Shadowknight

Shadowknight
Class archetype	Hybrid
Armor class	Platemail
Preferenced statistics	Strength Stamina Intelligence Charisma
Title at level 51	Reaver
Title at level 55	Revenant
Title at level 60	Grave Lord
Title at level 65	Dread Lord
Shadowknight Links
Shadowknight Quests Shadowknight Starfall Quests Shadowknight Thurgadin Quests Shadowknight Spells Shadowknight Disciplines Alternate Advancement: Shadowknight Class Tomes Shadowknight pets Marlow Deity Quest

A Shadowknight and his undead minion square off against a spiderkin soldier.

The Shadowknight is one of the three Tank classes available in Shards of Dalaya, alongside the Warrior and his holy cousin, the Paladin. The Shadowknight proves different in having the fastest and strongest single target hate generation available via their Terror line of spells. His signature ability is Harm Touch dealing an instant large amount of damage, with upgrades available later to make it unresistable or drain life.

While Paladins may bring healing to the table, a Shadowknight drains life, hurting their enemies and healing the Shadowknight at the same time. They also travel with an undead minion that adds some damage as well as allowing the knight to manipulate their minion for some spectacular effects. The Shadowknights ability to sap the strength of their enemies through damage over time, stat drains and debuffs should not be underestimated. Shadowknights are one of very few classes that can use the very valuable Feign Death spells and abilities, but one must not discount the self utilities at the Shadowknights disposal including: invisibility to the undead and the living, levitate and water breathing.

If you like tanking without fear of losing Aggro, maximizing your teams DPS, and the fun and utility that comes with having high hp, ac, and Necromancer spells, then the Shadowknight is the class for you.

Starting Statistics

The Shadowknight class receives 20 Starting Points to distribute in the various stats. The stats that the game deems important to the class are Strength, Stamina, Intelligence, and Charisma.

Race	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA
Dark Elf	70	70	90	75	83	109	65
Erudite	70	75	70	70	83	117	75
Gnome	70	75	85	85	67	108	65
Human	85	80	75	75	75	85	80
Iksar	80	75	90	85	80	85	60
Ogre	140	127	70	70	67	70	42
Troll	118	114	83	75	60	62	45

ShadowKnight Skills

(*)Does not follow the 5(lvl+1) skill-up formula.

Combat Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap 1H Blunt 1 200 245 1H Slashing 1 200 245 2H Blunt 1 200 245 2H Slashing 1 200 245 Piercing 1 200 245 Archery 1 200 250 Taunt 1 200 200 Bash 6 200 250 Dodge 10 175 225 Parry 17 175 225 Double Attack 20 200 250 Riposte 30 175 225 Disarm 40 150 200 Piercing 1 200 245 Hand to Hand 1 200 250	Spell Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap Abjuration 9 200 250 Alteration 9 200 250 Channeling 9 200 250 Conjuration 9 200 250 Divination 9 200 250 Evocation 9 200 250 Meditate 12 200 250	Other Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap Sense Heading* 1 200 200 Bind Wound 1 100 150 Swimming* 1 200 250 Fishing* 1 250 250 Baking* 1 75 75 Tailoring* 1 250 250 Blacksmithing* 1 250 250 Fletching* 1 250 250 Brewing* 1 250 250 Alcohol Tolerance 1 250 250 Begging 1 200 ? Jewelcrafting* 1 250 250 Pottery* 1 100 100

Disciplines

Name	Level required	Description
Shadow of Marlow	5 / 29 / 59	You fade slightly into the realm of dreams, granting mitigation against melee damage.
Touch of Hatred	8 / 20 / 32 / 44 / 53 / 62	Instill deep hatred upon your enemy, greatly increasing threat towards you. Requires melee range.
Meld Bone	11	Reap undeath from the fading of life, summoning your highest level pet from your spell book. If used on a target that is close to death, the cooldown of this ability will be lowered. Requires melee range.
Festering Harvest	14 / 26 / 38 / 47 / 56 / 64	Harvest the life of another through a festering touch. The life healed increases based on the number of your afflications on the target. Only useable in combat. Must be in melee range.
Putrid Aura	17 / 41	You are wreathed in a caustic aura, increasing the damage of all your damage over time spells but decreasing melee mitigation and threat.
Deceitful Doubt	23	Instill powerful doubt upon your enemy, dispelling a beneficial buff with a chance to interrupt spell casting. Requires melee range.
Spirit Anchor	35	Merge your energies with the spirits of the dead, guarding yourself from detrimental mana drains. Mitigates mana drains with a value less than one fourth your maximum mana.
Pet: Edict of Pain	50	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, imparting its strength to you for a duration.
Pet: Grave Pact	50	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, restoring mana through it's undeath.
Terror Guard	65	Wreathe yourself in nightmares, enthralling all those who strike you in combat.
Pet: Noxious Blast	65	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, causing disease damage to nearby foes.
Pet: Reaper's Touch	65	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, draining hitpoints from its target and giving them to your group.
Pet: Ritual of Gore	65	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, mesmerizing nearby foes in a spectacle of gore.
Pet: Withering Curse	65	Commands your pet to sacrifice itself, infecting its target with an incremental damage over time spell.