Spinning Slash

When to use it

The way into melee range once Crow Storm has landed; taken with Unstoppable, which grants super armour for a short time while it is cast, so it trades through incoming hits.

Builds using this

• Shadowstrix bait-and-stun — Swanifier explains it at 00:30
  Called non-negotiable on Dual Blades regardless of what else is run.
• Shadowstrix — Dagger PvP — Swanifier explains it at 00:30
  “A non-negotiable in my opinion. You will always take this on dual blades no matter what.”

What the balance passes changed

• 2026-08-28 · Cut
  Damage and movement distance both reduced, stated as aimed at indiscriminate Super Armor counterattacks while keeping the skill’s core behaviour. Cut on 12 August as well, where it lost Super Armor duration.
  28 August class balance pass
• 2026-08-12 · Cut
  Super Armor duration slightly reduced.
  12 August class balance pass

Direction is the patch note’s own word, not a verdict on whether the skill is now good. Patch notes and update history.

Where this comes from

Opens at 02:20, where the skill is explained. Full citation below.

A second source describes it independently — 00:30 in the citations below.

Other Shadowstrix Dual Blades skills

• Phantom Shift — Escape / repositioning
• Crow Storm — Area control
• Bloody Blade Dance — Primary damage