Welcome to our useful POE 3.7 Shadow Builds Guide and Tips, relying on these tips and skills can help you create a powerful shadow character.
Introduction
Shadow is the last hybrid character in Path of Exile. He oscillates between dexterity and intelligence, which means he has high accuracy and ability to dodge attacks, also a high level of mana and energy shield. Thanks to these abilities and the right development, he'll eventually become an assassin that uses two daggers and cast spells incredibly quickly.
How to play
Fighting with Shadow is based on approaching enemies many times since you can't go fully offensive - you don't have enough health and armor. The skill gems in this build are great against big groups of enemies.
• Passive skills
Although this build focuses mostly on dexterity, intelligence is important too. Passives you unlock are mainly related to damage dealt with one-handed weapons, especially with two of them. You'll also need to improve critical hits and damage from elements. Obviously, you need to focus on lightning because skill gems in this build are related to it. Moreover, you'll have to spend some points on the spell casting rate to make your character shoot his spells like a machine gun.
• Active skills
A Shadow built accordingly to this guide should acquire skill gems that are related to dexterity and intelligence, they also mustn't collide with the character's weapon. This means that their description must specify that they will work with two daggers. The chart below shows several gems perfect for this character. Make collecting them your highest priority.
1) Arc
Arc is a great offensive attack that deals damage to a large group of enemies. Lightning reaches a selected enemy, moves on to another one and so on. By spending points on lightning, you can make this skill incredibly lethal and spectacular.
2) Ethereal Knives
Ethereal Knife is an attack that makes your character throw many sharp knives that deal with damage to the nearest enemies. It's good for eliminating hordes of weaker enemies or getting through infantry to reach archers and mages.
3) Whirling Blades
Whirling Blades' skill is mainly a very effective way of escaping. It makes your character leap forward and transform into a lethal, greenish whirl. All enemies in his way will get damage from the currently wielded weapon. You can't get hurt during this move.
4) Wrath
The last skill or rather an aura is called Wrath, it adds lightning damage to all attacks performed by your character. It can be combined with Arc and basic attacks. It's so useful that it's also in Templar's build.
Path of Exile Shadow Weapons Choose
Shadow Main Weapons: Claw, Dagger, both of which are ideal for close-in fighting. Choosing one of these and pairing it with a bow gives the Shadow both short and long-range combat options.
Shadow has nine additional weapons they can use effectively: Bow, Thrusting one-handed sword, Wand, Staff, Sceptre, One-handed ax, Two-handed ax, One-handed sword, Two-handed sword.
Path of Exile Shadow Main Skills
The list of the main groups of skills according to the category of reinforcements:
- Physical Damage in Melee
- Damage Over Time
- Traps and Mines
- A mixture of Attack Speed and Cast Speed
- A mixture of Damage Attack and Damage Spell
- Power Charge
- Frenzy Charge
- Chaos Damage
- Poison Damage
- Strengthening Claws
- Strengthening Daggers
- Skills for Critical Strikes
- Mediocre number of Skills for Life
POE Shadow Ascendancy Classes & Skills
Utterly proficient with fast-hitting weapons, the Shadow is a lethal character that combines equal parts of dexterity and intelligence.
• Assassin
The Assassin is an offense-oriented class centered around critical strikes. The class offers enhanced crits on full or low life enemies and enhancing their power charges. The Assassin can also incorporate poison with added synergy with critical strikes or give themselves an upper hand against solo enemies. Talents are focused on:
Critical Strike
Poisons
Power Charge
• Trickster
The Trickster is a versatile hybrid class that mixes high speed, maneuverability, and slippery defenses. A class that focuses on various twists, specials. Techniques and less direct in style of killing skills. Talents are focused on:
Damage Over Time
Chaos Damage
Frenzy Charges + Power Charges;
Energy Shield + Evasion
• Saboteur
The Saboteur focuses on improving his traps and mines with utility bonuses and additional traps and mines. The class also possesses other utility bonuses like blind synergy, area of effect bonuses, regeneration and ailment immunities. Talents are focused on:
Mines
Traps
Blind Enemies
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