Shade

Fast Spirit Caster

Legendary Hero

Element:

Dark
30% vs

Light units

Excess Tokens:
1 Token → 300 Aether

Unlocked	Background He never met a light he didn't want to turn off.
Abilities & Traits &
Attack Speed	Fast
Attack Range	Melee/Ranged
Damage	Spirit
Epic	Nightweaver
Buddy Synergy	None
Combat Style
Could connecting to enough souls bring him back from the darkness? Ascend Shade and get Spirit Link to find out!
Damage	(6/9)
Toughness	(8/9)
Team Support	(4/9)
Crowd Control	(9/9)
Synergy	(1/9)
See Hero Rating for more details about this.

Statistics	Total	Bonus¹	Traits²	Epic	Base
Attack (ATK)	+186%	+130%	-20%	+30%	1373
Defense (DEF)	+160%	+130%	-	-	1139
Skill (SKL)	+220%	+130%	+23%	-	1300
Max Health (HP)	+212%	+130%	-	+20%	4179

Crit Chance (CRIT)	50%	+41%	-	+10%	5%
Crit Multiplier	200%	-	-	-	200%
Dodge Chance	0%	-	-	-	0%
Damage Penetration	0%	-	-	-	0%
Damage Reduction	0%	-	-	-	0%
Chaos Damage Reduction	0%	-	-	-	0%

¹Bonus (ATK, DEF, SKL, HP) includes Hero Stars (★★★★★★) and Hero Rarity.
²Stats affecting Traits: Fast

Resistances
Fire Burned	0% 0%
Nature Poisoned Wounded	0% 0% 0%
Water Frozen Chilled Cryosleep Frostbitten	0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Light	0%
Lightning Shocked Paralysis	0% 0% 0%
Dark Diseased Banished	33% 33% 33%
Spirit Feared Stoned Possessed Marked	6% Immune 6% 6% 6%

Abilities (Active)		Traits (Passive)
	Wand		Ethereal
	Haunted Past		Fast
	Spirit Link		Fear Immune
	Possession		Mystical III
			Turn a Blind Eye
			Dark Shroud

First Ascension	Second Ascension
Abilities & Traits &	Abilities & Traits &
Required Hero Stars and Evos
38x Dark Evo Monarch 15x Fire Evo 2x Shadow Evo 22x Water Evo Evo Cost Index: 3860	33x Dark Evo Monarch 4x Runed Evo 8x Spirit Evo 42x Water Evo Evo Cost Index: 8160

Epic	Part 2	Part 3
Epic Shade	Effect: Chance to do 2x damage, Fear, and grant self and Dark allies Dark Shroud.

Nightweaver	Nightshade	Soul Stone
If you have Shade at level 50 or higher and fully ascended, you can make this hero Epic. Doing this raises it's Attack/Max Health/Crit Chance by a set percentage, as well as adding a special effect to it's Basic Attack.
Check Epic Heroes for more information.

Shade tokens: Events Heroic Summon
There are no Dungeons in which Shade tokens are available.

Rune Slots:

(special)

Shade has a special set of rune slots.

Dark	Dark	Dark	Dark	Dark

Abilities & Traits:

&

Wand

Basic Attack (None)

A Basic Ranged Spirit attack.

Haunted Past

Special Attack (4 turns)

Ranged Spirit Attack that Haunts the enemy team, with a chance to Fear the initial target (Haunted enemies receive 2x damage from Dark Heroes).
Effects | Feared | Haunted

Spirit Link

Special Attack (5 turns), requires 1st Ascension

A Spirit Link is established between the attacker and the target by giving the attacker a buff and the target a debuff. Reflects [x%] damage and debuffs to target enemy, and steals healing and Buffs from target enemy as long as the Link is active. Lasts for 3 turns. Can't be dodged. Starts partly charged, requires +1 energy to be Powered. The [percentage] increases with the level.
Effects | Spirit Linked | Spirit Linked | Buff Steal | Debuff Transfer | Undodgeable | Extra Energy

Possession

Special Attack (5 turns), requires 2nd Ascension

Possesses a dead target (can be Hero or enemy), resurrecting them with % HP and resetting their ability cooldowns to fight in your team for 3 turns. Lasts until expired, purged, or if the Possessed target dies. Possessed Heroes can be controlled by the player themselves, whereas Possessed enemies act independently as NPCs.
Effects | Possessed

Ethereal

Trait (Passive)

Gains 20% Damage Reduction and Ethereal Spirit on the first turn. The shield-like buff prevents that HP drops below 1. This effect cannot be stolen or purged. Shield-Piercing attacks ignore the Ethereal Spirit shield.
Effects | Ethereal Spirit | Damage Reduction

Fast

Trait (Passive)

Attacks first, but Attack is reduced by 20% and Skill is boosted by 20%. (Heroes sharing the same Speed go in order of positioning, left to right, as chosen at the beginning of the battle. See Attack Speed for details.)

