Cloaked in Shadow

Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them. — In-game description

Cloaked in Shadow

Specialization

Shadow Arts (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

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Cloaked in Shadow

Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. Blinding a foe siphons health from them.

 Life Siphon Damage: 130 (0.04)^?

 Life Siphon Healing: 194 (0.08)^?

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Shot — Dagger
•   Cloak and Dagger — Dagger
•   Black Powder — Pistol
•   Infiltrator's Arrow — Short bow
•   Shattering Assault — Spear
•   Tow Line — Spear
•   Ink Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Smoke Trail — Harpoon gun
•   Dust Strike — Staff
•   Death's Advance — Rifle

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Hide in Shadows — Deception

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blinding Powder — Deception
•   Shadow Refuge — Deception
•   Smoke Screen — Deception
•   Shadow Portal
•   Signet of Shadows — Signet
•   Shadow Gust — Cantrip

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Meld — Cantrip

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blinding Tuft — Stolen skill
•   Throw Feathers — Stolen skill
•   Throw Gunk — Stolen skill
•   Steal Defenses — Stolen skill
•   Steal Durability — Stolen skill
•   Steal Health — Stolen skill
•   Steal Mobility — Stolen skill
•   Steal Precision — Stolen skill
•   Steal Resistance — Stolen skill
•   Steal Strength — Stolen skill
•   Steal Time — Stolen skill
•   Steal Warmth — Stolen skill

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Smoke Bomb

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Vanish in the Deep

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Burst of Shadows — Collateral Damage

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Deadly Arts

• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Shadow Arts

• Merciful Ambush — Heal when you enter or exit stealth. Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.

Deadeye

• Silent Scope — Gain precision. Gain additional precision while wielding a rifle. Enter stealth when you dodge roll with a rifle equipped.

Notes

• For more information about Life Siphoning, refer to Life Steal.
• The life siphon damage does not break stealth.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Flickering Shadows has been removed and replaced by Cloaked in Shadow.
October 01, 2019	Increased base damage and the damage multiplier by 100%. Increased base healing by 100% and the heal multiplier by 60%.
July 16, 2019	This trait no longer grants immunity to critical hits. Instead it causes blinding a foe to siphon health.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: The falling damage component of this trait has been moved to Last Refuge. This trait now makes you immune to critical hits while in stealth in addition to blinding nearby foes when you stealth. The blind applied by this trait can now be blocked or evaded.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. Added: Release a blinding powder when you take falling damage. Added: You take 50% less damage from falling.
April 15, 2014	Fixed a bug in which this trait would blind enemies while the thief was already stealthed.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Cloaked in Shadow has been added to the game.