Shadow

The Shadow lurks unseen, using daggers, traps and shades to bring down his foes. He arrives with the full release of Path of Exile 2 on December 11, 2026 (PST).

• Confirmed by GGGStealth is a new mechanic: while in Stealth, monsters can't see you until you get within a short distance, and being in the shadows empowers dagger skills.[1]
• Confirmed by GGGTraps are a new weapon type: you prepare them in Stealth, they trigger automatically as you strike, and they explode in the order they were thrown.[1]
• Confirmed by GGGTwo ascendancies at release: the Assassin and the Infiltrator.[1]
• From the game filesStarts on the Dexterity/Intelligence side of the passive tree, at the start point it shares with the Monk.[2]

Not known yet: starting attributes, starting skill and every ascendancy passive. Path of Building adds the tree after GGG publishes it.

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