Strength of Shadows

Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage. — In-game description

Strength of Shadows

Specialization

Specter (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Strength of Shadows

Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage.

 Condition Damage Increase: 20%

 Condition Damage Increase: 25%

 Gain Expertise Based on a Percentage of Vitality: 13%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Harrowing Storm — Axe
•   Dancing Dagger — Dagger
•   Shadow Strike — Pistol
•   Shadow Bolt — Scepter
•   Double Bolt — Scepter
•   Triple Bolt — Scepter
•   Triple Threat — Scepter
•   Endless Night — Scepter
•   Twilight Combo — Scepter

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt Shot — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Skale Venom — Venom
•   Well of Sorrow — Well

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Throw Cursed Artifact — Stolen skill

Related traits

Traits that are improved by this trait

Trickery

• Pressure Striking — Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.

Specter

• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
September 26, 2023	Reduced torment damage bonus from 25% to 20% in PvE only.
July 18, 2023	This trait no longer reduces incoming damage and no longer increases the duration of torment inflicted by Rot Wallow Venom, but instead increases torment damage by 25% in addition to converting vitality to expertise.
March 15, 2022	The duration increase to torment instances applied by Rot Wallow Venom has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Strength of Shadows has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Now increases Rot Wallow Venom Torment duration by 2 seconds rather than 50%.
November 30, 2021	Strength of Shadows was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
October 26, 2021	Strength of Shadows was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.