Fear Immune

Trait (Passive)

Cannot be Feared.
Effects | Fear Immune

Mystical (I/II/III)

Trait (Passive), upgrades with Ascensions

I: 1.25x damage against Tanks and Slow targets.
1st Ascension:
II: 1.5x damage against Tanks and Slow targets.
2nd Ascension:
III: 1.75x damage against Tanks and Slow targets.

Effects | Boosted Damage

Turn a Blind Eye

Trait (Passive), requires 1st Ascension

Immune to Taunt and Provoke.
Effects | Taunt, Provoke and Aversion Immune

Dark Shroud

Trait (Passive), requires 2nd Ascension

Shade and Dark allies take reduced damage and are immune to all Debuffs for their first turn.
Effects | Shrouded

Buffs & Debuffs:

Boosted Damage - effect (Damage)

This hero deals boosted damage against certain targets or under certain circumstances. See the description of the respective Trait or Ability for details. If you see this icon during events, it means that the hero gets a special event buff.

Buff Steal - effect (Status Effect)

This effect instantly steals 1+ buffs from the target.

Damage Reduction - effect (Damage/Damage Reduction)

The damage suffered is mitigated by certain percent. Damage Reduction is capped at 90% and applied multiplicative.

Debuff Transfer - effect (Status Effect)

One or more debuffs are transferd from this hero to the target enemy (See Ability's description for details).

Ethereal Spirit - buff (Shield/Death)

Health does not drop below 1 for 1 turn. Cannot be stolen or purged.

Extra Energy - effect (Energy)

The hero starts the dungeon with extra energy, which is required to use their special attacks/abilities.

Fear Immune - immunity (Status Effect)

Immune to Feared debuff.

Feared - debuff (Damage)

Target takes increased damage and each hit dealt to the target has a chance to make the target flee when on 20% HP and below.

Haunted - debuff (Mark/Damage)

Target takes 2x damage from Dark characters.

Possessed - buff (Death/Attack/Defense)

A dead ally or enemy with resetted cooldowns and % HP fights in the player's team for 3 turns, until this ability expires, is purged, or when the Possessed target dies. Spirits and Constructs can't be Possessed.

Shrouded - buff (Shield/Status Effect)

Target gains +25% Damage Reduction and is immune to all debuffs for 1 turn.

Spirit Linked - buff (Status Effect/Damage/Dodge/Special)

A link is established between the attacker and the target. On the attacker's side this Buff reflects all damage and debuffs back at the target as long the Spirit Link is active. On target's side this is a Debuff that steals all buffs and healing from the target. Lasts for 3 turns.

Spirit Linked - debuff (Disable/Damage/Status Effect/Dodge)

A link is established between the attacker and the target. On the target's side this Debuff redirects all damage and debuffs from the attacker to the target as long the Spirit Link is active. On the attacker's side this is a Buff that transfers all buffs and healing from the target to the attacker. Lasts for 3 turns.

Taunt, Provoke and Aversion Immune - immunity (Status Effect)

Ignores Taunt, Provoked, and Aversion and can choose another target to attack or the target with Aversion.

Undodgeable - effect (Dodge/Attack)

All or specific attacks of this hero cannot be dodged. The attack always hits the target.

Immunities & Damage Reduction: Under construction, see above 'Buffs & Debuffs'

Ascensions: (3860) = + & (8160) = +
First Ascension			Second Ascension
	Dark Evo Monarch	38x		Dark Evo Monarch	33x
	Fire Evo	15x		Runed Evo	4x
	Shadow Evo	2x		Spirit Evo	8x
	Water Evo	22x		Water Evo	42x
	Spirit Link (Special Attack/5 Turns)			Possession (Special Attack/5 Turns)
	Mystical ii (Trait/Passive)			Dark Shroud (Trait/Passive)
	Turn a Blind Eye (Trait/Passive)			Mystical iii (Trait/Passive)

Synergies of Spirit heroes (Family):

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Spirit Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

All healing recieved is shared with Spirit allies.

(Trait) by

If a Spirit ally dies heal all Spirit allies to 100% health.

(Trait) by

Starts with +1 Energy for each other Warrior or Spirit ally on the team.

(Special Attack) by

Recovers health split between all allies, applies Cleansing Regeneration to all allies for 3 turns, and all Spirit allies gain another turn of Ethereal Spirit (shield buff).

