Shadowknight Spells/Skills 1-80
| Level | Spell/Skill Name | Description | Replaces/Replaced By |
| 1 | Painful Swing | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | (none)/Painful Strike (15) |
| 1 | Taunt | Single target threat increase. | (none)/Offensive Presence (9) |
| 2 | Condemning Smite | Direct disease damage. | (none)/Condemning Anger (13) |
| 3 | Dark Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | (none)/Tarnished Caress (12) |
| 4 | Stance: Dark Blade | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | (none)/Stance: Dark Sword (22) |
| 4 | Stance: Defensive Pact | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | (none)/Defensive Circle (16) |
| 5 | Fighting Chance | Heroic Opportunity starter. | N/A |
| 5 | Kick | Crushing damage attack. | (none)/Boot (19) |
| 6 | Intervene | Intercept (partial) damage on ally for 1 attack. | (none)/Intercept (20) |
| 7 | Sickening Circle | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | (none)/Sickening Decay (21) |
| 8 | Decree | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | (none)/Decree of Decay (22) |
| 9 | Offensive Presence | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Taunt (1)/Diseased Threat (17) |
| 9 | Unholy Hunger | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | (none)/Unholy Order (23) |
| 10 | Unholy Weapon | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | (none)/Grim Harbinger (24) |
| 11 | Fetid Strike | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | (none)/Fetid Grasp (25) |
| 12 | Infernal Blessing | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | (none)/Infernal Pact (26) |
| 12 | Tarnished Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Dark Caress (3)/Tainted Caress (12) |
| 13 | Condemning Anger | Direct disease damage. | Condemning Smite (2)/Condemning Spirit (27) |
| 13 | Shield Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | (none)/Decrepit Slam (27) |
| 14 | Cruel Aura | AE disease DOT. | (none)/Cruel Intent (28) |
| 15 | Cleave Flesh | Disease damage attack + wis debuff. | (none)/Sorrow (29) |
| 15 | Painful Strike | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | Painful Swing (1)/Painbringer (29) |
| 16 | Defensive Circle | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | Stance: Defensive Pact (4)/Stance: Lucan's Pact (30) |
| 17 | Diseased Threat | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Offensive Presence (9)/Disease Cloud (31) |
| 17 | Offering of Armament | Single target buff on ally increasing physical mit at the expense of one's own. | (none)/Grant of Armament (31) |
| 18 | Evasive Tactics | Single target buff on ally giving chance to avoid attack using shadowknight's avoidance + self parry buff. | (none)/Evasive Maneuvers (32) |
| 19 | Boot | Piercing damage + knockdown. | Kick (5)/Spiked Boot (33) |
| 19 | Contract from Below | Group/raidwide sta and spell damage increase buff. | (none)/Contract of Shadows (33) |
| 20 | Harm Touch | Extreme disease damage attack w/ long recast. | (none)/Malefic Touch (34) |
| 20 | Intercept | Intercept (partial) damage on ally for 1 attack. | Intervene (6)/Intercede (34) |
| 20 | Unholy Steed * | Summons a mount w/ 10% out of combat movement speed bonus. | N/A |
| 21 | Graven Embrace | Chance to make ally or self feign death. | (none)/Solemn Embrace (25) |
| 21 | Sickening Decay | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | Sickening Circle (7)/Swarming Spirits (35) |
| 22 | Decree of Decay | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | Decree (8)/Shriek of Terror (36) |
| 22 | Grim Coil | Disease DOT. | (none)/Vile Coil (36) |
| 22 | Stance: Dark Sword | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | Stance: Dark Blade (4)/Stance: Grim Sword (32) |
| 23 | Unholy Order | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | Unholy Hunger (9)/Insatiable Hunger (37) |
| 24 | Grim Harbinger | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | Unholy Weapon (10)/Unhallowed Aura (38) |
| 24 | Tainted Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Tarnished Caress (12)/Cursed Caress (38) |
| 25 | Fetid Grasp | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | Fetid Strike (11)/Baleful Smite (39) |
| 25 | Rescue | Increase threat priority by 3 positions + scaling threat increase. | N/A |
| 26 | Infernal Pact | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | Infernal Blessing (12)/Unholy Blessing (40) |
| 26 | Tainted Sacrament | Temporary pet that does damage to one target. | (none)/Cursed Sacrament (40) |
| 27 | Condemning Spirit | Direct disease damage. | Condemning Anger (13)/Sickening Anger (41) |
