Vanishing Strike

Effect

Press to cast. Vanish into stealth and leave a Shadow Clone behind. Recast to strike in a direction, dealing Thrust Damage with bonus damage from behind. Nearby Shadow Clones mirror the strike for 25% of your damage.

Damage · Class · Shadow Arts

Cost and timing

Stamina10

Cooldown6s

Damagex2.29 of physical power

Radius2

Cast range2

TargetsEnemy Only

Friendly fireNo Self

How to learn it

Skill tree

Upgrades (30)

• Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease III
  Decrease the cooldown of Vanishing Strike by 10% per point.
• Harvesting Vanish Increase I
  Increase the maximum Bleeding consumed by 2 per point.
• Rending Vanish Increase I
  Increase the Bleeding applied by hits from behind by 2, and by all other hits by 1.
• Corrupting Vanish Increase I
  Improve Corrupting Vanish's Bleeding-to-Poison conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Purging Vanish Increase I
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Harvesting Vanish Increase II
  Increase the maximum Bleeding consumed by 2 per point.
• Rending Vanish Increase II
  Increase the Bleeding applied by hits from behind by 2, and by all other hits by 1.
• Corrupting Vanish Increase II
  Improve Corrupting Vanish's Bleeding-to-Poison conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Purging Vanish Increase II
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Harvesting Vanish Increase III
  Increase the maximum Bleeding consumed by 2 per point.
• Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase I
  Increase the damage dealt by Vanishing Strike when hitting enemies from behind by 8% per point.
• Rending Vanish Increase III
  Increase the Bleeding applied by hits from behind by 2, and by all other hits by 1.
• Corrupting Vanish Increase III
  Improve Corrupting Vanish's Bleeding-to-Poison conversion ratio by 1 step per point.
• Purging Vanish Increase III
  Increase the maximum Poison consumed by 2 per point.
• Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase II
  Increase the damage dealt by Vanishing Strike when hitting enemies from behind by 8% per point.
• Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase III
  Increase the damage dealt by Vanishing Strike when hitting enemies from behind by 8% per point.
• Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase I
  Increase the stealth duration of Vanishing Strike by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease I
  Decrease the cooldown of Vanishing Strike by 10% per point.
• Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase II
  Increase the stealth duration of Vanishing Strike by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Vanishing Strike Clone Duration Increase I
  Increase the duration of Shadow Clones created by all sources by 1 second.
• Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease II
  Decrease the cooldown of Vanishing Strike by 10% per point.
• Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase III
  Increase the stealth duration of Vanishing Strike by 0.5 seconds per point.
• Ambush Volley
  When Vanishing Strike breaks stealth, nearby Shadow Clones throw 1 Shadow Dagger toward the player's target direction instead of mirroring Vanishing Strike. A maximum of 3 Shadow Clones can throw a Shadow Dagger this way per cast.
• Flickering Vanish
  Vanishing Strike's recast teleports you behind the nearest enemy near your target location and strikes them.
• Vanishing Roll
  After entering stealth, your next dash during the stealth window does not break stealth. That dash causes nearby Shadow Clones to perform Vanishing Strike toward your dash endpoint. This can only occur once per Vanishing Strike cast. Vanishing Strike deals 20% less damage from both the player and Shadow Clones.
• Harvesting Vanish
  If Vanishing Strike hits an enemy from behind, it consumes up to 5 Bleeding from that enemy. Each Bleeding consumed increases Vanishing Strike's damage by 8%.
• Rending Vanish
  Vanishing Strike applies 2 Bleeding to enemies hit. If Vanishing Strike hits an enemy from behind, it applies 5 Bleeding instead.
• Corrupting Vanish
  Vanishing Strike now deals Decay Damage. If Vanishing Strike hits an enemy from behind, it consumes that enemy's Bleeding and converts it into Poison. At base, every 4 Bleeding consumed applies 1 Poison, up to 4 Poison per enemy.
• Purging Vanish
  Vanishing Strike consumes up to 5 Poison from enemies hit from behind. Each Poison consumed increases Vanishing Strike's damage by 8%.
• Dazing Ambush
  Vanishing Strike slows enemies by 50% for 3 seconds.