Shadowblade
THE SHADOW OF LOKI
AVAILABLE ON: Eden, Blackthorn, Live
In the land of honour and glory, there is little respect given to the hidden servants of the trickster god. Yet only the foolish would wish to fight the realm war without the aid of these dealers of death. With poisoned swords and axes, they leap from the shadows to hack and slash at any foes nearby, disappearing back into the shadows with the mad cackling of the trickster god to signal their arrival, and departure, of the battlefield.
Shadowblades are the assassins of Midgard, capable of quickly killing all the but toughest opponents as they emerge from the shadows with poisoned daggers in hand and landing critical strikes in rapid succession. As a martial class on Midgard, they are capable of wielding both one-handed and two-handed swords and axes, making for extremely powerful opening gambits.
PvE:
Shadowblades are capable of soloing decently well, as long as they do not pick fights against enemies that are tougher than themselves. Focus on overwhelming damage and hope to defeat the enemy within the opening gambit for best results.
In groups, simply focus on doing as much damage as possible. Poisons can help out your teammates by de-buffing the enemies.
RvR:
In solo RvR, Shadowblades are one of the strongest classes. With access to Stealth, debilitating poisons and special powerful Critical Strikes, Shadowblades can, with a bit of careful planning, successfully engage and defeat any target. Thanks to your high Stealth, you have the privilege of not just choosing your fights but also starting them. Your most common targets will typically end up being spellcasters, archers or out of position supports.
Shadowblades do not typically get invited to organized RvR groups, outside of dedicated Stealth-focused groups.
Character planners:
Eden: https://eden-daoc.net/charplan?c=Shadowblade
Blackthorn: https://blackthorn-daoc.com/class/Shadowblade
Live: https://daoc.gg/charplanner/overview#c=SHADOWBLADE
Suggested starting stat point distribution:
15 Strength / 10 Quickness
15 Strength / 10 Constitution (Variant trading attack speed for some survivability)
Suggested class skills:
49 Critical Strike, 36 Axe, 35 Stealth, 35 Envenom, 18 Left Axe (Standard / Critical Strikes)
50 Left Axe, 39 Axe, 39 Stealth, 31 Envenom (“Shadowzerker”)
44 Left Axe, 37 Axe, 37 Stealth, 37 Envenom, 21 Critical Strike (“Shadowzerker” variant with Critical Strike for easy Stun)
Suggested realm skills:
Long Wind 1
Purge
Mastery of Pain
Mastery of Stealth
Passives to fill stat gaps (Augmented Str, Dex, Con, Mastery of Parrying etc.)
