Shadow Warrior abilities

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The Shadow Warrior has a total of 24 career Tactics, 34 Actions and 12 Morale abilities.

Contents 1 Starting Abilities 2 Abilities gained from trainers 3 Abilities gained from mastery paths 3.1 Path of The Scout 3.2 Path of Assault 3.3 Path of The Skirmisher

[edit] Starting Abilities

These are the abilities that a Shadow Warrior starts with at level 1.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Type	Path	Cast Time	Range	Cost	Cooldown	Description
	Flee	Action	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	None	30 Sec	You run away from the battle in a mad panic, increasing your run speed by 30 for 10 seconds. You immediately lose all of your action points, any career mechanic points, and your Morale will begin to drop, and you will not begin to regain action points until 10 seconds have passed.
None	Auto Attack	Action	Damaging	Core Ability	Instant	None	None	None	Attack with your melee or ranged weapon.
	Scout Stance	Action	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	None	5 Sec	Grants Scout Stance. A long-distance bow stance that increases your Ballistic Skill and Initiative by X and the range of your bow attacks by 10%. You may only use a single Stance at a time.
	Eagle Eye	Action	Damaging	Path of The Scout	2 Sec	5-100ft	40 AP	None	A well aimed arrow that deals X damage.
	Grim Slash	Action	Damaging	Path of Assault	Instant	5ft	35 AP	None	Deals X damage to your target.

