Dark Sentry

Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself. — In-game description

Dark Sentry

Specialization

Specter (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Dark Sentry

Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased.
Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.

 Rot Wallow Venom (10s): Inflict torment on foes struck.

 Torment (2s): 44 Damage, 64 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Healing Increase to Others: 20%

 Healing Increase to Others: 10%

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Veil — Spear
•   Shadow Bolt — Scepter
•   Double Bolt — Scepter
•   Triple Bolt — Scepter
•   Shadowsquall — Scepter
•   Shadow Sap — Scepter
•   Triple Threat — Scepter
•   Measured Shot — Scepter
•   Endless Night — Scepter
•   Twilight Combo — Scepter

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Sohothin Blossom — Sohothin

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Haunt Shot — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Grasping Shadows — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Dawn's Repose — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Eternal Night — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Mind Shock — Enter Shadow Shroud

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Hide in Shadows — Deception
•   Signet of Malice — Signet
•   Withdraw — Trick
•   Skelk Venom — Venom
•   Well of Gloom — Well

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shadow Refuge — Deception

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Blessing Seed — Stolen skill
•   Eat Egg — Stolen skill
•   Siphon — Steal
•   Enter Shadow Shroud

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Deadly Arts

• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Shadow Arts

• Leeching Venoms — Venom utility skills siphon life from struck foes. Gain stacks of Spider Venom when you enter or exit stealth. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.

Specter

• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
• Larcenous Torment — Steal health and gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
• Strength of Shadows — Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Deadly Arts

• Mug — Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.

Critical Strikes

• Invigorating Precision — You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical-hit damage. This healing is increased while you are under the effects of fury.

Shadow Arts

• Merciful Ambush — Heal when you enter or exit stealth. Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. This effect also applies to stealth you grant to allies.
• Shielding Restoration — Grant barrier and dark aura to nearby allies when you use a healing skill.
• Shadow Savior — Gain dark aura when you steal. Granting yourself dark aura heals nearby allies.

Acrobatics

• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Specter

• Dark Sentry — Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
• Traversing Dusk — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.
• Panaku's Ambition — Gain barrier when you strike foes with a stealth attack. When you apply stealth to allies you also grant them barrier. This effect can only be received once and will reset when stealth is removed.
• Hungering Darkness — While in shroud, transfer conditions from your tethered ally and cleanse conditions from yourself. Each condition removed in this fashion heals a percentage of your base health and grants your tethered ally barrier.
• Shadestep — Shadow Shroud skills provide additional supportive effects to nearby allies and your tethered ally.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 02, 2026	This trait's internal cooldown is no longer overwritten by other specters.
June 27, 2023	Fixed an issue that prevented the internal cooldown of this trait from properly functioning.
April 19, 2022	Updated the trait description to indicate that Rot Wallow Venom cannot be applied to yourself.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Dark Sentry has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Reduced torment duration from 4 to 2 seconds.
November 30, 2021	Dark Sentry was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
October 26, 2021	Dark Sentry was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.