| 27 | Decrepit Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | Shield Slam (13)/Destructive Slam (41) |
| 28 | Consume Vitae | Disease damage + heal. | (none)/Devour Vitae (42) |
| 28 | Cruel Intent | AE disease DOT. | Cruel Aura (14)/Unending Pain (42) |
| 29 | Painbringer | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | Painful Strike (15)/Pariah's Mark (43) |
| 29 | Sorrow | Disease damage attack + wis debuff. | Cleave Flesh (15)/Agonizing Cry (43) |
| 30 | Draw Strength | Transfer strength from single target to self. | (none)/Siphon Strength (44) |
| 30 | Stance: Lucan's Pact | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | Defensive Circle (16)/Stance: Malevolent Circle (44) |
| 31 | Disease Cloud | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Diseased Threat (17)/Insidious Whisper (45) |
| 31 | Grant of Armament | Single target buff on ally increasing physical mit at the expense of one's own. | Offering of Armament (17)/Gift of Armament (45) |
| 32 | Evasive Maneuvers | Single target buff on ally giving chance to avoid attack using shadowknight's avoidance + self parry buff. | Evasive Tactics (18)/Calculated Evasion (46) |
| 32 | Stance: Grim Sword | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | Stance: Dark Sword (22)/Stance: Plague Sword (46) |
| 33 | Contract of Shadows | Group/raidwide sta and spell damage increase buff. | Contract from Below (19)/Unholy Strength (47) |
| 33 | Spiked Boot | Piercing damage + knockdown. | Boot (19)/Soulrend (47) |
| 34 | Intercede | Intercept (partial) damage on ally for 1 attack. | Intercept (20)/(none) |
| 34 | Malefic Touch | Extreme disease damage attack w/ long recast. | Harm Touch (20)/Ruinous Touch (48) |
| 35 | Doom Judgment | AE melee damage attack that dispels beneficial noxious/arcane buffs when successful. | (none)/Doom Aura (53) |
| 35 | Solemn Embrace | Chance to make ally or self feign death. | Graven Embrace (21)/Deadly Embrace (49) |
| 35 | Swarming Spirits | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | Sickening Decay (21)/Death Cloud (49) |
| 36 | Shriek of Terror | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | Decree of Decay (22)/Blasphemy (50) |
| 36 | Vile Coil | Disease DOT. | Grim Coil (22)/Wicked Coil (50) |
| 37 | Insatiable Hunger | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | Unholy Order (23)/Unending Hunger (51) |
| 38 | Cursed Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Tainted Caress (24)/Infernal Caress (52) |
| 38 | Unhallowed Aura | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | Grim Harbinger (24)/Depraved Aura (52) |
| 39 | Baleful Smite | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | Fetid Grasp (25)/Dire Smite (39) |
| 40 | Cursed Sacrament | Temporary pet that does damage to one target. | Tainted Sacrament (26)/Infernal Sacrament (54) |
| 40 | Dreadful Wrath | Disease damage + snare. | (none)/Baleful Wrath (54) |
| 40 | Summon Squire | Summons a pet squire. (Has no utility.) | N/A |
| 40 | Unholy Blessing | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | Infernal Pact (26)/Heinous Blessing (54) |
| 41 | Destructive Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | Decrepit Slam (27)/Catastrophic Slam (55) |
| 41 | Sickening Anger | Direct disease damage. | Condemning Spirit (27)/Loathsome Anger (55) |
| 42 | Devour Vitae | Disease damage + heal. | Consume Vitae (28)/Absorb Vitae (56) |
| 42 | Unending Pain | AE disease DOT. | Cruel Intent (28)/Unending Agony (56) |
| 43 | Agonizing Cry | Disease damage attack + wis debuff. | Sorrow (29)/Agony (57) |
| 43 | Pariah's Mark | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | Painbringer (29)/Pariah's Brand (57) |
| 44 | Shadowy Elusion | Teleport group to safe location. | N/A |
| 44 | Siphon Strength | Transfer strength from single target to self. | Draw Strength (30)/Siphon Might (58) |
| 44 | Stance: Malevolent Circle | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | Stance: Lucan's Pact (30)/Stance: Infernal Circle (58) |
| 45 | Gift of Armament | Single target buff on ally increasing physical mit at the expense of one's own. | Grant of Armament (31)/Pledge of Armament (59) |
| 45 | Insidious Whisper | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Disease Cloud (31)/Insidious Promise (59) |
| 46 | Calculated Evasion | Single target buff on ally giving chance to avoid attack using shadowknight's avoidance + self parry buff. | Evasive Maneuvers (32)/Devious Evasion (60) |
| 46 | Stance: Plague Sword | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | Stance: Grim Sword (32)/Stance: Pox Sword (60) |