[edit] Abilities gained from trainers

These abilities can be bought from a Career Trainer at the required rank or above.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required Rank	Type	Path	Cast Time	Range	Cost	Cooldown	Description
	Broadhead Arrow	Action	2	Ailment	Path of The Skirmisher	Instant	5-65ft	25 AP	3 Sec	An Ailment which deals X damage to your target over 15 seconds.
	Acid Arrow	Action	3	Debuff	Path of The Scout	1.5 Sec	5-100ft	35 AP	5 Sec	Requires Scout or Assault Stance. An attack which deals X damage and reduces your target's armor by Y and reduces their chance to block by 10% for 10 seconds.
	Brutal Assault	Action	4	Damaging	Path of Assault	Instant	5ft	40 AP	5 Sec	Requires Scout or Assault Stance. Target must be facing away from you. Deals X damage to your target, and makes monsters hate you less than normal. Only usable when you are behind the target. If you are Vengeful, then this attack may be used from any position.
	Assault Stance	Action	4	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	None	5 Sec	Grants Assault Stance. A close-combat stance which increases your Strength and Weapon Skill by X, and increases your Armor by 100%. While in this stance your Ballistic Skill from items will also count towards your Strength. You may only use a single Stance at a time.
	Takedown	Action	5	Ailment	Path of The Skirmisher	1 Sec	5-65ft	25 AP	15 Sec	Requires Scout or Skirmish Stance. An Ailment which deals X damage and snares your target, reducing their run speed by 40% for 10 seconds. If you are Vengeful, then the target will also be knocked down for 3 seconds.
	Spiral-Fletched Arrow	Action	6	Damaging	Path of The Skirmisher	1 Sec	5-65ft	25 AP	None	Requires Assault or Skirmish Stance. Deals 205 damage to your target. This ability will continue to build up even if you move.
	Skirmish Stance	Action	6	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	None	5 Sec	Grants Skirmish Stance. A close-range bow stance that increases your Toughness by X and the chance that your bow attacks will critically hit by 5%. You gain the ability to autoattack while moving while in this stance. You may only use a single Stance at a time.
	Distracting Shot	Action	7	Debuff	Core Ability	Instant	100ft	20 AP	15 Sec	You Detaunt your target, making them hate you less and causing them to deal 50% less damage to you for 15 seconds. If you attack anyone that you have Detaunted, the effect will immediately end.
	Hunter's Fervor	Action	8	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	25 AP	60 Sec	An inspired ferver fills your group, increasing AP regeneration by 20% for 15 seconds.
	Draw Blood	Action	9	Ailment	Path of Assault	Instant	5ft	25 AP	None	Requires Assault or Skirmish Stance. An Ailment which deals X damage over 9 seconds.
	Bolster War Engine	Action	10	Buff	Core Ability	-	-	-	-	Siege Targetted buff. Increases damage done by that siege engine by 10% for 30 seconds. Does not work on Rams. Only one effect of this type per siege engine.
	Vengeance of Nagarythe	Action	12	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	35 AP	2 Min	Grants Vengeful. You are filled with a desire for vengeance, increasing all damage you deal by 20% for 15 seconds. During this time some of your abilities will gain additional effects.
	Whirling Pin	Action	12	Ailment	Core Ability	Instant	None	25 AP	30 Sec	All enemies within 30 feet become Rooted, making them unable to move for 10 seconds. Rooted targets have a 50% chance to break free when they suffer damage.
	Flame Arrow	Action	14	Damaging	Path of The Scout	2 Sec	5-80ft	40 AP	10 Sec	Requires Scout Stance. An Ailment which deals X Elemental damage to your target and then explodes, dealing an additional 129 Elemental damage over 9 seconds to the target and all other enemies within 20 feet of them.
	Rapid Fire	Action	16	Damaging	Path of The Scout	Instant	5-100ft	25 AP/Sec	7 Sec	Requires Scout or Skirmish Stance. You move with blinding speed as you quickly fire several shots at your target, dealing X damage to the enemy twice per second for up to 3 seconds. This effect will end if you break your concentration, or run out of action points. If you are Vengeful, then the shots will deal 10% more damage.
	Eye Shot	Action	18	Ailment	Path of The Skirmisher	1 Sec	5-65ft	20 AP	10 Sec	Requires Skirmish Stance. A Crippling shot that deals X damage and reduces your target's Initiative by Y for 20 seconds.
	Steady Aim	Action	20	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	25 AP	30 Sec	For the next 6 seconds, all of your attacks will have a 50% higher chance to critically hit, but will take an additional 2 seconds to build up.
	Opportunistic Strike	Action	25	Ailment	Path of Assault	Instant	5ft	20 AP	30 Sec	Requires Assault Stance. A Crippling attack that deals X damage and disarms your target for 5 seconds, making them unable to use melee or ranged weapons.
	Counterstrike	Action	30	Damaging	Path of Assault	Instant	5ft	25 AP	20 Sec	Requires Assault Stance. A quick strike which deals 112 damage to your target and interrupts any ability that they were building up.
	Hamper War Engine	Action	30	Debuff	Core Ability	-	-	-	-	Siege Targetted debuff. Increases the times it takes to fire that siege engine by 2 seconds for 30 seconds
