Shadowstrixx | Sustain Hybrid Damage Build | Twitch.tv/KiriachiTV

Weapons

DAGGERS

Flash Stride → Dash through enemies while dealing damage. Even better in Trios thanks to the reduced cooldown.

Shadow Strike → Dash forward, create an illusion and stun enemies you hit. Great for starting combos or catching fleeing players.

DUAL BLADES

Crow Storm → Your main utility tool. Enhanced Crow Storm can stun enemies in a wide area and is excellent for both PvP and disrupting PvE fights.

Spinning Slash → Your main gap-closer and burst tool. Dash forward while dealing heavy Physical Damage. Also benefits from a shorter cooldown in Trios.

Talents

Battle Frenzy

→ Gain Movement Speed whenever you hit an enemy.

Light Weight

→ Use your dodge to cancel actions and quickly escape dangerous situations.

Heavy Strike Mastery

→ Pursuit Strike no longer consumes Energy, but has an internal cooldown.

Bloodthirsty Frenzy

→ Hitting enemies with Bloody Blade Dance grants stacking Physical Damage. While active, projectiles are deflected, giving you a small amount of Energy when you successfully deflect them.

Unstoppable

→ Gain Super Armor when casting Spinning Slash, helping you complete your attack without being interrupted.

After Effect

→ Spinning Slash increases your Physical Damage for a short period afterward.

Blackout

→ Hitting enemies multiple times with Crow Storm can stun them. Already-stunned players won't build additional Crow Storm stacks.

Enhanced Crow Storm

→ Improves the speed and maximum range of your crows, making it much easier to land Crow Storm from a distance.

How to Play Shadowstrixx

1. Don't fight fair.

Shadowstrixx isn't designed to stand in the middle of a fight and trade blows. Pick your moment, burst your target and get out.

Your mobility gives you the ability to choose when a fight starts — and when it ends.

2. Hunt the squishy targets.

Look for Seers, Sorcerers and Blackarrows who are separated from their team.

Your goal isn't necessarily to start the biggest fight. It's to remove the most dangerous target before the real fight begins.

3. Track enemy cooldowns.

Don't blindly dive into an enemy who still has their defensive or mobility abilities available.

Wait for them to burn their important cooldowns, then strike.

4. Use your mobility constantly.

Flash Stride, Shadow Strike, Spinning Slash and your dodge aren't just damage tools.

Use them to:

Engage → Burst → Reposition → Re-engage

You're strongest when the enemy can't predict where you'll be next.

5. Play around your team in Trios.

Shadowstrixx becomes particularly nasty in Trios because of the reduced cooldowns.

Let your teammates create the pressure while you flank, isolate and delete vulnerable targets.

A Mercenary or Withered Knight can soak the attention while you attack from the side and force enemies to fight on multiple fronts.

6. Your ideal targets

Seer → Sorcerer → Blackarrow

These classes are vulnerable when caught out, allowing Shadowstrixx to dive in, overwhelm them and disappear before the enemy team can react.

Strengths

→ Powerful burst damage and extremely high DPS potential

→ One of the fastest and most mobile classes

→ Excellent engage and disengage tools

→ Can use stealth to catch enemies off guard

→ Great at isolating and eliminating squishy targets such as Seers, Sorcerers, and Blackarrows

→ Strong at transitioning between PvE and PvP

→ Excellent exploration and map mobility

→ Stealth makes it easier to move around unnoticed and safely collect loot

→ Reduced cooldowns make the class particularly strong in Trios

→ Works extremely well alongside tankier classes such as Mercenary and Withered Knight

Weaknesses

→ One of the squishiest classes, with low HP and base armor

→ Very vulnerable to stealth counters, especially Blackarrows

→ Withered Knight can parry and counter many of its attacks

→ Long cooldowns make poorly timed abilities extremely punishing

→ Mistakes are punished heavily due to its low survivability

→ Vulnerable to being surrounded or overwhelmed by multiple enemies

→ Has a steep learning curve and requires good timing

→ Combos can be difficult to execute consistently

→ Struggles against melee-heavy classes that can stay on top of you

TLDR:

Find target → Close distance → Stun → Crow Storm → Spinning Slash → Burst → Disengage → Repeat

The biggest mistake is trying to play Shadowstrixx like a traditional frontline fighter.

You aren't the tank. You're the assassin.

Pick your target, explode onto them, force them into panic, and disappear before the enemy has time to respond.

If this guide helped you out, feel free to stop by my Twitch and say hi!

I regularly play Mistfall Hunter live, test out different builds, and probably make a few questionable decisions along the way.

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-Kiriachi