Spells/Vanishing Strike

Vanishing Strike

Thrust

Press to cast. Vanish into stealth and leave a Shadow Clone behind. Recast to strike in a direction, dealing Thrust Damage with bonus damage from behind. Nearby Shadow Clones mirror the strike for 25% of your damage.

In the game

On the skill tree

Vanishing Strike (Shadow)

Starting spell of

Shadow

Requirements

Class: Shadow

Numbers

Damage2.29

Damage typeThrust

Radius2

Stamina10

Cooldown6 s

TagsDamage, Class, Shadow Arts

Hits and scaling

Hit	Type	Multiplier	How often
Strike Recast, target facing you	Thrust	x2.29	1 time per cast
Clone strike Recast, target near the clone	Thrust	x0.5725	Depends on where the target is

What it scales with

Thrust hits use Physical Power.
Damage bonus: Thrust Damage and Physical Damage from gear and the tree, added together into one bonus.
Physical Power = Strength x1, Adventure x0.5, Agility x0.5, plus flat Physical Power from gear and the tree. Archetype passives add: Wild Strider Adventure x0.25.
One hit = power x (1 + bonus / 100) x (1 - the target's defence share) x the hit multiplier, rounded up. A critical hit then adds your Critical Damage.

How the game works out a hit

Upgraded by

30 nodes on the skill tree upgrade it.

Ambush Volley (Shadow)
Corrupting Vanish (Shadow)
Corrupting Vanish Increase I (Shadow), Corrupting Vanish Increase II (Shadow), Corrupting Vanish Increase III (Shadow)
Dazing Ambush (Shadow)
Flickering Vanish (Shadow)
Harvesting Vanish (Shadow)
Harvesting Vanish Increase I (Shadow), Harvesting Vanish Increase II (Shadow), Harvesting Vanish Increase III (Shadow)
Purging Vanish (Shadow)
Purging Vanish Increase I (Shadow), Purging Vanish Increase II (Shadow), Purging Vanish Increase III (Shadow)
Rending Vanish (Shadow)
Rending Vanish Increase I (Shadow), Rending Vanish Increase II (Shadow), Rending Vanish Increase III (Shadow)
Vanishing Roll (Shadow)
Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase I (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase II (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase III (Shadow)
Vanishing Strike Clone Duration Increase I (Shadow)
Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease I (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease II (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease III (Shadow)
Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase I (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase II (Shadow), Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase III (Shadow)

What each upgrade changes

Ambush Volley

	Without	With
Max clone daggers per cast Recast breaks stealth	This part of the spell's code changed in a later game update, so we show no number.
Clone dagger damage, share of spell damage	none	x0.25
Bleeding per clone dagger	none	1
Clone dagger range	none	14 m

Stealth counts as broken by the recast when you are still in stealth or it ended in the last 0.25 s

Corrupting Vanish

	Without	With
Bleeding consumed per Poison Your strike from behind	none	4
Max Poison per enemy	none	4

The strike deals Decay damage

Corrupting Vanish Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Bleeding consumed per Poison With Corrupting Vanish	4	3	2	1

Dazing Ambush

	Without	With
Slow	none	50%
Slow duration	none	3 s

Your strike only, not clone strikes

Flickering Vanish

	Without	With
Search range for the nearest enemy	none	12 m
Max teleport distance	none	30 m

Harvesting Vanish

	Without	With
Max Bleeding consumed Your strike from behind	none	5
Damage per Bleeding consumed	none	8%

Harvesting Vanish Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Bleeding consumed With Harvesting Vanish	5	7	9	11

Purging Vanish

	Without	With
Max Poison consumed Your strike from behind	none	5
Damage per Poison consumed	none	8%

Purging Vanish Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max Poison consumed With Purging Vanish	5	7	9	11

Rending Vanish

	Without	With
Bleeding, hit from behind	none	5
Bleeding, other hits	none	2

Rending Vanish Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Bleeding, hit from behind With Rending Vanish	5	7	9	11
Bleeding, other hits With Rending Vanish	2	3	4	5

Vanishing Roll

	Without	With
Damage multiplier You and Shadow Clones	x1	x0.8
Clone strike radius at the dash end	none	2 m

The dash must come within the stealth duration; clones strike for 0.25 of your damage

Vanishing Strike Backstab Damage Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Damage multiplier from behind Target hit from behind	x1.3	x1.38	x1.46	x1.54

Vanishing Strike Clone Duration Increase

	Without	With
Shadow Clone lifetime Clone left by Vanishing Strike	8 s	9 s

Adds 1 s to every Shadow Clone, from any spell

Vanishing Strike Cooldown Decrease

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Cooldown	6 s	5.4 s	4.8 s	4.2 s

Vanishing Strike Stealth Duration Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Stealth duration	This part of the spell's code changed in a later game update, so we show no number.

The recast window stays 3 s

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