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Cloak of Shadows Icon Cloak of Shadows
Darkens the sky, affecting the defense of the Assassin and monsters.
Class: Assassin
Skill Tree: Shadow Disciplines
Required Level: 12
Damage Type: -
Cast Delay: -
Active
Prerequisites: Psychic Hammer
Skill progression
Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mana Cost 13
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Range 20
Assassin Defense +% 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37
Enemy Defense -% 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42
Duration (seconds) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mana Cost 13
Damage {{{Damage11}}} {{{Damage12}}} {{{Damage13}}} {{{Damage14}}} {{{Damage15}}} {{{Damage16}}} {{{Damage17}}} {{{Damage18}}} {{{Damage19}}} {{{Damage20}}}
Range 20
Assassin Defense +% 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67
Enemy Defense -% 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72
Duration (seconds) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
{{{Variable E}}} {{{E11}}} {{{E12}}} {{{E13}}} {{{E14}}} {{{E15}}} {{{E16}}} {{{E17}}} {{{E18}}} {{{E19}}} {{{E20}}}
Synergies
No synergies
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Description[]

Cloak of Shadows both raises the defense of the Assassin and decreases the defense of enemies in the radius. Party members and minions are unaffected by it. The skill can be quite useful in both giving the Assassin an advantage over her enemies; they have a harder time hitting her, and she has an easier time hitting them.

It is also particularly useful vs ranged PvM attackers as it temporarily causes all ranged attackers (that are not boss mobs) to cease attacking. Cloak of Shadows is also useful versus mobs that perform special actions; it can prevent mobs that ressurect or spawn other mobs from doing so. Versus some opponents (other assassins or players with low attack rating or high defense), using Cloak of Shadows also may give an edge in PvP.


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