Diablo 4 Shadow Damage

The Diablo 4 Shadow Damage Stat Explained, what the Shadow Damage Stat does. We also list every Aspect, Unique Armor and Weapon, Skill, Paragon that affects the Shadow Damage Stat.

How does Shadow Damage work in D4

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Shadow Damage Effect
Stat	Effect
Shadow Damage	Increases Shadow Damage
Equipment that can have Shadow Damage	Chest Armor Chest Armor Ring Ring

Best Builds To Use with Shadow Damage Stat

We have a total of (3) builds that make use of the Shadow Damage Stat. You can click/tap any Shadow Damage build below to view the complete Build.

Shadow Imbuement Build

Rogue

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Corpse Explosion Build

Necromancer

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Death Trap Build

Rogue

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Best Builds

Best Malignant Hearts To Use With Shadow Damage

The best malignant heart to use with Shadow Damage in D4 is Caged Heart of Trickery, which is a Brutal Type Socket.

Trickery

Brutal (Defensive) • Rogue

When you use a Subterfuge Skill, leave behind an unstable Shadow Decoy Trap that Taunts enemies. The Shadow Decoy Trap will explode after 6.0 seconds dealing X Shadow damage. Cannot occur more than once every 5 seconds.

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Best Unique Weapons and Armor That have Shadow Damage

The best unique equipment to use with the Shadow Damage stat in D4 is Greaves of the Empty Tomb, which is a Unique Boots.

Doombringer

All • Unique Sword

Good Synergy

Critical Strike Damage

Core Skill Damage
Damage
Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal
Maximum Life

Lucky Hit: Up to a 0.7% chance to deal Shadow damage to surrounding enemies and reduce their damage done by 20% for 3 seconds.

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Greaves of the Empty Tomb

Necromancer • Unique Boots

Good Synergy

Max Evade Charges

Bonus Movement Speed
Essence Cost Reduction
Lucky Hit: Apply Shadow DoT
Damage Reduction From Enemies That Are Shadow DoT

Create desecrated ground beneath your Sever spectres as the travel, damaging enemies for [X] Shadow damage over 2 seconds.

Your Potion Also Briefly Grants Movement Speed

Dodge Chance
Shadow Damage
Damage to Elites
Damage to Trapped Enemies

Unless it hits a Boss or Player, Death Trap will continue to re-arm itself until it kills an enemy. However, Death Trap's Cooldown is increased by [20 - 15%] .

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Best Uniques

Best Aspects To Use with Shadow Damage

The best aspects to use with the Shadow Damage Stat in D4 is Aspect of Ultimate Shadow, which is a Offensive Aspect and can only be used on Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Equipment Slots.

Aspect of Ultimate Shadow

Necromancer • Offensive

Good Synergy

Bone Storm and Blood Wave are also Darkness Skills, deal Shadow damage, and gain additional effects: Enemies damaged by Bone Storm take [X] Shadow Damage over 2 seconds. Blood Wave desecrates the ground it travels over, dealing [.43-.48] Shadow damage over 4 ...

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Blood-Soaked Aspect

Necromancer • Offensive

Good Synergy

Blood Mist leaves a trail that lasts for 4 seconds and deals [.24-.31] Shadow damage per second to enemies who stand in it. Your Movement Speed is no longer reduced while Blood Mist is active.

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Aspect of the Damned

Necromancer • Offensive

Codex

Good Synergy

You deal [40-50%] increased Shadow Damage to enemies afflicted by both Decrepify and Iron Maiden.

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Aspect of Volatile Shadows

Rogue • Offensive

Codex

Good Synergy

When a Dark Shroud shadow would be removed you trigger an explosion around yourself that deals [.2-.27] Shadow damage.

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Best Aspects

Best Paragons To Use with Shadow Damage

The best paragon to use with the Shadow Damage stat in D4 is Scourge, which is a Rare Glyph Node.

Wither

Necromancer • Legendary Board

Good Synergy

Your Shadow damage over time effects have a 5% chance to deal 50% bonus damage each time they deal damage. This chance is increased by 1% and bonus damage is increased by 2.5% for each 50 Willpower you have.

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Scourge

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

Best Synergy

Description:
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased Shadow damage over time.
Radius Bonus:
You and your Minions deal x10% increased damage to enemies affected by Shadow damage over time effects.
Radius Requirement:

25 Willpower

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Darkness

Necromancer • Rare Glyph

Best Synergy

Description:
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased Shadow damage.
Radius Bonus:
Whenever you or your Minions deal Shadow damage to an enemy, that enemy deals 2% reduced damage, up to 10%, for 5 seconds.
Radius Requirement:

25 Willpower