Golden Shades

Archer skill · Multishot line · tier 5 (ultimate)

Beta 0.7.2

Copies of light appear around her and shoot at the horde without stopping.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 16 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Golden Shades scales with Attack. Its value at each rank is 32.6 + 9.3 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	41.9	51.2	60.5	69.8	79.1	88.4	97.7	107	116.3	125.6

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Multishot skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Ricochet Arrow Tier 4 of the Multishot line.
2
Hero level 32 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Multishot skills makes Golden Shades 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Skills that boost Golden Shades

Precise Aim

Each rank in one of these makes Golden Shades 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10).

Multishot line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Double Shot	1	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Arrow Curtain	2	Area damage	9 s	Attack
Burst Volley	3	Area damage	9 s	Attack
Ricochet Arrow	4	Area damage	9 s	Attack
Golden Shades	5	Ultimate	16 s	Attack