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Shadow Dagger

Shadow Dagger1 point

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.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassHunter
Specializations3
Tree sectionDark Ranger hero talent tree
Row3 of 5
Opens at1 points spent
Choice withDark Chains
Game build12.1.5
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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 Chains

    While 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 Powder

    Black 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 Reach

    Bleak 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 Bowstring

    Casting Black Arrow has a 15% chance to grant Deathblow.

  • Through the Eyes

    Black Arrow damage increased by 10%.

  • Smoke Screen

    Exhilaration grants you 3 sec of Survival of the Fittest. Survival of the Fittest activates Exhilaration at 50% effectiveness.

  • Wailing Dead

    Bestial 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).

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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)
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