	Throat Shot	Action	35	Ailment	Path of The Scout	1 Sec	5-100ft	30 AP	30 Sec	Requires Scout Stance. A Crippling shot that deals X damage and silences your target for 5 seconds, making them unable to use magic.
	Lileath's Arrow	Action	40	Damaging	Path of The Skirmisher	2 Sec	None	40 AP	None	Requires Skirmish Stance. A piercing arrow which deals X damage to all enemies in front of you, up to 65 feet away. This ability will continue to build up even if you move.
	Diminish War Engine	Action	40	Debuff	Core Ability	-	-	-	-	Siege Targetted debuff. Decreases damage done by that siege engine by 10% for 30 seconds. Does not work on Rams. Only one effect of this type per siege engine.
	Point-Blank	Morale (1)	8	Debuff	Core Ability	Instant	65ft	Morale (1)	60 Sec	A mid-range attack that deals X damage and knocks targeted player away. Monsters will be knocked down.
	Unshakable Focus	Morale (2)	12	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (2)	60 Sec	A cold unyielding focus increases your damage by 100% for 7 seconds.
	Concealment	Morale (1)	16	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (1)	60 Sec	With luck and experience you are able to Dodge all ranged attacks and Disrupt all magic attacks attacks against you.
	Focused Mind	Morale (2)	20	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (2)	60 Sec	For the next 10 seconds, you will remove and ignore any silencing, disarming, rooting, snaring effects and your abilities will build 50% faster and may not be set back.
	Explosive Shots	Morale (3)	24	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (3)	60 Sec	All of your ranged attacks will explode for the next 10 seconds, dealing X damage to all enemies within 30 feet of your target. This effect will not trigger more than once every second.
	Lileath's Forgiveness	Morale (1)	28	Damaging	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (1)	60 Sec	Removes all Hexes, Curses, Cripples, and Ailments from you. You regain 250 Action Points.
	Outrider Patrol	Morale (2)	32	Damaging	Core Ability	Instant	100ft	Morale (2)	60 Sec	Arrows strike the ground at a spot you select, dealing damage to all enemies within 30 feet of that spot.
	Instill Fear	Morale (3)	36	Debuff	Core Ability	Instant	None	Morale (3)	60 Sec	All enemies around the Shadow Warrior will become disarmed and silenced for 7 seconds.
	Hail of Doom	Morale (4)	40	Buff	Core Ability	Instant	100ft	Morale (4)	60 Sec	You focus on a spot on the ground for up to 5 seconds, constantly shooting at all enemies within 30 feet of that area for X damage.
	Centuries Of Training	Tactic	11	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Upon striking a target with a direct damage ability there is a 25% chance to inflict an additional X damage over 5 seconds.
	Expert Skirmisher	Tactic	13	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	You deal 25% more damage when you are within 45 feet of your target, but 20% less damage when you are farther than 45 feet away from them.
	Replenishing Strikes	Tactic	15	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Any time you critically hit an enemy, you will regain 40 Action Points. Tactic can not trigger more than once every 3 seconds.
	Bend the Winds	Tactic	17	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Increases your Elemental resistance by X.
	Steady Aim	Tactic	19	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Increases your Ballistic Skill by X.
	Wrist Slash	Tactic	21	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Grim Slash will now reduce your enemy's Weapon Skill by X and Initiative by Y for 20 seconds, and increase your Weaponskill and Initiative by the same amount.
	Discering Offense	Tactic	23	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Your attacks have a 10% reduced chance to be defended against.
	Clever Recovery	Tactic	25	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	If an enemy dodges any of your attacks, you will regain 75 Action Points. This effect will not trigger more than once every 3 seconds.
	Smoldering Arrows	Tactic	27	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Flame Arrow's damage over time is increased to X damage.
	Pierce Defenses	Tactic	29	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	If an enemy blocks, dodges, or parries any of your attacks, their chances to block, dodge, and parry will be reduced by 15% for 10 seconds.
	Distracting Rebounds	Tactic	31	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Distracting Shot will now also affect any other enemies within 20 feet of your initial target.
	Bullseye	Tactic	33	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Whenever you critically hit an enemy, your chance to critically hit is increased by 20% for 5 seconds, but you also become 10% more vulnerable to being critically hit.
	Instinctive Aim	Tactic	35	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Reduces Steady Aim's cooldown time by 20 seconds.
	No Quarter	Tactic	37	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Any detaunt effects used against you will fade away 50% faster.
	Blood-Soaked War	Tactic	39	Buff	Core Ability	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Any time you kill an enemy, you will instantly regain X health.

