Why do you choose to play a Shadow?

Currently I am one of those players who can not decide which class to play, I am sure there are many of you out there which feel this also! :]

For players out there who are currently playing Shadow, post a reply on how you got into playing this class, and include something that you like doing as a Shadow that really made you stick with it:

- the skill tree?
- the unique builds that Shadows has to offer?
- because Shadow sounds like a cool character? ;]


And for players have not played Shadow before but are interested, hopefully this thread will inspire you to play this class.

:] To all you guys picking a class, I hope this thread inspires you to play a Shadow!

When I decided to give PoE a try, i first read through all the informations on the champions available. Then I jumped to the class-forums and checked out some guides and videos.

I just felt that Shadow was the most unique (well they are all not thaat unique) of the classes:

Marauder: classical archtype of strong melee
Ranger: Also pretty generic class
Witch: classical caster thing
Templar: interesting but battle-mage and just really ugly
Duelist: random dexterity melee type
Shadow: A bit like D2 Assassin but somewhat cooler..



And once I accquainting myself with the passive skill tree I also saw that he had many diverse choices he could go for.

Now I have two shadows lvl 70+ one as an archer one as a shield+dagger user.

Both are incredibly fun and I think I made the right choice.


Ps: I do not actually know why but from all character-profiles on the homepage, the shadow's is the best, offers way more information and so on. Probably because they made him last ( http://www.pathofexile.com/classes/shadow)

Claws. Also i wanted to use hp to gain hp to kill, because why not?

I chose Shadow because of the massive DPS potential.

I stuck with him because of the voice acting : P

Claws. And having enjoyed the Assassin in D2 the most, and the Shadow seemed the closest to that with traps and claws, obviously.

Now I like the life leeching claws-thrashing type enough to stick with it. Traps feel kind of weak and have very few nodes directly dedicated to them, but I guess you could beef them up with increased spell/elemental damage. I might do that with a new char...

I personally chose shadow because not only do I like the name of the class, but I have always been a ranged/stealthy type of person in mmo's and rpgs

I prefer Shadow mostly because of all the attack speed gained early. That and the diversity of builds a Shadow can do. I have a claw-hp, claw-ES, dagger-crit, spell-crit, and a dw/sword with 3+aps. The best part? They all work! At least through cruel and into ruthless. A.D.D. keeps me from getting to merciless very often...

I want to play with the Shadow because this class is my favorite in all games (miscreant, assassin etc.)
I look in the skill tree and have any ideas as my character develop will.
Thx to GGG i love u .. best studio evaa *__*

Path of Exile made an interesting character, a Mage type Assassin kinda thingy! :] which I find really interesting. I think he will use a lot of explosive traps then blink in for the kill. Most likely a good Character to boss with.

I Like to blink everywhere! <333