Shadow

Assassin skill · Shadow line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

Vanishes into smoke and only reappears to strike, always from a new side.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 14 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Shadow scales with Dodge. Its value at each rank is 147 + 42 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	189	231	273	315	357	399	441	483	525	567
Dodge	+189	+231	+273	+315	+357	+399	+441	+483	+525	+567

Dodge is a rating rather than a percentage, so this is the rating the skill gives, times the skill power.

Dodge = value × skill power
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Shadow skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

How to unlock it

1
Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
2
Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Shadow opens Shadow Sweep and Ambush Strike.

Mastery and synergies

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

Shadow has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Shadow line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Shadow	1	Buff	14 s	Dodge
Shadow Sweep	2	Movement	8 s	Dodge
Ambush Strike	3	Direct damage	6 s	Attack
Smoke	4	Debuff	10 s	Blind
Phantom Assault	5	Ultimate	16 s	Penetration

Other Assassin skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.