[edit] Abilities gained from mastery paths

These abilities gan be gained by adding mastery points into different mastery paths.

[edit] Path of The Scout

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Cast Time	Range	Cost	Cooldown	Description
	Glass Arrow	Action	5	Ailment	2 Sec	5-80ft	35 AP	10 Sec	Deals X damage to your target. On contact, it will shatter, dealing X damage to all enemies over 15 seconds within 30 feet of the target.
	Festering Arrow	Action	9	Damaging	3 Sec	5-100ft	30 AP	5 Sec	Requires Scout Stance. Deals X Corporeal damage to your target.
	Fell the Weak	Action	13	Ailment	2 Sec	5-100ft	25 AP	10 Sec	Deals X damage if your target is below 20% hit points, or Y damage otherwise. If you are Vengeful, then all healing effects used on the target will be 50% weaker for 10 seconds.
	Rain of Steel	Morale (4)	15	Damaging	Instant	100ft	Morale (4)	60 sec	You repeatedly shoot arrows at the ground for 10 seconds, dealing X damage every second to all enemies within 30 feet of that spot.
	Enchanted Arrows	Tactic	3	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Flame Arrow and Festering Arrow will now bypass all of your victim's resistances.
	Leading Shots	Tactic	7	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Any time you critically hit with a ranged attack, your group's chances to critically hit will be increased by 15% for 10 seconds, but this will not affect you.
	Guerrilla Training	Tactic	11	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Reduces the action point costs of all abilities within the Path Of The Scout by 35%.

[edit] Path of Assault

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Cast Time	Range	Cost	Cooldown	Description
	Swift Strikes	Action	5	Damaging	Instant	5ft	20 AP/Sec	13 Sec	You unleash a punishing series of attacks on your enemy for up to 3 seconds, striking them twice per second and dealing X damage per hit. If the target is building up an ability, then your strikes will deal Y damage instead. This ability will end if you break your concentration or run out of action points.
	Sweeping Slash	Action	9	Damaging	Instant	None	30 AP	10 Sec	Requires Assault Stance. Deals X damage to all enemies in an arc in front of you, up to 30 feet away.
	Exploit Weakness	Action	13	Ailment	Instant	5ft	25 AP	20 Sec	Requires Assault Stance. A Crippling attack which deals 300 damage and stuns your target for 3 seconds.
	Whirling Rage	Morale (4)	15	Damaging	Instant	None	Morale (4)	60 Sec	Deals X damage to all enemies within 30 feet.
	No Respite	Tactic	3	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Increases your chance to parry attacks by 10%. Each time you parry an attack, your chance to critically hit is increased by 10% for 15 seconds.
	Sinister Assault	Tactic	7	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Brutal Assault will now bypass all of the target's armor.
	Merciless Soldier	Tactic	11	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Reduces the action point costs of all abilities within the Path Of Assault by 35%.

[edit] Path of The Skirmisher

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Cast Time	Range	Cost	Cooldown	Description
	Shadow Sting	Action	5	Ailment	Instant	5-65ft	30 AP	None	Target must be Ailing. An Ailment which deals X damage to your target over 9 seconds and causes all healing effects used on them to become 50% weaker. Only usable on a target that is already Ailing.
	Flanking Shot	Action	9	Damaging	1 Sec	5-65ft	25 AP	10 Sec	Requires Skirmish Stance. Target must be facing away from you. Deals X damage to your target. This ability will continue to build up even if you move. Only usable from behind the target. If you are Vengeful, then this attack has a 20% increased chance to critically hit.
	Barrage	Action	13	Damaging	2 Sec	65ft	25 AP	10 Sec	Requires Skirmish Stance. Deals X damage to all enemies in an arc in front of you, up to 65 feet away. This ability will continue to build up even if you move.
	Penetrating Arrow	Morale (4)	15	Damaging	Instant	None	Morale (4)	60 Sec	Deals X damage to all enemies in front of you, up to 40 feet away, and an additional X damage over 10 seconds.
	Split Arrows	Tactic	3	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Spiral-Fletched Arrow now hits all enemies within 20 feet of your initial target.
	Keen Arrowheads	Tactic	7	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Increases the durations of Broadhead Arrows to 21 seconds, Takedown to 15 seconds, and Eye Shot to 25 seconds, and Takedown's stunning effect will now last for 5 seconds.
	Charge Forth	Tactic	11	Buff	Passive	Tactic	None	None	Reduces the maximum ranges of all Path Of The Skirmisher attacks by 20 feet, but increases their chances to critically hit by 20%.