Shadow Strike

Shadow Strike
File:Shadow Strike.png
Skill details
Profession: Necromancer Attribute: Blood Magic Type: Spell Energy Cost: 10 Activation Time: 2 Recharge Time: 8

Description

Target foe takes 12...41 shadow damage. If that foe's Health is above 50%, you steal 12...41 Health.

Progression

Blood Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Shadow damage	12	14	17	19	22	24	26	29	31	34	36	38	41	43	46	48	50	53	55	58
Health	12	14	17	19	22	24	26	29	31	34	36	38	41	43	46	48	50	53	55	58

Acquisition

Skill Quests:

• Casualty Report (Piken Square)

Skill Trainers:

• Captain Osric (Yak's Bend)
• Dakk (Ember Light Camp)

Usage

• Much like with Deathly Chill, beware of relying too heavily on this skill as a primary source of damage. Though you may be devilishly effective originally, once your foe's health becomes lower, this skill will not suffice without backup.
• This skill deals less average damage over time than Vampiric Gaze (At 12 Blood Magic Vampiric Gaze does an average of ~8.7 damage per second if cast continuously. Under the same conditions, Shadow Strike deals only 8.2 damage per second against a foe with greater than 50% health, and once that foe's health drops, the damage drops to just 4.1 damage per second,) but costs less energy over time (Vampiric Gaze costs ~1.7 Energy per second if cast continuously, while Shadow Strike costs 1.0 Energy per second.)
• At 12 Blood Magic, Vampiric Gaze offers 5.2 damage per energy, while Shadow Strike offers 8.2 damage per energy against a healthy foe and 4.1 damage per energy against a weak foe. At 16 Blood Magic, though, Vampiric Gaze offers 6.3 damage per energy, and Shadow Strike offers 10.0 damage per energy against a healthy foe and 5.0 damage per energy against a weakened foe.
• Because this skill deals a large amount of armor-ignoring damage, especially to healthy targets, many Necromancers find it primarily useful as a spike skill.