Umbral Blades

Dawnfall max 4

You have a chance to gain Dusk Shroud when you use Umbral Blades and hit at least one enemy.

• +12% Dusk Shroud Chance On Use

Sword Thrower max 1

You now throw just one large Umbral Blade with each throw that deals significantly more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and has increased radius.

• Only 1 Blade With Each Throw
• +250% Damage
• +100% Radius

Requires Dawnfall

For subskills that scale with area such as Bladestorm and Blade Explosion the effect of this node's radius increase on the skills' area is additive with sources of increased area.

Honed Edge max 4

Umbral Blades has additional critical strike chance.

• +2% Critical Chance

Requires Dawnfall

Thousand Cuts max 3

Umbral Blades has additional critical strike multiplier for each blade being thrown or recalled by the attack, up to a maximum.

• +2% Critical Multiplier per Blade
• +40% Max Critical Multiplier from Blades

Requires 2 points in Honed Edge

Lethal Darkness max 1

Umbral Blades hits inflict a stack of Shadow Dagger on hit, while using a dagger.

• Inflict Shadow Dagger With Dagger

Requires Sword Thrower

This is not affected by Umbral Blades' reduction to ailment application chance.

Edge of Obscurity max 4

Umbral Blades deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per stack of Dusk Shroud on you, up to 20.

• +1% Damage per Dusk Shroud, up to 20

Requires Dawnfall or Soul Thief

Umbral Remnant max 1

Whenever one of your Shadows expire they now also leave behind an Umbral Blade. This effect can happen a limited number of times per 2 seconds.

• Shadows Drop Umbral Blades
• 12 Limit per 2 Seconds

Requires Edge of Obscurity

Soul Thief max 4

Umbral Blades has increased attack speed and you gain ward on hit with recalled blades.

• +4% Attack Speed
• +4 Ward Gain On Hit On Recall

Requires Edge of Obscurity or Backstab

Stabbing Blast max 1

Recalling the blades now sends each blade toward a different nearby enemy instead of to you, but recalled blades no longer pierce.

• Blades Target Nearby Enemies
• Blades Don't Return
• Recalled Blades Don't Pierce

Requires 2 points in Soul Thief

If there are fewer enemies than blades, the remaining blades will go in random directions.

Shredding Daggers max 3

Recalled blades now have a chance to pierce enemies (pass through enemies it hits).

• 34# Recalled Blades Pierce Chance

Requires Stabbing Blast

Nightmare Dash max 1

You can now only recall blades by using Shift, rather than the combo itself.

You regain mana for each blade recalled.

• Blades Recalled From Shift Instead
• 2 Mana Gained per Blade

Requires Backstab

Backstab max 4

Recalled blades deal more damage, but blades thrown out deal less damage (both multiplicative with other modifiers).

• +30% Recalled Blades Damage
• -8% Thrown Blades Damage

Requires Soul Thief or Cut and Leave

Slice the Legs max 5

Recalled blade hits have a chance to slow enemies and a chance to cause them to bleed.

• +30% Recalled Blades Slow Chance
• +30% Recalled Blades Bleed Chance

Requires 2 points in Backstab

These chances are not affected by Umbral Blades' reduction to ailment application chance.

Bloody Trail max 3

Recalled blade hits deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) per stack of slow on the target and per bleed on the target, up to a maximum.

• +10% Recalled Blades Hit Damage Per Slow
• +3% Recalled Blades Hit Damage Per Bleed
• 15% Maximum Damage Per Bleed

Requires Slice the Legs

Cut and Leave max 5

Umbral Blades hits have a chance to cause enemies to bleed.

When your blades are recalled you have a chance to gain Haste for 1 second.

• +8% Bleed Chance
• +20% Haste Chance On Recall

This bleed chance is not affected by Umbral Blades' reduction to ailment application chance.

Emerald Cutlass max 1

Converts bleed chance from all sources to poison chance for Umbral Blades and effects related to bleed now depend on poison instead.

If you have the Explosive Blades, the explosion hit poisons enemies, but deals 80% less damage and it no longer deals any fire damage.

• Bleed -> Poison Chance
• -80% Explosion Hit Damage
• +100% Explosion Poison Chance

Requires 2 points in Cut and Leave

Kunai Belt max 2

You now throw additional blades with Umbral Blades on the second throw.

• +1 Extra Blades On Throw 2

Requires 4 points in Cut and Leave or 4 points in Jagged Carvings

Hidden Blades max 2

Every 2 seconds you throw additional blades with Umbral Blades on the next throw.

• 2 Maximum Additional Blades
• +1 Extra Blades On Next Throw Every 2 Seconds fixed

Requires 2 points in Kunai Belt

Jagged Carvings max 5

Umbral Blades deals additional throwing physical damage.

• +4 Throwing Physical Damage

Twilight Assault max 1

You now throw a third time with Umbral Blades with 4 blades before recalling the blades.

• 3rd Throw Before Return
• 4 Blades On 3rd Throw

Requires 2 points in Jagged Carvings

Duskhunter max 2

You now throw additional blades with Umbral Blades on the third throw.

• +1 Extra Blades On Throw 3

Requires Twilight Assault

Subzero Intrusion max 1

Umbral Blades base physical damage is converted to cold. Consequently this damage scales with increases to cold damage, but not increases to physical damage. It also has a chance to freeze enemies.

Swaps Umbral Blades' Physical tag for a Cold tag. Bleed chance from all sources is converted to Frostbite chance.

• Physical -> Cold Damage
• 24 Freeze Rate
• Bleed -> Frostbite Chance

Requires Jagged Carvings

Coldsnap Strike max 2

Umbral Blades hits have additional freeze rate and have a chance to chill enemies.

• +12 Freeze Rate
• +12% Chill Chance

Requires Subzero Intrusion

This chill chance is not affected by Umbral Blades' reduction to ailment application chance.

Precision Cuts max 1

Umbral Blades now throw towards a fixed distance in front of you, and you have increased attack speed with Umbral Blades.

• Throw Is Fixed Distance
• +5% Attack Speed

Requires Honed Edge

Explosive Blades max 1

Blades in the ground now arm after 0.5 seconds, but can no longer be recalled and Umbral Blades has less attack speed (multiplicative with other modifiers). If enemies walk over them the blades will cause a Shard Explosion, a subskill dealing physical damage in an area.

Blades expire and explode after 3 seconds if no enemies walk over them.

• 0.5 Arming Time (seconds)
• Blades Explode When Touched
• No Returning Blades
• -20% Attack Speed

Requires Dawnfall

Burst of Agony max 4

The Shard Explosion deals damage in a larger area and deals more damage per second the blade has remained on the ground (both multiplicative with other modifiers).

• +20% More Explosion Area Per Second On Ground
• +20% Explosion Damage Per Second On Ground

Requires Explosive Blades

Calling Card max 2

Recalled blades have a chance to create a Shadow at their position.

• 10% Recalled Blade Shadow Chance

Requires Edge of Obscurity