Shadow

Shadow

The Shadow worked the dark hours in Oriath, making a living and a name for himself as a ruthless killer-for-hire. Arrogant and self-assured, he prided himself on his ability to take out his targets by surprise, before vanishing without a trace.

Although he always demanded a high price for his services, he didn’t care for wealth. That was a vice of the helpless, sweaty nobles who clamored to hire him to deliver contrived justices. He didn’t care for their petty feuds. He craved the challenge, danger, and thrill of crafting elaborate assassinations and executing them perfectly. His substantial fees were only to weed out the impulsive fools seeking to protect their expensive reputations.

His reputation, on the other hand, was earned the hard way, and promised strict confidentiality alongside a guarantee of a completed job. However, his patent disdain for others, as well as his sardonic and insolent attitude won him a free trip to Wraeclast, after a particularly paranoid client decided he couldn’t be trusted enough to keep his mouth shut. A strangely sweet aftertaste and a swiftly darkening vision of the floorboards are the last memories the Shadow has of his former home in Oriath.

Stranded in Wraeclast, he must bring all his formidable skills to bear in order to survive. Here on the cursed shores of this wasteland roiling with undeath and other unnatural monstrosities, he will find the mortal challenge he so craved.

Overview

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