Shadow Mastery

Shadow Mastery Available To Rogues, Rangers Mnemonic [SMASTERY] Cost 20 (60 if used during cooldown period) Roundtime 0 Requirements None Prerequisites None

Rank Square Semi 1 2 3  2 4 6  3 6 9  4 8 12  5 10 15

Shadow Mastery is a Combat Maneuver that provides bonuses to hiding and sneaking for 3 minutes. At later ranks, it provides cumulative roundtime bonuses to HIDE and SNEAK when active, as shown below:

• Rank 3: -1 Roundtime to Sneak
• Rank 4: -1 Roundtime to Hide
• Rank 5: -1 Roundtime to Hide and Sneak (Unlike the other bonuses, this benefit is always present, regardless of whether Shadow Mastery is activated or not)

Shadow mastery has a fixed stamina cost of 20 and lasts for 3 minutes, but this cost triples to 60 if it is used during the effect's "cooldown" period, which lasts for 5 minutes after activation. Note that if the maneuver is active on a character with 5 ranks, the effects of the third, fourth, and fifth ranks are cumulative, nominally reducing hiding and sneaking from the standard 3 seconds down to 1 second while activated. With Rank 1 of Shadow Dance, a rogue will have Shadow Mastery permanently active with no stamina cost.

Rank 4 of Shadow Mastery is also a prerequisite for rogues to learn Vanish. Rank 5 of Shadow Mastery is also a prerequisite for rogues to learn Shadow Dance.

Resources

• List of combat maneuvers by profession
• Combat Maneuvers List: Shadow Mastery, on Play.net