Lore of Shadows
Lore of magic · 6 spells · Total War: Warhammer III, patch 9.0
Lore attribute
Smoke & Mirrors
Lore attribute (passive)
- +10% Charge Speed
- +10% Turn Speed
- +10% Speed
- Triggers when casting spell
A conjured shadow is just as obfuscating as a real one - the Shadow Wizard is master or mistress of the 'concealing' arts.
Spells
As the in-game tooltip reads; overcast values in blue. Damage is base + armour-piercing per hit.
Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma
Direct Damage
- Winds of Magic
- 6(9)
- Cooldown
- 29 s
- Cast range
- 100 m(300 m)
- Duration
- 13 s
- Wind-up
- 1 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- -25% Speed
- Strong vs units with 25 or more entities
- Causes damage to combatants
- Strong vs multiple combatants
- Weak vs a single combatant
The caster weaves a confounding fog that numbs and deludes enemies, causing them to stumble and stagger.
Okkam's Mindrazor
Augment
- Winds of Magic
- 8(14)
- Cooldown
- 46 s
- Cast range
- 200 m
- Duration
- 32 s
- Wind-up
- 5 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- +50% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage
- +50% Base Weapon Damage
The supernatural solution is often the best; weapons materialise in hands, allowing them to slice through flesh, soul, and consciousness.
Pit of Shades
Vortex · magical
- Winds of Magic
- 15(22)
- Cooldown
- 49 s
- Cast range
- 200 m
- Duration
- 13 s
- Wind-up
- 6 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- 5 damage per second (5 armour-piercing) for 13 s, radius 15 mOvercast: 8 damage per second (8 armour-piercing) for 13 s, radius 15 m
- Good against armour
- Huge, stationary area of effect
- Strong vs multiple units
The spellcaster opens a vortex leading into the Pit. Anything caught within it will be lost forever.
The Enfeebling Foe
Hex
- Winds of Magic
- 6(10)
- Cooldown
- 30 s
- Cast range
- 200 m
- Duration
- 17 s(34 s)
- Wind-up
- 1 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- -24 Melee Attack
- -24 Melee Defence
When cast, this spell enfeebles enemy minds; they feel the crushing weight of reality bearing down upon them.
The Penumbral Pendulum
Wind · magical
- Winds of Magic
- 12(16)
- Cooldown
- 40 s
- Cast range
- 200 m
- Duration
- 2 s
- Wind-up
- 3 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- 36 damage per second (18 armour-piercing) for 2 s, radius 4 mOvercast: 50 damage per second (32 armour-piercing) for 2 s, radius 4 m
- Small, forward-moving area of effect
- Strong vs multiple units
- Weak vs a single combatant
A spectral pendulum is summoned by the Wizard. On command, it swings, razor sharp and with lethal speed, through the foe.
The Withering
Hex
- Winds of Magic
- 5(11)
- Cooldown
- 43 s
- Cast range
- 200 m
- Duration
- 40 s
- Wind-up
- 3 s
- Overcast miscast
- 50%
- -30 Armour
- -8 Leadership
The Wizard destroys the foe from within, corroding their minds with doubt and crisis.
Who casts Lore of Shadows
Archmage (Shadows)Lord · High Elves
Be'lakorLord · Daemons of Chaos, Warriors of Chaos
Chaos Sorcerer Lord (Shadows)Lord · Warriors of Chaos
Chaos Sorcerer Lord of Slaanesh (Shadows)Lord · Warriors of Chaos, Slaanesh
DrychaLord · Wood Elves
Exalted Keeper of Secrets (Shadows)Lord · Slaanesh, Daemons of Chaos
Great Bray-Shaman (Shadows)Lord · Beastmen
Herald of Slaanesh (Shadows)Lord · Slaanesh, Daemons of Chaos
Liche High Priest (Shadows)Lord · Tomb Kings, Undead Legions
Malevolent Ancient Treeman (Shadows)Lord · Wood Elves
Spellweaver (Shadows)Lord · Wood Elves
Supreme Sorceress (Shadows)Lord · Dark Elves
Alluress (Shadows)Hero · Slaanesh, Daemons of Chaos
Bray-Shaman (Shadows)Hero · Beastmen
Chaos Sorcerer (Shadows)Hero · Warriors of Chaos
Chaos Sorcerer of Slaanesh (Shadows)Hero · Warriors of Chaos, Slaanesh
Clawspeaker (Shadows)Hero · Grand Cathay
Fimir Balefiend (Shadows)Hero · Norsca
Grey WizardHero · The Empire
Hag Witch (Shadows)Hero · Kislev
Ketzak FimdirachHero · Nurgle
Liche Priest (Shadows)Hero · Tomb Kings, Undead Legions
Mage (Shadows)Hero · High Elves
Malevolent Branchwraith (Shadows)Hero · Wood Elves
Sorceress (Shadows)Hero · Dark Elves
Spellsinger (Shadows)Hero · Wood Elves
Ulrika MagdovaHero · Dwarfs, The Empire, Kislev, Vampire Counts
Vampire (Shadows)Hero · Vampire Counts, Undead Legions
Source: special_ability_groups (wh_dlc05_lore_shadows), unit_abilities, unit_special_abilities, projectiles, projectile_bombardments and battle_vortexs, patch 9.0, via the WH3-Dump export. Fireball and Flame Storm are checked against the Total War Warhammer wiki in our tests.