Shadowblade Class in Divinity Original Sin 2 Divinity Original Sin 2 Guide, walkthrough

Attribute Name

Value

Notes

Finesse

+2

In view of the class predispositions to use a dagger, the development of the attribute which scales with this kind of weapon is especially important.

Wits

+2

Wits increases character's Initiative and a chance for a critical hit - both things are imortant to an assassin.

Name

Value

Notes

Scoundrel

1

Combining the dagger with a high bonus to the critical damage multiplier greatly reduces the opponent's vital forces.

Thievery

1

An ability that allows a character to steal from others and makes opening locks easier.

Polymorph

1

A point in Polymorph gives this class access to powerful abilities from that school. These abilities are especially useful in the first few hours. A point in this ability is also the reason why this class has 4 additional points to attributes.

Icon

Name

Notes

Chamelon Cloak

This ability allows a character to become invisible - a perfect choice for an assassin that needs to disappear from others' field of view.

Backlash

Powerful and absolutely essential ability for every form built as a Shadowblade. It lets the hero jump to his target and backstab for extra damage. Moreover, the ability itself is very cheap - its activation consumes 1 AP.

Chicken Claw

A useful ability that allows you to turn your enemies into chickens when they don't have physical armor. This effect is similar to Frightened - an enemy loses control over a unit that aimlessly runs around a battlefield.

This ability's weak point is that it doesn't deal any damage and, in order to work, it requires an enemy to have no physical armor - because of that its usefulness decreases quickly.

Race

Predispositions

Notes

Elf

High

Elves are the best choice for every class based at least partially on Finesse. In this case, cannibalism is also useful, allowing for regeneration of health points

Human

None

A large natural bonus to initiative can be useful at the beginning of the game, but you should choose a different race for this class.

Dwarf

None

Lack of any predispositions (attributes, or natural abilities) towards this class.

Lizard

Average

Shadowblade is a class partly based on intelligence, so with a lack of better alternative, we can choose a lizard. This guarantees much more effective use of starting abilities, at the expense of melee damage.

Icon

Name

Note

Chamelon Cloak

This ability is very useful so don't change it.

Backlash

Another key ability that shouldn't be touched.

Adrenaline

This ability should be switched with Chicken Claw - additional APs are great for an assassin and they are more useful than the ability to inflict a status that restricts control for 1 turn.