Shadow Bind (What's the point)

[Erwing]

There isn't much of a point, lol.

The skill purpose is only one: Bind enemy so that you can run away.

Otherwise it plain sucks, don't get me wrong..the damage is pretty decent..but the stamina consumption is pretty high, definitely not worth. There are better skills to spend your points on, and supposing you play in parties a lot, you don't really have to bother.

Bolded for emphasis. Shadowbind is a solo utility skill; it has virtually no use in parties except stopping fleeing levelquest targets.

I play almost exclusively solo and I keep Shadowbind on hand all the time. Aside from using it against fleeing levequest targets it's also great for putting distance between yourself and an enemy for damage mitigation and to set up a powerful Multishot (boosted, of course) to WS combo, or re-buff, or heal, or any other thing you may need to do mid-fight.