a cluster of exploding Stun Grenades that deal [# - #] total Physical damage and Stun enemies for 2 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 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 30 - 50%. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Rogue
Aspect of Uncanny Treachery	Defensive	Dealing direct damage to a Dazed enemy with an Agility skill grants Stealth for 4 seconds. Breaking Stealth with an attack grants you 15 - 45% Control Impaired Duration Reduction for 4 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Demon's Wake (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Cheat's Aspect	Defensive	You take 15 - 25% less damage from Crowd Controlled enemies. Whenever a Crowd Controlled enemy deals direct damage to you, gain 15% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	Luban's Rest (Map)	Scosglen	Rogue
Frostbitten Aspect	Utility	Chilled enemies hit by your Grenade skills have a chance equal to double your Critical Strike Chance to be instantly Frozen for 2 seconds. You deal 10 - 25% increased Critical Strike Damage against Frozen enemies. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, 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 1 - 6% for 2 seconds, up to 5 - 30%. 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: Gloves Description: Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a 24% - 34% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack.	Affixes: + % Attack Speed + # Dexterity + # Ranks in all Core skills + % Shadow Clone Damage
	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: Helm Description: You gain 15 - 25% increased Lucky Hit Chance against Crowd Controlled enemies.	Affixes: % Cooldown Reduction % Damage Reduction from Close Enemies + % Crowd Control Duration + 2 Ranks in All Imbuement skills

Changes to Shadow Step

There have been no changes to Shadow Step.