Shadow Step

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Normal
[Enhanced]

	[Active] Charge through enemies while being invincible. You can press the key during the skill to perform a strong thrust attack.
	Final Enhanced Skill attack grants Self BuffSuper Armor throws a fire bomb

Requirements

Class	Level Required
Raven	1

Skill Information

Mode	Damage		Max Hits		MP Usage	Cooldown
Mode	Stab (Physical)	Throw Incendiary Bomb (Magical)	Stab	Throw Incendiary Bomb	MP Usage	Cooldown
Normal
PvE	488%	N/A	1	N/A	55 MP	7 Seconds
PvP	195%	N/A	1	N/A	55 MP	7 Seconds
[Enhanced]
PvE	488%	255%	1	3	55 MP	7 Seconds
PvP	195%	102%	1	3	55 MP	7 Seconds

Skill Traits

Haste Shadow Step		Light Shadow Step
Attribute Effect	Cooldown	Attribute Effect	MP Usage
Cooldown decreased to 70%	4.9 Seconds	MP Usage decreased to 70%	38.5 MP

Total Damage

Mode	Base
Mode	Stab	Throw Incendiary Bomb
PvE	488%	765%
PvP	195%	306%

Tips and Details

Shadow Step can be used in midair.
As you are completely invincible during the dash, this skill is incredibly helpful to dodge any incoming attacks.
If you hold the arrow key in the direction you're moving, you will immediately start dashing after Shadow Step ends.
If Shadow Step is used off a platform or in the air, you will dash at a very slight angle downward.
The distance traveled is affected by your Movement Speed and any Status Effects that would affect it.
Both the thrust and the falling bombs can be countered.
While not mentioned by the skill, if an incendiary bomb does not hit anything, it will instead leave behind a flame that deals 62% (40% in PvP) Magical Damage and hits 11 times without dealing any hitstun. Naturally, due to it being rather difficult to both not hit a target and still have them be hit by the flames, this damage is rarely relevant, though it does dissuade opponents from simply walking through the area, especially if they are at low HP.

Trivia

This skill incorporates all of the unique passives related to it that Raven's class paths used to have, with the exception of Shadow Punisher.
- The attack was added by Shadow Piercing, which all three paths had access to.
- The piercing property of said attack was added by Shadow Thrust, where it used to be tied to the key instead.
- The grenades were added by Shadow Backslide, though it no longer has the additional effect of being able to change direction of the skill.
This is the only base skill that features incendiary grenades due to the incorporation of a Nova Imperator passive, which the other paths do not usually have access to.

Updates

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/06/2009	08/03/2011	Shadow Step added.
03/29/2012	-	▼ Cooldown increased.
11/07/2013	02/12/2014	▲ MP Usage decreased from 30 to 20.
08/06/2015	01/13/2016	▲ Merged with Shadow Thrust (without Super Armor), Counter Chance and Shadow Backslide. ▲ Activation, Movement speed increased. ▲ Can be used in mid-air. Fixed problem where you could get hit during Shadow Step.
08/13/2015	-	▲ Changed so Z thrust attacks forward in [Enhanced].
04/21/2016	05/18/2016	▲ Additional MP Usage decreased. ▼ MP Usage increased. ▼ Throw Incendiary Bomb changed to be small hitstun.
05/19/2016	-	Fixed issue where cooldown increasing when choosing Haste trait. Fixed issue where shows Shadow Backslide's icon after casting.
06/02/2016	-	Fixed issue where Thrust is not affected by The Ring of Flexibility (II).
09/29/2016	-	Fixed Fire Bomb tooltip not showing Physical/Magical damage sign. Fixed Fire Bomb damage only doing half damage.
12/29/2016	01/11/2017	▼ Damage decreased.
03/30/2017	04/12/2017	▼ Cooldown increased. ▼ Stab and Throw Incendiary Bomb MP Usage increased. ▼ Cooldown starts after the skill is finished.
04/27/2017	05/10/2017	▲ Damage increased. ▲ Additional MP Usage removed. ▼ MP Usage increased. ▼ Invincibility changed to Super Armor.
05/18/2017	05/31/2017	Tooltip error in [Enhanced] level fixed.
07/27/2017	08/09/2017	▲ MP Usage decreased. ▲ Cooldown decreased. ▲ Super Armor changed to Invincibility Frames. ▼ Cannot used during core shield. ▼ Backslide feature removed. Skill does not affect Recovery X, made default to Raven.
02/22/2018	04/18/2018	▲ Damage increased.
04/05/2018	04/18/2018	▼ Damage decreased.
07/04/2024	07/31/2024	▼ MP Usage increased.

Alternative Names

Server	Name	Translation
South Korea	섀도우 스텝	Shadow Step
Japan	シャドウステップ	Shadow Step
China (Simplified Chinese)	暗影步伐	Shadow Step
Germany	Schattenschritt	Shadow Step
Spain	Zancada sombra	Shadow Step
France	Avancée dans l'ombre	Shade Advance
Italy	Passo nell'Ombra	Shadow Step
Poland	Ucieczka w Cienie	Shadow Escape
Brazil	Passo das Sombras	Shadow Step

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