Night Elf Shadow Bleed Double Striker Guide
A high-velocity, crit-heavy thrust Rogue focused on maintaining permanent Bleed uptime, cycling rapid cooldowns, and stacking Double Strike procs to shred targets, especially during the execute phase below 40% HP.
Stat Allocation
| Stat | Points | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Agility | 31 | Primary damage stat. Drives critical chance and raw attack speed up to 2.2 attacks per second. |
| Strength | 24 | Secondary physical scaling that boosts base strike and thrust damage. |
| Physique | 14 | Provides baseline survivability and an effective health pool. |
| Adventure | 10 | Uses scaling return points to amplify the efficiency of both Agility and Strength. |
| Memory / Intelligence / Charisma / Energy | 6 | Kept at their base minimums. |
Armor Setup
The build focuses on thrust and physical damage, along with critical rate and critical multiplier.
Recommended Set Combination
Use:
- 6 Lionspear
- 5 Gorehorn
Gorehorn can be difficult to farm. If necessary, use this alternative setup:
- 6 Lionspear
- 2 Dusk
- 2 Moon
- 2 Thorn
This provides a strong damage alternative while maintaining the build’s focus on thrust and physical damage.
Passive Setup
Use the following passives:
- Nights Whisper: Class synergy that provides additional Energy from Agility.
- Lionsurge: Enhances set mechanics and critical/thrust acceleration.
- Focused Assault: Provides a 15% damage buff from the Elf ability.
- Septic Aftercut: Converts Bleed into Double Strike.
- Many Cut Phantom: Consumes Bleed to provide extra Shadow damage on hit.
Core Gameplay Loop
The build revolves around applying Bleed, converting Bleed stacks into Double Strike stacks, and then using rapid auto-attacks while maintaining its buffs.
Opener
Start with Backstep Strike. With a single activation, it applies:
- 8 Temporal Surge
- 15% damage boost
- 12 Bleed stacks
- 15% Cripple to the enemy
Follow with Vanishing Strike, then Echoes of Mutilation.
Vanishing Strike sets up Many Cut Phantom, providing a minor DPS boost. After Echoes of Mutilation is activated, the Bleed stacks are consumed and converted into Double Strike, giving you 12 Double Strike stacks.
Burst Phase
During the burst phase:
- Continue using rapid auto-attacks.
- Use your Double Strike stacks.
- Activate Backstep Strike whenever it becomes available to keep your buffs active.
- Repeat the sequence while staying alive.
Attack Speed and Critical Synergy
With a rapid attack speed of 2.2 attacks per second and 35% critical chance, auto-attacks with Backstep Strike rapidly stack Temporal Surge, producing constant multi-hit critical attacks in quick succession.
The 6-piece Lionspear set supports this playstyle by allowing critical hits to trigger massive Critical Multipliers while providing a +20% bonus Thrust Damage buff.
Execute Phase
When the target drops below 40% HP, execute multipliers activate for an additional +35% damage.
This makes late-fight Double Strikes particularly effective during the final phase of an encounter.
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