Shadowkin 
Magic Attack Ninja — guide
Speed100
HP16845
Defense947
Attack1509 Guide: Ninja
In short
Ninja is a legendary magic affinity attack champion from the Shadowkin faction. He is one of the best boss damage dealers, excelling in Clan Boss, Hydra, and Chimera, where his HP Burn mechanic, Freeze, and ignore DEF fully shine. Situational but indispensable for boss content and Faction Wars. High build priority.
Strengths
- Outstanding boss damage: A3 ignores 50% DEF and reduces A2 cooldown, while A2 instantly activates all HP Burn stacks against bosses.
- Built-in HP Burn synergy: A2 places the debuff and immediatly detonates it on bosses.
- Self-buffing passive: each full rotation of skills on one enemy (especially bosses) increases ATK by 20% (up to 100%) and C.DMG by 10% (up to 25%).
- Control debuffs: A1 places 60% Decrease DEF, A3 places Freeze.
- High rating: 5.0 in Clan Boss, Hydra, Chimera, Dungeons, and Faction Wars.
Weaknesses
- Middling Arena: rated 3.5, not optimal for PvP.
- Book dependent: requires tomes to reach 100% debuff chance and lower cooldowns.
- Situational kit: pseudo-AOE A3 and instant HP Burn activation only work against bosses; wave clear potential is lower.
- Requires Accuracy: without high ACC debuffs fail, crucial for Clan Boss.
Where to use
Best areas: Clan Boss, Hydra, Chimera, Dungeons (all), Faction Wars — all rated 5.0. Also strong against Grythion, Astranyx, and Iron Twins (Magic). Occasionally useful in Doom Tower (4.0) and Hard mode (4.0). Weak in Arena (3.5).
Stats and gear
Stat priority: SPD (170+ for CB, higher for dungeons) → ACC (200+ for CB, 250+ for hard content) → 100% C.RATE → C.DMG (150%+) → ATK%.
Recommended sets: Accuracy, Lifesteal, Savage, Cruel, Perception, Lethal, Merciless. For Clan Boss, classic Lifesteal + Accuracy/Lethal; for dungeons, Savage/Merciless with damage focus.
Masteries and blessings
Mastery trees: Offense and Support. Key masteries: Pierce Defenses (T6 Offense) and Boss Slayer (T6 Offense) for maximum boss damage.
Blessings: Phantom Touch (extra hit), incinerate (HP Burn synergy), Crushing Rend (huge nuke damage), Brimstone (reliabe boss damage), or nature wrath (for Hydra).
Tomes
Prioritize A2 «Burning Haar» first to reach 100% HP Burn chance and reduce cooldown. Then A3 «Azure Strike» for cooldown and Freeze chance. Passive and A1 last.
Verdict
Ninja is a must-invest boss-killer that outperforms even Kael in boss fights. Situational, but on Clan Boss, Hydra, and Dungeons he is king. If you need top-tier boss damage, level him immedately.
Build
Accuracy
Lifesteal
Savage
Cruel
Perception
LethalMerciless
Pierce Defenses
Boss Slayer
Phantom touch
incinerate
Crushing rend
Brimstone
nature wrath
Malefic Talon
Irethi Coronet
Scroll of the Unseen
The Cat's Gaze
Dreadbomb
Lens of IntangibilityThe build is a guideline: the first sets in the list fit most often. Adapt it to your artifacts and goals.
Skills
Crushing Arrow
Attacks an enemy. Has a 45% (60%) chance to apply a 60% Decrease DEF debuff for 2 turns. If attacking bosses with this skill, also fills own Turn Meter by 15%.
Damage based on [ATK] = 3.7 × [ATK]
Lvl. 2 Damage +5%
Lvl. 3 Damage +5%
Lvl. 4 Debuff chance +5%
Lvl. 5 Debuff chance +10%
Burning Hail
Attacks random enemies 3 times. Each hit has a 75% (100%) chance of placing a HP Burn debuff for 3 turns. Places a Veil buff on himself for 2 turns.
If this skill attacks bosses, it instantly activates all HP Burn debuffs on the target, including those placed by this skill.
Damage based on [ATK] = 2 × [ATK] (3 times)
Cooldown: 4
Lvl 2 Damage +5%
Lvl 3 Damage +10%
Lvl 4 Debuff chance +10%
Lvl 5 Debuff chance +15%
Lvl 6 Cooldown -1
Azure Strike
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% (100%) chance to place a Freeze debuff for 1 turn. When used in a boss fight, attacks only the boss instead of all enemies and ignores 50% of the target's DEF. Also reduces the cooldown of the Firestorm skill by 1 turn.
Damage based on [ATK] = 3.95 × [ATK] AoE
Cooldown: 5 turns
Lvl. 2 Damage +15%
Lvl. 3 Debuff chance: +10%
Lvl. 4 Debuff chance: +15%
Lvl. 5 Cooldown -1
Escalation (Passive)
Increases its own ATK by 10% (up to 100%) and C.DMG by 5% (up to 25%) each time an enemy is hit by three of Ninja's active skills in one round. The effect can trigger multiple times against the same enemy.
In Boss fights, instead increases its ATK by 20% (up to 100%) and C.DMG by 10% (up to 25%).
PVE Masteries = Ninja: masteries for Dungeons, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Faction Wars
Standard PVE
Clan Boss (Unkillable)
PVP Masteries = Ninja: Arena masteries (1v1, 3v3)
Nuker
Crowd Control
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