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Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Crimson Venom
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 0s
Range: 10 Tiles
Initial Energy: 0
Shadewing inflicts Crimson Venom on an enemy for 10s. While affected by Crimson Venom, the enemy takes damage every second equal to 60% + 8%, plus extra damage equal to 5% of the enemy's lost HP. The extra damage cannot exceed 100%.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases Crimson Venom's base damage per second to 65% + 8%.
Unlocks at level 111: Increases Crimson Venom's base damage per second to 70% + 8%.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases Crimson Venom's base damage per second to 75% + 8%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases Crimson Venom's base damage per second to 80% + 8%.
Skill I
Razor Talons
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 10s
Range: 1 Tile
Shadewing sinks his claw into an enemy's chest, dealing 70% damage. He then rips it free, tearing the wound open and dealing 70% damage again. The enemy continues to take 120% + 20% damage per second for the next 5s.
Unlocks at level 71: Increases the damage of the two claw strikes to 75% and the damage dealt per second from the resulting wound to 140% + 20%.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases the damage of the two claw strikes to 80% and the damage dealt per second from the resulting wound to 160% + 20%.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases the damage of the two claw strikes to 85% and the damage dealt per second from the resulting wound to 180% + 20%.
Skill II
Withering Curse
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 Tile
When a battle starts, Shadewing soars into the enemy formation, inflicting Withering Curse on all enemies. During the flight, Shadewing is Invincible.
Withering Curse reduces enemies' Phys & Magic DEF by 20% and converts any continuous damage they take into curse value. When the curse value reaches the lesser of 20% of an enemy's max HP or 400% of Shadewing's initial ATK, the curse lashes out, dealing damage equal to 25% + 4% of the enemy's max HP. This damage cannot exceed 600% + 90%. The curse lashes out at most once every 3s per enemy.
Unlocks at level 91: Increases the damage dealt when the curse lashes out to 30% + 4% of the enemy's max HP. This damage cannot exceed 700% + 90%.
Unlocks at level 151: Increases the damage dealt when the curse lashes out to 35% + 4% of the enemy's max HP. This damage cannot exceed 800% + 90%.
Unlocks at level 211: Increases the damage dealt when the curse lashes out to 40% + 4% of the enemy's max HP. This damage cannot exceed 900% + 90%.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Increases ATK by 12% during battle.
Level 2: Increases ATK by 16% during battle.
Level 3: Increases ATK by 20% during battle.
EX. Skill
Curse Feast
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: -
Range: 3 Tiles
Every time Withering Curse lashes out, Shadewing recovers 100 Energy and permanently increases his damage dealt by 6%, up to 36%.
When an enemy with Crimson Venom is defeated, Shadewing reclaims the venom's residual essence and recovers 50 Energy for each second of Crimson Venom's remaining duration.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Increases the max damage boost Shadewing can gain from Withering Curse's lash to 42%.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Converts 85% of the damage dealt by Withering Curse's lash into true damage.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Increases the max damage boost Shadewing can gain from Withering Curse's lash to 48%.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Skill 2
When a battle starts, Shadewing targets the ally 1 tile in front of him and drains 10% of their current HP. He also gains a 30% ATK boost, 30 Life Drain, and a shield equal to 500% of the HP drained, up to 500% of his ATK. The effects last until the end of the battle.
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Review
Review
Shadewing is an A-level Graveborn Rogue who curses every enemy on the field with his lasting DoT effects. Similar to the spread of Bonnie’s Aging, Shadewing’s Curse Damage scales with additional DoT inflicted by his allies.
At the start of battle, Shadewing flies over the enemy team for 5s and marks them with “Withering Curse.” The curse lowers all enemies’ Phys and Magic DEF, and converts any DoT damage they receive (from all sources) into Curse value. While flying over the field, he is Invincible. Once the Withering Curse value reaches a cap (either 20% of the enemy's max HP or 4000% of Shadewing's initial ATK), the curse detonates, dealing damage based on the enemy's max HP. This can trigger once every 3s. At EX+10, 85% of the detonation damage is converted to True Damage.
His Ultimate, Crimson Venom, applies DoT that scales with the enemy's lost HP. His first skill, Razor Talons, deals damage and also applies DoT. At Mythic+, he unlocks Curse Feast, at which every Withering Curse detonation will make Shadewing gain energy and a permanent damage boost. When an enemy affected by Crimson Venom is defeated, he also gains Energy based on the remaining duration of the DoT. At Supreme+, he targets an ally in front of him and will drain a part of their HP to gain an ATK boost, Life Drain, and a shield based on the amount drained from the ally.
Performance in Various Game Modes:
Story and AFK stages – Shadewing has potential for pushing high-deficit stages, as his DoT effects can affect multiple enemies at the same time while also providing utility from his Phys and Magic DEF shred.
Dream Realm – His performance is pretty average, as there aren’t a lot of DoT units that he can synergize with. Even if you slot him in the team, you will be losing overall damage from the lack of utility other than Phys and Magic DEF shred.
PVP – If you can build a team that supports Shadewing’s initial survival, his Phys & Magic DEF shred, along with the application of his curse onto all enemy heroes, can be a great source of DoT for the current stall meta. While he is slow to ramp up and at times easy to burst down, his curse value will continue applying damage in the event of his defeat. Due to his ability to spread DoT damage and debuffs, he can be utilized in place of someone like Cyran on a Bonnie/Satrana stall team, which is a great way to free up Cyran for alternative setups that you might not usually be able to employ in your Supreme Arena. He also has impressive synergy with units that deal continuous damage, such as Zanie, whose turrets help Shadewing’s curse reach its detonation value faster.
Conclusion
Shadewing is a character who mostly shines on AFK Stages, having the potential to dethrone other DPS or Support options like Faramor or Velara through his DoT effects. He has excellent synergy with Saida, whose Drain Seeds activate Shadewing’s curse DoT at very high speeds.
If he ever becomes the meta choice, you can start by investing him in Mythic+, which unlocks his potential to spam his Ultimate and spread more curse damage, while Supreme+ or Paragons will be necessary for him to compete in PvP for the extra stats.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Great synergy with the current meta DoT/stall units like Bonnie, Satrana and Saida.
Has sources of True Damage in his kit.
His curse DoT continues even in the event of his early defeat.
Cons
Can be squishy and lacks shielding/cheat death mechanics to withstand the current burst meta.
Curse damage may take too long to ramp up in high-speed speed high high-intensity PvP settings.
Not viable for a slot in the highly competitive DR meta.
Ratings
General Ratings
S
AFK Stages
A
PVP
C
Dream Realm
C
Dream Realm (Endless)
Guides
EX Investment
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