New Damage Type: Shadow – Dragonheir: Silent Gods

The new damage type, Shadow is one of the three new damage sources coming into Dragonheir: Silent Gods in Season 3, and they are formed from the Necrosis Element, alongside Summoner Damage Dealers, they will serve as a brand-new synergy capable of dealing huge damage.

In this article, we are going to break down how Shadow works and show you the new heroes coming to the game. At the bottom of this article, I(Neva) have made a video giving a more detailed breakdown of my thoughts and opinions on how these new damage dealers will perform in Season 3.

Shadow heroes, unlike all others, do not have an Ultimate Meter, nor set skill recharge rates, instead, this is replaced by Shadow Energy.

These Heroes’ Ultimate skills consume Shadow Energy, however, it does not increase over time, it is instead generated by attacking or casting other skills.

Some Shadow Heroes can boost their teammate’s Shadow Energy, allowing them to effectively become “enablers” rather than damage dealers, to boost the rest of the team’s damage output.

Due to the fact that Shadow Heroes do not have Ultimate Energy, they are immune to any Ultimate Energy Reduction or Recharge Penalty Debuffs which makes them incredibly annoying to face, and very strong in the Arena, along with their strong damage potential.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Attack by 45% in Grand Gladiator Arena battles.

Passive Skill: Lord of Shadow

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
The hero permanently gains 1 stack of undispellable Host Imprint for every 50 Shadow Energy obtained, up to 5 stacks.
Each stack increases Crit Damage by 10% and Defense Penetration by 5%.

Battle Skill: Nightmare Corrosion

Fires an orb at the target, dealing [+330% Attack]Necrotic Damage to the target and enemies around them. When the hero is in Demon form, deals [+600%
Attack]Necrotic Damage to enemies within 2 tiles around the hero instead, and then gains 20 Shadow Energy.

Ultimate Skill: Prince of Evil Domain

Transforms into a Demon in the designated location. While in Demon form, the hero gains Attack Speed Up and Damage Reduction, with their basic attacks
splashing on enemies around the target, then deals [+750% Attack]Necrotic Damage to enemies within range.
The hero consumes 10 Shadow Energy every 1.0s in Demon form and exits it when Shadow Energy is depleted.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Attack by 45% in Dungeon battles.

Passive Skill: Soul Shiver

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
The hero gains an additional 20% Shadow Energy. Also, if the hero possesses a target when gaining Shadow Energy, the possessed target gains the same amount of Shadow Energy.

Battle Skill: Twining Dead Moon

Randomly attacks up to 3 enemies, dealing [+350% Attack] Necrotic Damage and gaining 10 Shadow Energy on each enemy hit. This skill can be cast when possessing an ally.

Ultimate Skill: Embrace the Wail

Possesses an ally for 15.0s, during which time the possessed target deals [+80% Attack]Necrotic Damage to nearby enemies every 1.0s.
The possessed target gains Attack Up equal to 35% of Daphne’s Attack. When the possessed target deals damage, 8% of the damage dealt will be converted to their HP.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Attack by 30% in all battles.

Passive Skill: Resentment

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
As the battle starts, grants 100 stack(s) of Heart of Hate to all Shadow allies, and loses 1 stack(s) of this status every 1s afterward.[Each stack increases damage by 0.5%]

Battle Skill: Assassin

Throws a shadow blade at the target, dealing [+300% Attack]Necrotic Damage to them and [+200% Attack]Necrotic Damage to enemies within a target-centered range in the meantime. Gains 10 Shadow Energy for each enemy hit, and gains an additional 200% Shadow Energy when casting this skill in battle for the first time.

Ultimate Skill: Frontal Assault

Grants 20 Shadow Energy to all Shadow allies. Strikes enemies within range 3 times, with each strike dealing [+200% Attack]Necrotic Damage, ignoring 50% of the enemies’ Defense.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Attack by 30% in City of Trials battles.

Passive Skill: Malicious Joy

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
Whenever an enemy dies, the hero gains 10 Shadow Energy.

Battle Skill: Bouncing Bomb

Fires an orb that can bounce up to 6 times between enemies. Each hit deals [+180% Attack]Necrotic Damage and grants 5 Shadow Energy.

Ultimate Skill: Spikeball Mayhem

Strikes enemies within range over time, with each strike consuming 20 Shadow Energy and dealing [+150% Attack]Necrotic Damage on them. During a single cast of this skill, each strike increases the damage of the subsequent strike by 10%, up to 10 times.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Enlightenment by 48.0 in all battles.

Passive Skill: Heart of Treachery

Deals additional [+4% Max HP]Necrotic Damage whenever the hero’s skill deals damage to enemies.

Battle Skill: Nickel and Dimes

Deals [+280% Attack]Necrotic Damage to enemies within range and ignores 30% of the enemies’ Defense when the skill hits 2 enemies and more, then gains 30
Shadow Energy.

Ultimate Skill: Merciless

Strikes enemies within range 3 times, with each strike dealing [+240% Attack] Necrotic Damage.

Aura

Increases all allies’ Defense by 30% in Grand Gladiator Arena battles.

Passive Skill: Ally of Darkness

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
When gaining Shadow Energy, grants 30% of the obtained energy to another Shadow ally.

Battle Skill: Envoy of Darkness

Casts the spell 3 times. Each time grants the hero 20 Shadow Energy.

Ultimate Skill: Tide of Shadow

Strikes enemies within range 3 times, with each strike dealing [+235% Attack]Necrotic Damage, granting all Shadow allies 10 Shadow Energy.

Passive Skill: Timed Strike

Dealing damage grants Shadow Energy. When the hero has enough Shadow Energy, they can cast their ultimate skill.
Grants 20% Attack Up to all allies for 5.0s once the hero’s ultimate skill fully recharges.

Battle Skill: Energy Draining Sword

Slashes an enemy twice. Each slash deals [+200% Attack]Necrotic Damage. Then gains 30 Shadow Energy.

Ultimate Skill: Shadow Explosion

Releases shadow energy to strike the targeted location 3 times. Each strike deals [+250% Attack]Necrotic Damage to enemies within range, with a 50% chance of ignoring 25% the targets’ Defense.

All in all, I think Shadow bring a bit of diversity to the game that is really interesting, I love the fact that Ozul has an alternative form that he can shift into, and so far from the testing I have been able to do, their damage potential is very strong in most situations (They are really not built for Vortex from what I can see).

The fact that Daphne is able to completely disappear from the fight to ignore any incoming damage is also really unique and cool since she is still able to deal damage during this, with her Ultimate Skill possessing another ally.

Tuning these Heroes may prove to be quite difficult as they don’t have the passive Ultimate Regen that every body else does, however, I think after some more practice and getting used to the way they work, this will become second nature to most, if not all.