Shadow Caller

Second easiest DPS to play after Blazing. Need to keep line of sight for the E skill, compared to Blazing Stuff which doesn't require line of sight.

Gears and Skills

Main Weapon

Shadow Caller

One of the best weapons in the game in general, especially for PVE.

Shadow Caller skills

Q skill Cursed Tar, W skill Cursed Beam, E skill Inner Shadow. Any passive.

Offhand

Cryptcandle

Extra Damage.

Head Piece

Specter Hood/Assasin Hood

Either one is good.

Specter Hood/Assasin Hood skills

Flash of insight for SH, Meditation for AH. Passive Quick Thinker.

Chest Piece

Royal Jacket

Both Shadow Caller and Bow of Badon usually on Royal Jacket for faster cooldowns.

Royal Jacket skills

R skill Royal Banner, passive Quick Thinker.

Leg Piece

Cultist Sandals/Stalker Shoes

CS for debuff and faster mobs clearing, SS for extra damage and better dodge capabilities. If not sure what to use go for SS.

Cultist Sandals/Stalker Shoes skills

Rotten Ground and Agression for CS. Raging Blick and Quick Thinker for SS.

Cape

Lymhurst Cape/Demon Cape

LC Makes you self sufficient with energy. DC for extra damage.

How to play

Pre-stacking buffs

Royal Robe

Maximum passive damage bonus you can get from Cloth Robes is a total of 58%. 50% from stats and 8% from Agression passive skill. Compare it to the Leather Jackets 20-30%. In particular Royal Jacket is 25% damage bonus. You can get 30% bonus from 6 stacks of RR, that will top you up to total of 55%, which is only 3% less than if you were on the Cloth Robe.

Stalker Shoes

Additional 16% damage.

Landing E

Timing of you E Skill Inner Shadow is really important. When you see tank using W skill Air Compressor you should immediately press E skill. Ideally Inner Shadow's animation ends right after mobs get clumped.

Q and W

Q and W after E skill.

Cultist Sandals

If you are on CS and want to help your team kill mobs much faster use Rotten Ground. The timing of your F skill is right after Badon's E skill, in order to not get damage from mobs as you have to get right on top of the mobs. CS debuff is good but have a chance to get stunned by the mobs. To avoid getting hit you can just pass through the mob clump a couple of times instead of standing still on the clump the whole time. CS trail lasts 2.2 seconds and the debuff itself lasts 3 seconds after mobs leave the trail.

Armor Piercer vs Cursed Beam

AP is a really good skill, but in static dungeoun you have a high chance to pull extra mobs with it, compared to Cursed Beam.