Spectral Walk

Spectral. Create a shadowy tether and become spectral, consuming conditions for life force. You may return to your initial position by using Spectral Recall. — In-game description

Spectral Walk

Profession

Necromancer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Spectral

Sequence

 → 

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

10685

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20

50

 

Spectral Walk

Spectral. Create a shadowy tether and become spectral, consuming conditions for life force. You may return to your initial position by using Spectral Recall.

 Spectral Walk (10s): Consume conditions to gain life force.

 Swiftness (24s): +33% Movement Speed

 Swiftness (30s): +33% Movement Speed

 Life Force per Condition: 4%

 Condition-Removal Interval: 2 seconds

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Notes

• Spectral Walk lasts for 10 seconds, after which you can no longer use Spectral Recall.
• If not on both utility sets, moving from land to water (or vice versa) while under the effects of Spectral Walk will cause all swiftness to be removed.
• Spectral Walk ends if the necromancer teleports to a waypoint.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 30 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Reduced the cooldown of this skill from 40 seconds to 30 seconds and reduced the swiftness duration from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in PvE only. (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 40 seconds to 50 seconds.
January 14, 2020	Unslotting this skill while it is active no longer removes swiftness.
December 11, 2018	The recharge time of this skill has been reduced from 50 seconds to 40 seconds. It now consumes 1 condition every 2 seconds it's active (up to 6 conditions at its full duration), converting each condition into 4% life force. It no longer grants life force when the necromancer takes damage.
July 10, 2018	The effect icon for this skill has been changed to match up with the skill icon.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Removed one of the unique enhancements from visibility because it had no function. Increased duration from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
July 26, 2016	Reduced the cooldown from 60 seconds to 50 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This skill can no longer be activated while in midair.
September 09, 2014	This skill now ends if the necromancer teleports to a waypoint.
July 23, 2013	Incoming hits now grant 2% life force; has a 1-second internal cooldown. This spectral skill now grants life force while Spectral Armor is active.
November 15, 2012	This skill now sets its underwater slot appropriately on recharge.
October 22, 2012	Removing this skill from a skill slot while it's active will now remove all benefits gained from activating the ability.
October 01, 2012	This skill now stops granting life force when struck if the player activates Death Shroud, Plague, or Lich Form.
September 25, 2012	This skill has been updated to be more active and to work properly with its recharge trait.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Spectral Walk has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The effect used to be implemented in Death Shroud in early development.
• The effect used to automatically return you to where you casted it after 8 seconds, unless you prevented it with Sever Spectral Bond. It was changed on September 25, 2012 "to be more active."