Synergies of Dark heroes (Element):

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Dark Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

Shade and Dark allies take reduced damage and are immune to all Debuffs for their first turn.

(Trait) by

Kobal and Dark allies start dungeons with +1 Energy. This ability replaces Quick Starter.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Spirit Attack that Haunts the enemy team, with a chance to Fear the initial target (Haunted enemies receive 2x damage from Dark Heroes).

Synergies of Caster heroes (Class):

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Caster Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Basic Attack) by

Melee physical attack on target enemy, OR heals target friendly construct, OR target ally gains a class-specific buff (Tanks get DEF+, Healers get CRIT+ and SKL+, Casters get +1 ENERGY, all others get ATK+.)

(Trait) by

When on a team with Pontifex Mortis, Selwyn and allied Casters gain +1 Energy at the end of each round.

(Trait) by

Gains 1 stack of Intellect for each Buff applied on Iris, each stack granting +5% SKL. When at 5 stacks, Intellect is removed and allied Monsters and Casters gain Hive Mind (+25% Damage Penetration, +25% Damage Reduction, and +25% SKL).

Other Synergies of Heroes:

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

All Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

Allies and self gain Haste after using a single target Melee Physical attack once per round.

(Trait) by

Grants team +1 Energy on CRITs.

(Trait) by ,

If the Hero can act at the end of the round, cleanses 1 Debuff on all allies.

(Trait) by

Allies gain immunity to burn and take 50% less damage from fire attacks.

(Special Attack) by

Buffs team +ATK, then does a Ranged Dark attack on enemies.

(Trait) by

Whenever a Burn debuff is applied to an enemy, all allies gain +5% max health.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Fire attack on all enemies, with Rage adding an additional chance to Burn. Grants team Burning Touch (chance to Burn on Basic attacks).

(Trait) by

Grants the team a chance to Chill on Melee Physical attacks.

(Trait) by

All allies heal [25/35/50]% of their maximum health when inflicted with Frozen. Enemy and ally skills inflicting Frozen on allies will trigger this effect. The gained health depends on rank (I-III) of this trait.

(Basic Attack) by

Melee physical attack on target enemy, OR heals target friendly construct, OR target ally gains a class-specific buff (Tanks get DEF+, Healers get CRIT+ and SKL+, Casters get +1 ENERGY, all others get ATK+.)

(Trait) by ,

Each ally healed will gain Impervious (Cannot be Poisoned, Burned, Frozen, Chilled, Shocked, nor Diseased) for two turns.

(Trait) by

Self and allied single target abilities deal 100% more Damage on CRITs.

(Trait) by

Heal Team for [50% ATK] on CRIT. Triggers when landing a critical hit from a basic attack.

(Trait) by ,

This hero gains +10% Damage Reduction for each other living ally.

(Trait) by

Allies take significantly reduced damage from non-Physical (-60%) and Chaos attacks (-20%).

(Trait) by

All allies take 50% reduced Chaos Damage.

(Trait) by

Allied Heroes gain Shell protection (allies cannot be Burned, Frozen, Chilled, Paralyzed or Shocked).

(Trait) by

When killed, remaining allies gain an Aegis Shield.

(Trait) by

Allies Melee attacks have a chance to purge a buff on basic attack and can’t be retaliated against by Melee attackers.

(Trait) by

When at full HP, this Hero heals the team for a % of his HP every turn.

(Trait) by

Self and allies are immune to Exhaustion (=Energy Loss that is caused by use of abilities). Note: Passive traits like epic Malice "All Hope is Lost" can still drain energy.

(Trait) by

Boosted CRIT damage for all allies. CRIT Multiplier is increased by [50%], percentage increases slightly with SKL.

(Trait) by

Heals allies when Venom is applied on the enemies by Cobressa. The heal amount increases with the rank (I/II) of this trait. Enemies immune to Venom prevent the heal effect.

(Trait) by ,

Allies start dungeons with [1/2/3] stacks of Foresight.

(Trait) by

All allies and self gain an additional [5%/10%/15%] Chaos Damage Reduction (max 50%), depending on the rank of this trait (I/II/III). Skill increases the percent value.

(Special Attack) by

Silences all enemies and Buffs allies' Damage. This Hero gains stacks of Storm Power equal to the number of Light or Honorbound Heroes on the team. Starts Powered. (The Empowered Buff to applied to all allies and the caster to double (2x) their damage.)

Counters:

can be countered by making use of the following traits and special attacks:

Spirit Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Immune to Spirit and Fire damage. High resistance (75%) to Burn debuffs, Fear Immune, Possess Immune, Mark Immune, and Stone Immune.

