Shadow Dagger
While in combat, Disengage releases a fan of shadow daggers, dealing (0.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage per second and reducing affected target's movement speed by 30% for 6 sec.
Tree position
In the Beast Mastery Hunter talent tree, Shadow Dagger sits in the Dark Ranger hero talent tree, row 3 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in Dark Ranger.
Choice node
Shadow Dagger shares its node with Dark Chains. A character takes one of the two.
Dark ChainsWhile in combat, Disengage will chain the closest target to the ground, causing them to move 40% slower until they move 8 yards away.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Shadow Dagger from Bleak Powder.
Bleak PowderBlack Arrow now explodes in a cloud of shadow and sulfur on impact, dealing (250% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies within an 8 yd cone behind the target. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Connected below
Shadow Dagger leads on to Umbral Reach.
Umbral ReachBleak Powder now applies Black Arrow's periodic effect to all enemies it damages. If Bleak Powder damages 2 or more enemies, gain Beast Cleave if talented.
Same row
Also on this row: Ebon Bowstring or Through the Eyes, Smoke Screen and Wailing Dead.
Ebon BowstringCasting Black Arrow has a 15% chance to grant Deathblow.
Through the EyesBlack Arrow damage increased by 10%.
Smoke ScreenExhilaration grants you 3 sec of Survival of the Fittest. Survival of the Fittest activates Exhilaration at 50% effectiveness.
Wailing DeadBestial Wrath summons a Dark Hound. For 15 sec after casting Bestial Wrath, Bestial Wrath is replaced with Wailing Arrow. Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing (1400% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (700% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies of your target. Non-Player targets struck by a Wailing Arrow have their spellcasting interrupted and are silenced for 1 sec. Grants Deathblow.
Talent trees
Shadow Dagger is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Hunter: Beast Mastery (DPS), Marksmanship (DPS), Survival (DPS).
Shadow Dagger Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)