| 47 | Soulrend | Piercing damage + knockdown. | Spiked Boot (33)/Smash (61) |
| 47 | Unholy Strength | Group/raidwide sta and spell damage increase buff. | Contract of Shadows (33)/Unhallowed Strength (61) |
| 48 | Ruinous Touch | Extreme disease damage attack w/ long recast. | Malefic Touch (34)/Pestilent Touch (61) |
| 49 | Deadly Embrace | Chance to make ally or self feign death. | Solemn Embrace (35)/Mortal Embrace (63) |
| 49 | Death Cloud | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | Swarming Spirits (35)/Death Circle (63) |
| 50 | Blasphemy | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | Shriek of Terror (36)/Sacrilege (64) |
| 50 | Despoiling Mist | Encounter AE severe physical mit debuff + temporary mit buff for the SK. | (none)/Despoil (70) |
| 50 | Hand of Lucan | Covers hand in crackling red light. | N/A |
| 50 | Wicked Coil | Disease DOT. | Vile Coil (36)/Putrid Coil (64) |
| 51 | Unending Hunger | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | Insatiable Hunger (37)/Everlasting Hunger (65) |
| 52 | Depraved Aura | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | Unhallowed Aura (38)/Twisted Aura (66) |
| 52 | Infernal Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Cursed Caress (38)/Nefarious Caress (66) |
| 52 | Mana Sieve** | Power tap over time. | (none)/Mana Siege (72) |
| 53 | Doom Aura | AE melee damage attack that dispels beneficial noxious/arcane buffs when successful. | Doom Judgement (35)/Doom Rays (71) |
| 53 | Dire Smite | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | Baleful Smite (39)/Fetid Smite (67) |
| 54 | Baleful Wrath | Disease damage + snare. | Dreadful Wrath (40)/Abominable Wrath (68) |
| 54 | Heinous Blessing | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | Unholy Blessing (40)/Grave Blessing (68) |
| 54 | Infernal Sacrament | Temporary pet that does damage to one target. | Cursed Sacrament (40)/Nefarious Sacrament (68) |
| 55 | Catastrophic Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | Destructive Slam (41)/Venomous Slam (69) |
| 55 | Loathsome Anger | Direct disease damage. | Sickening Anger (41)/Abominable Anger (69) |
| 55 | Tap Veins** | AE disease damage + heal for each enemy hit. | (none)/Tap Arteries (74) |
| 56 | Absorb Vitae | Disease damage + heal. | Devour Vitae (42)/Drain Vitae (70) |
| 56 | Unending Agony | AE disease DOT. | Unending Pain (42)/Unending Misery (70) |
| 57 | Agony | Disease damage attack + wis debuff. | Agonizing Cry (43)/Anguish (71) |
| 57 | Pariah's Brand | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | Pariah's Mark (43)/Pariah's Strike (71) |
| 58 | Death March** | Minute long spell cast on group that grants an int buff, DPS buff and immunity to control spells for 10 seconds after casting and after an enemy is slain during the spell's duration. | N/A |
| 58 | Siphon Might | Transfer strength from single target to self. | Siphon Strength (44)/Drain Might (72) |
| 58 | Stance: Infernal Circle | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | Stance: Malevolent Circle (44)/Stance: Fiendish Circle (72) |
| 59 | Insidious Promise | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Insidious Whisper (45)/Insinuate (72) |
| 59 | Pledge of Armament | Single target buff on ally increasing physical mit at the expense of one's own. | Gift of Armament (45)/Donation of Armament (73) |
| 60 | Devious Evasion | Single target buff on ally giving chance to avoid attack using shadowknight's avoidance + self parry buff. | Calculated Evasion (46)/ |
| 60 | Stance: Pox Sword | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | Stance: Plague Sword (46)/Stance: Lucan's Sword (73) |
| 61 | Smash | Piercing damage + knockdown. | Soulrend (47)/Lucan's Boot (74) |
| 61 | Unhallowed Strength | Group/raidwide sta and spell damage increase buff. | Unholy Strength (47)/Lucan's Leadership (73) |
| 62 | Pestilent Touch | Extreme disease damage attack w/ long recast. | Ruinous Touch (48)/Death Touch (74) |
| 63 | Death Circle | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | Death Cloud (49)/Crimson Circle (75) |
| 63 | Mortal Embrace | Chance to make ally or self feign death. | Deadly Embrace (49)/ |
| 64 | Putrid Coil | Disease DOT. | Wicked Coil (50)/Shadow Coil (76) |
| 64 | Sacrilege | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | Blasphemy (50)/Chastisement (76) |
| 65 | Everlasting Hunger | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | Unending Hunger (51)/Relentless Hunger (76) |
| 65 | Pestilence** | Single target disease DOT that spreads to 2 nearby targets if original target dies before termination. Spell will keep spreading so long as targets die before spell termination. | (none)/Contagion (78) |
