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Dark Shades

Cast Time
Duration
Target
Range
Cost

Instant
18s
Enemy
28m
2970 Magicka

Summon a shade versions of yourself to attack an enemy and fight your side for 20 seconds.

The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 623 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 623 Magic Damage, once every 2 seconds. The shade's attacks inflict Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds.

This ability scales with your highest offensive stats.

Shade deals increased damage, and occasionally casts an area of effect attack.

 

Dark Shades is a Skill in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), this skill can be found and is a part of the Shadow Skill Line which belongs to the Nightblade Class, it can be unlocked by gaining experience while having a Skill from that Line on your active Skill Bar. Skills can be reset at Rededication Shrines found in the capital cities of each ESO faction, for a tidy sum of gold.

Champion Points That Affect Dark Shades

• War Mage - Increases Damage
• Piercing - Increases Penetration
• Master-At-Arms - Increases Damage
• Bastion - Increases Damage against Damage Shields
• Fighting Finesse - Increase Critical Damage

Equipment Sets That Affect Dark Shades

• Any Sets that increases Magicka, Spell Damage will increase the damage of this Skill
• War Maiden Set does affect this Skill

Notes & Other Useful Information

• Unlocked at Shadow Rank 42
• Because this is a Magicka Ability, it will scale off of Spell Damage as well as Magicka.
• Values listed in the infobox is base damage of a CP 160 with zero CP spent, zero Attribute Points used and zero Skills taken at Rank IV.