Shade/Builds


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General Playstyle
As a melee based utility career, Shade should either focus on melee combat. Depends on your choice of weapon, you should focus on killing Elites or Horde Mobs first. And always utilize your career skill in deleting high threat enemies (multiple Elites inside horde, high threat specials). When there is a Boss on the field, If you are using a build with Dual Daggers/Sword and Dagger, focus on it as soon as possible. If you are using a build with other melee weapons, clear the roaming mobs around your range DPS, help other melee career deal with Specials, and then start damaging the Boss.

Recommended Range Weapon Choice
All range weapons except Swiftbow are very viable on Handmaiden. However it is still useable on Legend and lower difficulty.

Boss killer build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/9/222323/25,1,5,6/16,4,5,1/3,2,1/1,2,2/3,2,3

Description:

This build is meant for high Boss damage.

With this build, you should utilize your high movement speed from your talent and high dodge ability of your weapon to focus on Elites, while providing some necessary crowd control/horde killing power from your Hagbane Shortbow. When there is a boss on the field, stack Barrage with your Hagbane Shortbow then use you career skill to kill it fast. Even without career skill, Hagbane Shortbow itself can do tremendous Boss damage.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Exploit Weakness and Level 25 talent Spring-Heeled Assassin. Exploit Weakness increase most of your damage since your dagger attacks and apply bleed and Hagbane Shortbow applies poison. Especially when you don’t have your career skill, Hagbane Shortbow + Exploit Weakness have huge damage potential. Spring-Heeled Assassin gives you super mobility to adjust your position and look for backstab opportunity.

Recommend to use Dual Daggers/Sword and Daggers and Hagbane Shortbow. If you decide to use other range weapons change Level 10 talent to Cruelty.

Frontliner build
https://www.ranaldsgift.com/9/212213/27,1,5,6/16,3,6,2/3,2,1/1,2,2/3,2,2

Description:

This build is meant for a frontline playstyle.

With this build, you should serve your team as a melee frontline DPS, try to funnel enemies in front of you rather than try to dodge and lose aggro and backstab. And you can still use your career skill to delete Elites mixing in the horde, kill high threat specials safely, or deal a good amount of Boss damage.

The core talent of this build is Level 10 talent Cruelty and Level 25 talent Blood Drinker. Cruelty can increase your damage against all types of units, and Blood Drink can provide necessary damage reduction for a frontline playstyle.

Recommend to use Sword and Dagger/Dual Sword.