It will also allow you to be able to sneak by the monsters you do not wish to fight and get right to the juicy stuff. Damage over time spells are the meat of the shadowknights offensive spells. These spells will slowly eat away at a monsters hit points. Not only are these great for finishing off running monsters but also for general combat. Every combat round the monster will take a bit more damage and over the course of a battle these will add up.
Fear spells such as fear and spook the dead can be very useful and very dangerous to use.
These spells will cause your target to turn and run away in fear for about 30 seconds. This can be good if you are outnumbered by monsters and would like to reduce their numbers. It can become a problem however if the monster runs and picks up help on the way back because you will now be facing even greater numbers. The vampiric embrace spell is a very interesting shadowknight spell. This is the shadowknights only way of healing themselves.