Shadowstrix

AssassinDaggerDual BladesSMeta-defining

A high-mobility assassin built for daggers and dual blades — closes distance, opens with critical strikes, and disengages before retaliation lands.

Overview

Role: Assassin
Weapons: Dagger / Dual Blades
Weapon types: 2
Skills available: 12
Talent branches: 16
Weapons in catalog: 112

A class can equip any weapon of its types, and each weapon unlocks the skills tied to that type. How skills work →

Community read

SMeta-definingThe current meta's strongest picks — damage or fight control strong enough to shape how raids play out.

The solo predator — stealth scouting, fights taken on its own terms, and the burst to delete a caught-out target. The read is contested, though: it's widely called the hardest class to master, and it underperforms against big PvE bosses, so its rating drops the further you get from solo hunting.

Solo: SMeta-defining
Trio: ASolid pick
New players: CStruggles here

A directional read of the current patch as of July 30, 2026, not final balance — refreshed as the meta settles. See the full tier list for per-context ratings.

Base attributes

The Shadowstrix's starting attribute block. Base stats are flat in this build — your level scaling comes from gear and talents, not the class itself. Every class starts with the same attack, defence, max health, so the class you pick changes what you can equip and cast — not your opening numbers.

Attack: 100
Defence: 50
Max Health: 618
Max Stamina: 100
Stamina Regen: 10
Critical Increase: 35%

Armor wear multiplier: ×1.65 PvE · ×3.0525 PvP

Recommended affixes

The affixes the game itself suggests for a Shadowstrix build.

Valor Fervid Smiting Fervor Seeker Deft Vitality Elusive Resilience Ethereal

How the Shadowstrix compares

Tier list →

The two figures the game varies per class. Crit damage is the bonus damage a critical hit deals before any gear. Armor wear is the multiplier on how fast your armor loses durability when you take a hit — a lower number means gear lasts longer and costs less to keep running, so it is a repair-bill stat, not a damage-reduction one.

Class	Crit damage	Armor wear (PvE)	Armor wear (PvP)
Sorcerer	40%	×2.0625	×3.0525
Mercenary	35%	×1.5125	×2.6125
Shadowstrix	35%	×1.65	×3.0525
Seer	35%	×1.85625	×3.0525
Withered Knight	35%	×1.65	×3.0525
Blackarrow	25%	×2.0625	×3.0525

Shadowstrix tips from the game

All lore & tips →

The game reserves these tips for Shadowstrix players — the mechanics it expects you to know before you take the class into a raid.

Dagger Technique

When using a Dagger as Shadowstrix, press Major Action and Minor Action simultaneously to enter Stealth.

Dual Blades Technique

When using Dual Blades as Shadowstrix, press Major Action for Light Strikes and Minor Action for Heavy Strikes. Combine them to execute various combo branches.

Top Shadowstrix builds

Best Shadowstrix builds →

The game ships 76 preset loadouts for the Shadowstrix. These are the best-geared example of each distinct build shape — open one in the planner to swap gear, spend talent points and share the result.

Blade Dance

BalancedLegendary5 talents

Open in planner →

Blade Dance

DPSLegendary5 talents

Open in planner →

Blade Dance

PvELegendary5 talents

Open in planner →

Flex Build

BalancedLegendary4 talents

Open in planner →

Flex Build

DPSLegendary4 talents

Open in planner →

Flex Build

PvELegendary4 talents

Open in planner →

Shadow Veil

BalancedLegendary4 talents

Open in planner →

Shadow Veil

DPSLegendary4 talents

Open in planner →

Skills the Shadowstrix can slot

All skills →

Bloody Blade DanceDual Blades

Crow StormDagger, Dual Blades

Fang RushDual Blades

Flash StrideDagger

Flurry StrikeDual Blades

Inspiring ImpaleDual Blades

Phantom ShiftDual Blades

Poison Crow MarkDagger, Dual Blades

Shadow StrikeDagger

Smoke BombDagger

SneakDagger

Spinning SlashDual Blades

Shadowstrix talent trees

Full talent tree →

Shadowstrix unlocks 16 talent branches as you level, holding 40 talents in total — but you only earn 8 points across 12 levels, so you will pick a small fraction of them. The branches are summarised below; the Shadowstrix talent tree has each talent's effect, the level-by-level point budget, and the “choose one” splits.