Shadow

The Exiled Shadow

The Shadow is the sixth character class in Path of Exile.

Story

A Simple job, I was told. Silence a big mouth. Get a big payout. And no one was going to be the wiser.

Tidy. Except for one loose end: Me. I would have kept my mouth shut. Professional integrity, it's called. Unfortunately not something my employers believed in.

They raised a toast to a job well done. I drank and next thing I know I'm on this stinking crate bound for Exile.

It's not a complete loss, I suppose. The way I hear it, there'll be plenty of work for a man of my talents in Wraeclast.

A flicker of movement, a knife from the dark. By the time you've seen him, it's already too late. The Shadow kills silently, without hesitation, without mercy. He is versed in many weapons, but prefers ambush and subterfuge. Hundreds have met their deaths shrieking in his traps. The Shadow has come from the Guild of the Night in Oriath for one purpose: to inflict pain and suffering on anyone who's wronged him. Exile is merely an inconvenience.

He is a hybrid class aligned with two of the primary attributes: Dexterity and Intelligence. He prefers to use fast-hitting weapons such as daggers or claws to dart in and out of battle, while laying Traps or Remote Mines and controlling the flow of combat. He makes surgical use of offensive spells while dodging attacks, always outmanoeuvring his opponents.

The Shadow is one of the more difficult classes to play due to his fragility, but he more than makes up for it if handled with skill. His hit-and-run style of combat makes the most of his natural Evasion and Energy Shield, and rewards strategic coordination of attacks, spells, and Traps. The Shadow's starting stats are 14 STR, 22 DEX and 22 INT.

Builds

• Eldritch Battery Ethereal Knives Shadow
• Pure Elemental Bow Shadow

Text and Speech

The Shadow is voiced by New Zealand actor, Elliot Yule.