Sacred 2:Cloak of Shadows

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An Assassin can will his physical being to shift partially into the astral planes. Moving unseen through the darkness, the enshrouded Assassin can steal past opponents or ambush unsuspecting victims with devastating attacks. As his body becomes less substantial, he becomes less susceptible to the effects of elemental attacks and magical curses. Aspect - Shadow Disciplines Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Invisibility (chance to remain undetected): 25.0% + 10.0% per level Chance of not breaking the effect when casting spells or ranged attacks: 10.0% + 5.0% per level Damage Mitigation While Cloaked: 20% + 0.2% per level Duration: 45 seconds + 0.05s per level Cooldown + Regeneration Time: 60.0s + 4.5s = 64.5 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Creep - The Assassin can get much closer to enemies without being detected (increases "Invisibility" value, 15% + 10% per level). Fade - Boosts the Assassin's resistance to all secondary damage effects by 20% + 0.5% per level. Silver Stealth - Improves the the Assassin's chance of remaining cloaked when using ranged or magic attacks (10.0% + 5.0% per level). Sure Hit - Adds a chance opponents cannot evade the Assassin's attacks (20% + 0.1% per level). Gold Fade - Boosts the Assassin's resistance to all secondary damage effects by 20% + 0.5% per level. Lurk - Reduces the cooldown of Cloak of Shadows by 20%.

Cloak of Shadows

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Shadow Disciplines Lore - increases the "Invisibility" value as if it were damage, improves casting speed, allows for modification points.

• Shadow Disciplines Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.

• Concentration - directly improves regeneration time.

• Combat Discipline - will lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time.

Usage Strategies

• Enemies may detect the Assassin if he walks too close to them but this will not break the cloaking effect. These enemies will attack but Cloak of Shadows and its modifiers will remain active. The chance to remain hidden from enemies increases with level and may be improved with the Creep mod. Once this value reaches 100% enemies will never detect the Assassin while Cloak of Shadows is active.
  • This value will reach 100% at level 5 with the Creep mod and at level 8 without it. It will reach 100% even sooner with investment in the skill Shadow Disciplines Lore.

• Only the Assassin can prematurely break the cloaking effect. Using melee attacks always breaks the effect. When using ranged attacks or spells, there's a a chance to remain cloaked which increases with level and may be improved with the Stealth mod. Once this value reaches 100% the Assassin will never prematurely break the effect unless he uses melee attacks.
  • This value will reach 100% at level 8 with the Stealth mod and at level 15 without it.

• Therefore the Creep and Stealth mods will help a low-level Assassin rushing to get 100% invisibility ASAP, but for the long term investment it may be worthwhile to consider other mods.

• A useful combo is Burst of Speed + Cloak of Shadows.

• The duration increases very slowly with CA level. It gains 1 second every 20 levels. If the Lurk mod is chosen, the cooldown will be reduced to 48 seconds. This means once Cloak of Shadows reaches level 60 the duration will catch up with the cooldown. Around this point the Assassin can begin to maintain Cloak of Shadows constantly (if regen times have been kept low and invisibility is kept high).

• Tooltip displays the player's current weapon damage but Cloak of Shadows does not cause any damage

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Allows completion of any non-escort quest easily
• Allows a player to open boss chests without having to engage the boss

Cons

• While Cloak of Shadows is active, any quest escort will receive all aggro from enemies.

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