[Kameron8]

The Spellthief passive Tricky casts Create Shade at the beginning of each combat. Currently, shades appear to be spawning anywhere on the map, and often times not at all. Here's an example of the beginning of combat against a Jammer, where Create Shade was cast with Tricky:



In this instance, two shades spawned in total, and one outside of range of where it could have been naturally cast from the starting position. This interaction does not change when Shuffle is equipped or unequipped.