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Dark Shade

Dark Shade

Dark Shade

Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Cost: 4050 Magicka
Skill description
Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 18 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 555 Magic Damage and occasionally whirlwinds all enemies around it, dealing 555 Magic Damage. 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.
New effect
Shade deals increased damage, and occasionally casts an area of effect attack.
Name: Dark Shade
Type: Active ability
Location: Nightblade > Shadow
Unlocks at: Shadow rank 42

Types of damage:
  • Magic Damage
Champion Points buffing this skill:
  • Elemental Expert
  • Elf Born
  • Master at Arms
  • Spell Erosion
Champion Points protecting against this skill:
  • Elemental Defender
  • Iron Clad


Dark Shades is a skill located in the Shadow (which can be found in the Nightblade skill tree). Dark Shades is a morph of Summon Shade.

Dark Shades deals the following types of damage: Magic Damage. Which means that it gets buffed by the following blue champion point trees: Elemental Expert, Elf Born, Master at Arms, Spell Erosion. Also the following red champion point trees protect against this skill: Elemental Defender, Iron Clad.

Base ability

Summon Shade
Summon Shade

Other morph

Shadow Image
Shadow Image

Builds utilizing Dark Shade

Name
Magicka Nightblade Beginner Build for ESO
Werewolf Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online
Stamina Nightblade Beginner Guide for ESO
Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build ChampPoints 160 PvE

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