(SW) Shadowstep is the worst skill in the game

[WinterWarden]

By far the most dogshit useless ability in the entire game, and the fact that it costs Mastery to even unlock is unbelievable.

You slide like a snail towards ur target at negative speed, they can hit YOU before you fully stop your animation because youre so slow. Not to mention people can just walk away from it and youre out of melee range, doesnt even help you stay in melee range. Im baffled as to why this ability hasnt been removed or changed yet as it is far and clearly the worst one in the game, it does the opposite of what it is supposed to do.


Spitballing potential reworks here

Copy WoW Shadowstep, appear behind them. This is the most logical as it makes sure it only truly benefits ASW and doesnt give Ranged SW even more tools.

A very short invisibility with movement speed buff - This one is the most thematically accurate to a shadow hunter in lore but is also the hardest to balance because itll actually buff Skirmish SW potentially, but could be remedied by putting it further up the mastery tree

Or simple yet, apply a short root on the target and increase the animation speed so you appear at them faster. This is the easiest change

It definitely needs some form of change and I hope its on the radar, sorry about the rant but "dashing" to your enemy only to not even reach them is mind boggling to me

I've seen SWs do really well with Assault, but probably because they surprised their target. Right now, with SWs enjoying their most powerful buff in forever, why would you play Assault anyway? They're pretty much insta-killing targets, not like they suddenly became more skilled.