Shadowknight rework should lean into bleed(s)

Aoth

If SKs are being lead into the direction of monster hunters and away from necromancy aka death, i believe that bleed/blood could be the answer. we can reflavor drains as blood drains, any dots can be a bleed dot, we can maybe have an update to our aura to heal X from bleeding targets. can use our hp as an emergency mana source. the options/flavor to a knight that makes things bleed and is empowered by it, are so cool and could fit a shadow knight

Briggs

Aoth Would be very cool! I think its a bit late for that, I assume the rework is mostly done and just getting all the kinks ironed out.

Mesh

As long as the class retains the core abilities (FD, invuln, grip, drains, slow, etc) I'm pretty open to experimentation theme-wise.

Interested to see what they do with this new "collectable abilities" mechanic. Hopefully it gives the class some meaningful choices and isn't just a gimmick.

Also hoping they add a significant mana sustain mechanic or make the bulk of our DPS occur through weapon attacks rather than spells. Make spells occasional use like situational utility or CC. The other two Knights are really struggling mana-wise. We cannot be a "high-damage tank" if our ability to provide consistent DPS is kneecapped by mana.

Velthorian

I prefer to keep shadow knights in the game, delete the archer and add a monster hunter.

Zest

Impactful bleeds plus FD would also open up a whole new genre of fighting difficult enemies too.