Sundering Shade

Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes. — In-game description

Sundering Shade

Specialization

Critical Strikes (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

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Sundering Shade

Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

₁₀ Vulnerability (5s): +10% Incoming Damage, +10% Incoming Condition Damage

 Fury (6s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (6s): +20% Critical Chance

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Cunning Salvo — Axe
•   Backstab — Dagger
•   Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Death's Judgment — Rifle
•   Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Ashen Assault — Spear
•   Deadly Strike — Spear
•   The Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Hook Strike — Staff
•   Malicious Cunning Salvo — Axe
•   Malicious Backstab — Dagger
•   Malicious Sneak Attack — Pistol
•   Malicious Shadowsquall — Scepter
•   Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword
•   Malicious Death's Judgment — Rifle
•   Malicious Surprise Shot — Short bow
•   Malicious Hook Strike — Staff
•   Malicious Ashen Assault — Spear
•   Malicious Deadly Strike — Spear
•   Malicious Ripper — Harpoon gun
•   Shadowsquall — Scepter

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Venomous Knife

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Deadly Arts

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

Critical Strikes

• Assassin's Fury — Gain might when you gain fury.
• No Quarter — Landing a critical hit while under the effects of fury increases the duration of fury. Gain increased ferocity while under the effects of fury.
• Invigorating Precision — You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical-hit damage. This healing is increased while you are under the effects of fury.

Deadeye

• Premeditation — Deal increased strike damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the vulnerability stacks from 5 to 10.
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
October 02, 2018	This trait now grants the thief 6 seconds of fury upon successful stealth-attack hits.
December 12, 2017	Sundering Shade has been added to the game and replaced Sundering Strikes.