(Trait) by

Immune to Spirit, Lightning, and Light attacks. High resistance (75%) to Paralysis. [Light allies start Dungeons with +1 extra energy]. The text in [brackets] is of rank II of this trait (I/II).

Caster Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

2x damage against Casters.

(Special Attack) by

Melee Physical attack that deals 2x damage against Casters.

Dark Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Light allies are immune to Dark elemental bonuses.

Non-Armored Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

2x damage against non-Armored targets.

(Special Attack) by

3 Melee Physical attacks on target enemy that deals 3x damage to non-Armored targets. If target dies, all other enemies' HP is set to 75% of their current HP.

Magical Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

2x damage against Magical Heroes.

Skins: (1)
Shade Trick 'R Treat Shade

Shade was the first "VIP only hero" who was obtainable by non-VIP players through a quest line during his debut. He is the 68th Hero in the game.

How to Use this Hero[]

Skill Breakdown[]

Uses in PVP[]

Shade is easily one of the most used heros in PvP both for attack and defense teams. He is usually teamed up with other dark heroes due to the synergy provided by Dark Shroud. However you may encounter him also in very different team setups, because of his strong tactical capabilites mainly provided by Spirit Link and Possession

Attacking Team[]

A very strong and often used tactic with Shade in an attacking team depends on providing him extra energy, so that his Spirit Link is available from the first turn on. Also a fast hero, Shade can be a key player to counter many defense teams.

For example, if a defending team relies on a taunting hero (e.g. Goretusk), Shade can steal the buff rightaway, effectively making himself the "Tank" in your team while mitigating all damage received to the enemy tank.

In another scenario, Shade is often used to counter Solaris based Beast teams. In that case Spirit Link will help to remove a Phoenix Feather from a beast to remove the corpse rightaway (e.g. if teamed up with Hopper). Also his Possession can be used to remove the corpses of fallen enemies, to keep them from beeing resurrected.

There are several ways of how to provide Shade with that mentioned extra energy to make him an even more usefull PvP hero. If you team him up with Kobal the Pestilent the passive trait Dark Deception will provide enough energy to have Shade's Spirit Link ready in the first round.

However, since Kobal the Pestilent is currently not considered to be a very good PvP hero, the most effective way is to provide Shade with a Rune that provides additional Energy. These types of runes are not very common and cannot be crafted. They are usually only available at special events and should be a top priority for ambitious PvP players, as they open up many new tactical possibilities for a lot of PvP setups.

Counters[]

Countering Shade in a PvP relies mainly on trying to debuff/purge his Spirit Link and Dark Shroud buffs and removing him from the field possibly in the first round, because in the second round he will probably Spirit Link or Possession someone of your own team and make the fight much more unpredictable..

Koros can safely purge those anoying buffs and heavily burn Shade with his Purging Pyre while dealing extra damage because of his Aura Eater trait. Koros indeed is a strong counter against defending Shade players. Also, if attacking with Shade one should take extra care when facing this Monster.

Agnon is known to be a heavy hitter and indeed can oneshot almost any Shade with his Plummeting Doom even if Dark Shroud is active. If you are facing an enemy Shade using Agnon will almost guarantee that you can remove Shade in the first round. It is very hard to try to prevent Agnon's first move because of his strong starting defense buffed by Graniteform.

Jabber Clenchjaw as well can dispose Shade because of his Flesh Shredder trait, however it is harder to keep him alive until his first move, as compared with Agnon.

When Shade defends My Dungeon he posseses dead attackers first at all in round 3. If there is no fallen attacker but a dead ally then Shade will possess that ally. The attacking player can use this A.I. behavior in their favour.

Notes and Tips[]

Shade is immune to Possession like all Spirits and Constructs. Like Ekko Shade is 100% immune to be Feared but only has little chance (6%) to resist the debuffs Stoned and Marked for Death.

For (unknown) reasons Shade's Spirit Link starts with some extra energy but not fully powered (see Starts Powered). With a Festive Rune (+1 energy) or with Kobal the Pestilent on the team Shade can get energy from Dark Deception and have his Spirit Link battle-ready. This counters literally all start-dungeon-with-taunt Tanks or enemies with Tank Runes, as long as the enemy does not have purge effects. Festive Runes intentionally do not work in The Tower of Pwnage. For the same reason Shade's Spirit Link also has no extra energy there.

Shade's Dark Shroud ability is powerful if you are having trouble with enemy freezes because it makes Shade and all his Dark allies Freeze Immune.

Shade

Contents

How to Use this Hero[]

Skill Breakdown[]

Uses in PVP[]

Attacking Team[]

Counters[]

Notes and Tips[]

Gallery[]