Elusive
Reduces Dodge Energy Cost. Read off the in-game affix panel, per level: Lv1 +4%, Lv2 +8%, Lv3 +12%, Lv4 +16%, Lv5 +20%.
Applies to 15 October 2026 updateUpdated
In-game tooltip captured
- Tier
- Tier not stated
- Value
- Reduces Dodge Energy Cost. Read off the in-game affix panel, per level: Lv1 +4%, Lv2 +8%, Lv3 +12%, Lv4 +16%, Lv5 +20%.
- Applies to
- 15 October 2026 update
- Balance passes
- Named in none of 7 to 2026-10-15
When to use it
Named part of a universal solo core alongside Vitality and Valor. Contested: the same affix was rated B tier in the June playtest, before the launch balance pass. The captured scale is what makes the Blackarrow argument concrete — a class missing a dodge is buying back a fifth of its dodge cost at level five, not an unquantified "faster dodge".
Builds using this
- Withered Knight — Greatsword PvP — Soulgrot explains it at 16:47Included in the blue upgrade plan; a final numeric target is not established by the spoken section.
- Mercenary — Parry Sword & Shield, solo — Master Deemo explains it at 20:30Faster dodge energy. The stated logic is comparative: if you have it and your opponent does not, you simply dodge more often than they can for the whole fight.
- Elemental Sorcerer — chant, zone, disengage — Master Deemo explains it at 24:30Maxed first, before anything offensive, and on blue gear rather than saved for purple. On a kit that dies to being reached, dodge frequency is the damage stat.
- Shadowstrix — dual blades, wound explosion — Master Deemo explains it at 16:00His first pick at every tier, for survivability and dodge economy.
- Shadowstrix bait-and-stun — Swanifier explains it at 03:00Four of one or the other on top of the floor. Without a level-4 brew the Vitality line is unaffordable, so Elusive takes the slot.
- Seer — Reverent catalyst, ranged support — LichKArthus explains it at 10:30Five, and called always mandatory no matter what. The stated reason is not general: Shadowstrix exists, you will be dived, and evade spam is the answer.
- Blackarrow — PvP Kiting — thelorr explains it at 09:01Target 5 in the final-level advice. Dodge economy is a core requirement of the playstyle.
- Mercenary — Skullcrusher hammer, PvP — Firebox explains it at 01:00“Every kit probably wants this” — his words, and the same position every other creator on this site takes.
Where this comes from
Opens at 26:00, where the affix is explained. Full citation below.
3 further sources describe it independently — 16:00, 14:30 in the citations below.
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Sources for this page
- Legacy Gaming — Ultimate Sorcerer Class Guide — Launch build, published 30 July 2026. Source for Elementalist and Stardust skill breakdowns.
- Master Deemo — Best Shadowstrix Solo Build and Affix Guide — Launch build, published 5 August 2026. Opens the equipped-affix panel with per-level tables held on screen — the first POST-LAUNCH capture of one, and therefore the source the affix figures on this site are checked against.
- Master Deemo — Best Mercenary Solo Build and Affix Guide — Launch build, published 2 August 2026. Source for the parry Mercenary talents and the Elusive / Vitality / Valor solo affix core.
- Rebrrth — The Ultimate Guide to Black Arrow — Launch build, published 4 August 2026 by a top-of-leaderboard Blackarrow. Chaptered skills, talents, affixes and rotation; source for the talent page 2 pick, the Barbed Arrow dodge-stun, the class mobility budget, PvP sequencing and the side-dodge tech the creator expects to be patched.