Shadow Dagger

How it plays

How to use Shadow Dagger

Shadow Dagger surrounds you with blades for a while after each cast. It shines when you are forced into the crowd, and more blades close the gaps in the ring.

Blades orbit you, striking anything they pass through.

Upgrades

Shadow Dagger upgrades

Pick Shadow Dagger again on level-up to strengthen it. Its upgrade tracks are damage, projectiles, cast speed, area size, duration, critical chance and critical damage; rarer picks raise them by more.

Items

Items that change Shadow Dagger

No item targets Shadow Dagger directly, so general boosts carry it: the Hammer, the Drums and the Hook raise damage, cast speed and critical hits for every skill.

Potions

Best potions for Shadow Dagger

Might

Increases all skill damage.

Abundance

Increases the number of projectiles fired by every skill.

Haste

Increases cast speed for every skill.

Magnitude

Increases every skill's area of effect.

Persistence

Increases a timed skill effect's duration.

Precision

Increases critical hit chance.

Synergies

Shadow Dagger pairs well with

Melee · Physical

Blade Sweep

Fast melee arcs with knockback that buy you space.

Ground zone · Poison

Venom Flask

Poison pools that deny ground to the horde.

Instant · Arcane

Frost Nova

An icy ring that damages and can freeze enemies solid.