Shadow Insect is a Tier 3 (
) 
Unit of the Shadow faction. This common card was released with the Twilight Edition and has no affinity variants, nor a promo version.
In Skylords Reborn this card is available to all players as a starter card.
This card has been changed already, compared to its original appearance in BattleForge.
A versatile unit in Shadows Arsenal that can swiftly take out opponents with high damage bursts, and is effective at raiding.
Lore
This card has no associated lore.
Card Info
Active: Activate to release a shot of destructive energy that deals 370 / 370 / 460 / 600 damage to enemies in a 5m radius around its target, up to 500 / 500 / 620 / 800 in total. Needs to have gathered 900 life points from corpses first. Knocks back small units. Reusable every 3 seconds.
Passive: Harvests energy from nearby corpses equal to their former maximum life points to enable Soul Shock. A maximum of 1800 / 2700 / 2700 / 2700 life points can be stored at once. Passive: Moves at high speed. Passive: Cannot be knocked back.Notes & Strategies
Thanks to their low cost and spamability, Shadow Insects are very powerful creatures that can dish out large swathes of damage with their Soul Shock. Their low health count can be a grave detriment in direct combat however. Protecting them with tanks will help to keep them alive and fire off soul shock with impunity, but one can also run them as a raid squadron due to their solid attack strength. It is worth noting, soul shock is the only way this unit can attack airborne targets.
Campaign PvE
Shadow Insects are perfectly capable of annihilating a good majority of threats all on their own. A single Shadow Insect, provided it can fire 
Soul Shock, can go toe to toe with almost any Large unit all by itself. This makes them extremely useful at dispatching 
Bandit Hornblowers, 
Twilight Devastators and 
Twilight Treefiends. A full soul shock charge, or several of these insects are needed to take down 
Stonekin Warriors and 
Stonekin Rageflames though. With an effective 1800 ATK against a large unit, they are built for it.
Their high speed makes them very capable raiders and can dip in and out of combat easily, pelting enemies with Soul Shock in hit and run attacks. This can allow them to even defeat massive giants like the 
Twilight Hulk.
Card Upgrades & Drop Locations
Displayed below are the card's upgrades and where to obtain them.
 Shadow Insect
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Upgrade I | Upgrade II | Upgrade III |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Card |    Shadow Insect Lifepoints +70 Corpse Gathering +900 storable life points |   Shadow Insect Lifepoints +100 Soul Shock +90 damage per target, 120 in total |   Shadow Insect Lifepoints +200 Soul Shock +140 damage per target, 180 in total |
| Drop Location |  Encounters with Twilight |
Encounters with Twilight |
Encounters with Twilight
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| Scenario Difficulty | Standard | Advanced | Expert |
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Patch History
- Active ability
Soul Shock:
- Improved the English description to be more consistent.
- Adjusted the card's upgrade drop locations:
Card Name Former Scenario Drop Locations New Scenario Drop Locations Upgrade 1 Upgrade 2 Upgrade 3 Upgrade 1 Upgrade 2 Upgrade 3 Shadow InsectNightmare Shard Nightmare Shard Nightmare Shard Encounters with Twilight Encounters with Twilight Encounters with Twilight
- Active ability Soul Shock:
- Increased damage from 370 / 370 / 460 / 500 (500 / 500 / 620 / 685 in total) to 370 / 370 / 460 / 600 (500 / 500 / 620 / 800 in total).
- Increased the unit's rotation speed from 200 to 300.
- Active ability Soul Shock:
- Added a preview of the ability radius that is displayed on hover over the ability activation button.
- Fixed formatting error on card's tooltip.
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