Elven Court · Shock

Shadowblade

Flickers through the shadows to gut the backline.

Assassin · kills soft targets fast

Stats

Health: 77
Damage: 37per hit
Damage per second: 56.9
Attacks every: 0.65s
Range: Meleereach 32
Move speed: 124
Sight: 245how far it spots a foe
Population: 2of the army cap
Raise: 1,900gold, in battle
Armory: 1,200gold, to unlock

These are the Shadowblade's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Elven Court's trait is added on top: +11% damage · +6% range · +3% speed · +2% health. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Blink. Teleports up to 185 to reach its target.
Dodge. Evades 22% of the blows aimed at it.
Lifesteal. Heals itself for 22% of the damage it deals.
Forest-walker. Crosses forest at full speed.

Strong and weak

Strong: Casters, archers.

Weak: Tanks, AoE.

As a shock troop, it deals extra damage to Ranged (×1.3), Support (×1.35) and Caster (×1.2) troops.

Elite (×1.25) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Shadowblade comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 1,900 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Shadowblade every 1 minute 9 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 44.1 seconds at level 2 and 28.2 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 1,350 gold to level 2 and 6,200 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

Before it can be raised at all it has to be unlocked in the Armory, for 1,200 gold — gold carried between battles, earned by fighting them.

Other Shock troops

Every other shock troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Shock troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Ghoul	Undead	600	72	15	Melee	126
Raider	Orcs	650	70	15	Melee	98
Gnoll Reaver	Beasts	700	65	13	Melee	106
Marauder	Orcs	700	85	16	Melee	92
Breachjack	Fallen	750	92	26	Melee	112
Flenser	Damned	750	88	30	Melee	116
Pistonfist	Overwound	750	91	26	Melee	110
Scourgeling	Damned	750	85	23	Melee	108
Gnasher	Damned	1,050	103	36	Melee	124
Duelist	Humans	1,100	71	25	Melee	122
Hammerworks	Overwound	1,100	113	33	Melee	102
Cutterman	Fallen	1,150	112	35	Melee	118
Berserker	Orcs	1,200	94	20	Melee	84
Assassin	Beasts	1,250	59	35	Melee	126
Rōnin	Dynasty	1,250	90	26	Melee	118
Reaver	Undead	1,400	109	22	Melee	86
Executioner	Dwarves	1,500	120	37	Melee	80
Myrmidon	Elves	1,500	94	30	Melee	118
Shinobi	Dynasty	1,650	73	37	Melee	136
Wraith	Undead	1,700	99	24	Melee	118
Moonblade	Elves	1,750	86	33	Melee	132
Spellblade	Elves	1,800	100	32	Melee	108
Wrathborn	Damned	2,000	135	45	Melee	112

More Elven Court troops

The Elven Court page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.