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Strides of Heresy
Strides of Heresy
Replace your Utility Skill with 'Shadowfade'.
Replace your Utility Skill with Shadowfade.

Fade away, becoming intangible and gaining +30% movement speed. Heal for 18.2% (+18.2% per stack) of your maximum health. Lasts 3 (+3 per stack) seconds.
Rarity Lunar
Category Utility
AIBlacklist
CannotSteal
Unlock Blockade Breaker
ID 88
Stats
Stat Value Stack Add
Heal 18.2% Linear +18.2%
Duration 3s Linear +3s

The Strides of Heresy are a lunar item introduced in the Skills 2.0 Update and an original part of the Heresy Set.

Obtaining the Strides of Heresy will replace the Survivor's utility skill (Shift by default on keyboard) with the Shadowfade skill.

Utility

Shadowfade

Shadowfade
Type Utility
Cooldown 6s after the effect ends
Description Fade away, becoming intangible and gaining +30% movement speed. Heal for 18.2% (+18.2% per stack) of your maximum health. Lasts 3 (+3 per stack) seconds.
Notes
  • Correction: The in-game description of healing 25% max health is incorrect. Instead, it gives 1.3% max health per tick for 14 ticks, for a total of 18.2% max health per activation, per stack.
  • The player can fly during the skill's duration if activating it in midair.
  • The invulnerable period cannot be cancelled early.
  • While invulnerable, the player can still interact with things and activate their equipment, but cannot use any skills.
  • The player's hitbox is removed while invulnerable, so even a Void Reaver Void Reaver'sVoid ReaverVoid Reaver
    HP: 1900 (+570 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Class: Ranged / Self-Destruct
    Speed: 6 m/s
    Armor: 0
    implosion can be avoided.

Notes[]

  • Shadowfade's duration is increased with additional Strides of Heresy. High stacks can result in more time out of reality than in, which can result in a DPS loss. Combining this item with N'kuhana's Opinion N'kuhana's OpinionBgLegendaryN'kuhana's OpinionN'kuhana's Opinion
    Fire haunting skulls when healed.

    Store 100% (+100% per stack) of healing as Soul Energy. After your Soul Energy reaches 10% of your maximum health, fire a skull that deals 250% of your Soul Energy as damage.
    can balance Strides’ lack of damage effectively.
  • Shadowfade will not prevent damage from Shrines of Blood or environmental damage such as fall damage or suffocation damage in the Void Fields Void Fields.
  • Shadowfade does not remove damage over time effects when activated.
  • Entering a wormhole from the Eccentric Vase Eccentric VaseBgEquipmentEccentric Vase45sEccentric Vase
    Create a quantum tunnel between two locations.

    Create a quantum tunnel of up to 1000m in length. Lasts 30 seconds.
    immediately ends the duration of Shadowfade.
  • Obtaining this item along with the other three Heresy items will turn the holder into the Heretic Heretic.

Tips[]

  • This item is especially useful for Commando CommandoCommandoCommandoThe Commando is a jack-of-all-trades character that is reliable in all situations of the game.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Cornered Gunslinger
    and REX REXREXREXREX is a half robot / half plant that uses HP to cast devastating skills from a distance. The plant nor the robot could survive this planet alone – but thankfully they have each other.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 130 (+39 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Symbiotes
    (without their alternate utility skill unlocked), since Shadowfade is arguably an upgrade over their default utility skills.
  • Mercenary MercenaryMercenaryMercenaryThe Mercenary is a high skill melee survivor that uses his many dodges to weave in and out of combat.
    Class: Melee
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Hired Blade
    , Loader LoaderLoaderLoaderThe Loader is a slow but powerful bruiser that can use her grappling hook to uniquely navigate the environment.
    Class: Melee
    HP: 160 (+48 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Bionic Powerhouse
    , and Captain CaptainCaptainCaptainThe Captain is a unique survivor that can control the battlefield with utility and damage - with help from the UES Safe Travels.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Tired Veteran
    have their damage outputs substantially lowered with their utility skills replaced.
    • Loader’s utility skill accounts for the majority of her damage output; taking Strides of Heresy significantly reduces Loader’s overall damage.
  • Artificer ArtificerArtificerArtificerThe Artificer is a high burst damage survivor who excels in fighting large groups and bosses alike.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Herald of the House Beyond
    gives up Snapfreeze SnapfreezeSnapfreezeSnapfreeze (Utility)Freezing. Create a barrier that hurts enemies for 100% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer
    for Shadowfade but can take unique advantage of the flight effect with her ENV Suit ENV SuitENV SuitENV Suit (Passive)Holding the Jump key causes the Artificer to hover in the air.
    Survivor: Artificer
    . Hovering throughout the cooldown effectively grants her slow but unlimited flight without Ion Surge Ion SurgeIon SurgeIon Surge (Special)Stunning. Burst into the sky, dealing 800% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer
    .
    • Shadowfade’s invulnerability, healing, and mobility offer a strong, defensive alternative to Artificer’s default utility.
  • For all other characters, such as Huntress HuntressHuntressHuntressThe Huntress is an extremely mobile but fragile survivor with a high damage output.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 90 (+27 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Judge, Jury, Executioner
    , Bandit BanditBanditBanditThe Bandit is a high-skill combo character that can dish out devastating backstabs while weaving in and out of stealth.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Desperate Outlaw
    , SotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Railgunner is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    Railgunner RailgunnerRailgunnerSotV IconSotV IconSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.
    RailgunnerThe Railgunner is a long-range, single target survivor that can instantly kill any high priority target - and from any range.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Forgotten Nomad
    and MUL-T MUL-TMUL-TMUL-TMUL-T is an aggressive survivor who has the tools necessary for any job!
    Class: Melee / Ranged
    HP: 200 (+60 per level)
    Damage: 11 (+2.2 per level)
    Armor: 12
    Umbra: Right Tool for the Wrong Job
    , the benefits of this item are questionable and up to user preference.

Lore[]

“Her legs were scattered to the two poles of the moon, twisted in a wicked position, in a field of obsidian thorns…"

-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, V

Version History[]

PC Patch v1.0.1.1 (Build ID No.5440050)
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fix Shadowfade ShadowfadeShadowfadeShadowfade (Utility)Fade away, becoming intangible and gaining +30% movement speed. Heal for 18.2% (+18.2% per stack) of your maximum health. Lasts 3 (+3 per stack) seconds.
      Survivor: Heretic
      not being usable by Captain CaptainCaptainCaptainThe Captain is a unique survivor that can control the battlefield with utility and damage - with help from the UES Safe Travels.
      Class: Ranged
      HP: 110 (+33 per level)
      Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
      Armor: 0
      Umbra: Tired Veteran
      in hidden realms
Early Access Content Update 5
  • Gameplay Changes
    • No longer puts you in combat
Early Access Artifacts Content Update
  • Bug Fixes
    • 🌧 Fix a variety of effects still showing when using Strides of Heresy
Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update
  • Major Content
    • Added New Item Lore Entry: Strides of Heresy
Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update
  • Major Content and Changes
    • Added New Lunar Item: Strides of Heresy

Trivia[]

  • The foreign leg resembles that of the Alloy Vulture Alloy VulturesAlloy VultureAlloy Vulture
    HP: 140 (+42 per level)
    Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
    Class: Ranged
    Speed: 3 m/s
    Armor: 0
    .


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