| 66 | Nefarious Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Infernal Caress (52)/Innoruuk's Caress (77) |
| 66 | Twisted Aura | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | Depraved Aura (52)/Unholy Arms (77) |
| 67 | Fetid Smite | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | Dire Smite (53)/Siphon Strike (77) |
| 68 | Abominable Wrath | Disease damage + snare. | Baleful Wrath (54)/Pain Wrath (78) |
| 68 | Grave Blessing | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | Heinous Blessing (54)/Life Pact (79) |
| 68 | Nefarious Sacrament |
Temporary pet that does damage to one target. | Infernal Sacrament (54)/Grave Sacrament (78) |
| 69 | Abominable Anger | Direct disease damage. | Loathsome Anger (55)/Malice (79) |
| 69 | Venomous Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | Catastrophic Slam (55)/Hateful Slam (79) |
| 70 | Despoil | Encounter AE severe physical mit debuff + temporary mit buff for the SK. | Despoiling Mist (50)/Devouring Mist (80) |
| 70 | Drain Vitae | Disease damage + heal. | Absorb Vitae (56)/Siphon Vitae (80) |
| 70 | Unending Misery | AE disease DOT. | Unending Agony (56)/Painful Aura (80) |
| 71 | Anguish | Disease damage attack + wis debuff. | Agony (57)/ |
| 71 | Doom Rays | AE melee damage attack that dispels beneficial noxious/arcane buffs when successful. | Doom Aura (53)/ |
| 71 | Pariah's Strike | Melee damage attack + disease DOT. | Pariah's Brand (57)/ |
| 72 | Drain Might | Transfer strength from single target to self. | Siphon Might (58)/ |
| 72 | Insinuate | Single target threat increase + threat increase over time + disease DOT. | Insidious Promise (59)/ |
| 72 | Mana Siege** | Power tap over time. | Mana Sieve (58)/ |
| 72 | Stance: Fiendish Circle | Increase defense, wis, aggression, physical mit, disease mit; decrease melee skills. | Stance: Infernal Circle (58)/ |
| 73 | Lucan's Leadership | Group/raidwide sta and spell damage increase buff. | Unhallowed Strength (61)/ |
| 73 | Donation of Armament | Single target buff on ally increasing physical mit at the expense of one's own. | Pledge of Armament (59)/ |
| 73 | Stance: Lucan's Sword | Increase int, melee skills, disruption; decrease defense. | Stance: Pox Sword (60)/ |
| 74 | Death Touch | Extreme disease damage attack w/ long recast. | Pestilent Touch (62)/ |
| 74 | Lucan's Boot | Piercing damage + knockdown. | Smash (61)/ |
| 74 | Tap Arteries** | AE disease damage + heal for each enemy hit. | Tap Veins (55)/ |
| 75 | Crimson Circle | AE disease damage attack + disease DOT. | Death Circle (63)/ |
| 76 | Chastisement | Encounter AE threat increase + disease debuff. | Sacrilege (64)/ |
| 76 | Relentless Hunger | Group buff granting divine damage proc on melee attack + small heal. | Everlasting Hunger (65)/ |
| 76 | Shadow Coil | Disease DOT. | Putrid Coil (64)/ |
| 77 | Innoruuk's Caress | Self disease damage shield + reactive threat increase. | Nefarious Caress (66)/ |
| 77 | Siphon Strike | Disease damage attack /w extra disease damage + small heal. | Fetid Smite (67)/ |
| 77 | Unholy Arms | Self buff granting disease damage proc + small heal. | Twisted Aura (66)/ |
| 78 | Contagion** | Single target disease DOT that spreads to 2 nearby targets if original target dies before termination. Spell will keep spreading so long as targets die before spell termination. | Pestilence (65)/ |
| 78 | Grave Sacrament | Temporary pet that does damage to one target. | Nefarious Sacrament (68)/ |
| 78 | Pain Wrath | Disease damage + snare. | Abominable Wrath (68)/ |
| 79 | Hateful Slam | Disease damage + knockdown + threat increase over time. (Requires shield.) | Venemous Slam (69)/ |
| 79 | Life Pact | Single target reactive heal + reactive disease damage. Can be triggered 5 times. | Grave Blessing (68)/ |
| 79 | Malice | Direct disease damage. | Abominable Anger (69)/ |
| 80 | Bloodletter | Group buff that transfers life from group members to heal SK to 100% when the SK would otherwise die. Must be kept on 2 or more group members to trigger. | N/A |
| 80 | Devouring Mist | Encounter AE severe physical mit debuff + temporary mit buff for the SK. | Despoil (70) |
| 80 | Painful Aura | AE disease DOT. | Unending Misery (70)/ |
| 80 | Siphon Vitae | Disease damage + heal. | Drain Vitae (70)/ |
*Bold denotes a Master II spell/skill choice. These are offered at levels 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64 and 75.
*Italics denotes a fun spell. These must be bought from the appropriate class trainer.
**Ancient Teachings spell/skill. Only exists as Adept I, Adept III (player made) or Master I.