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[Teabaggin Krogan]

So I haven't really played around a lot with the Shadow but I recently did a match with the kit on gold hydra and it was a lot of fun! I ran a 66356 build with 3 in electric slash, power and melee damage in everything else. I mostly played the kit by starting a clocked shadow strike on a mook and then taking advantage of the melee bonus for killing them on the later unclocked SSs which seemed to have a faster cool down. I used a harrier for weapon and hydraulic joints for melee bonus. 

                                                How do you guys spec this one? Also what are some good weapons to use with this kit? Since this class kind of works like a vanguard, can you charge up a weapon like the Gps and then lock on and shadow strike an enemy to make the shots hit them for extra damage similar to using biotic charge? How about the batarian gauntlet on the kit? Would the damage resistance help or would it be just plain silly?

[Abramsrunner]

I tried the Bat Gauntlet on her to see if it gets the rank 6 sword mastery bonus, I don't think it did, but I didn't do a whole lot testing to see.

 

But hey, Shadow Punches.

[Teabaggin Krogan]

Yeah true but the thing is she already has a badass sword that I prefer to the knuckle dusters but it'd be cool if you get to decapitate mooks with the sword! It would be interesting to see if she gets the melee and damage resistant bonuses with it too although I doubt it as well.

[Darth Volus]

http://kalence.drupa...23N55334!G3970G

 

I can snipe (with Disruptor rounds the first Valiant shot will stun and the follow up headshots will kill) plus I can still relocate and one shot most enemies with Shadow Strike. 

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

I ran a 66356 build with 3 in electric slash, power and melee damage in everything else. I mostly played the kit by starting a clocked shadow strike on a mook and then taking advantage of the melee bonus for killing them on the later unclocked SSs which seemed to have a faster cool down.

 

That's what I do, except I take Bonus Power in TC.

 

Also what are some good weapons to use with this kit?

 

Conventional wisdom is shotguns, in order to use the omniblade.

 

With the build you have, I'd say give pistols a try, combining the Power Amp with the Melee Amp. The total bonuses aren't quite as much as the omniblade, but they are comparable, and the light weight allows for some versatile combos (especially with bonus power.)

 

How about the batarian gauntlet on the kit? Would the damage resistance help or would it be just plain silly?

 

As far as I am aware, the Shadow's Heavy Melee already offers 50% DR (not factoring ooc damage modifier.)

 

It can also hit up to three targets, has similarly good tracking, and benefits from the fitness chain's bonuses, so I don't think the Shadow is one of the kits that really benefits from BatGauntlet. It might be a funny way to follow up a Shadow Strike.

[XAN]

Put a Claymore on her, Skip SS and ES, shoot everything!

 

Seriously though, I skip Electric Slash and take Bonus Power on TC. My setup looks somewhat like this on the rare occasion I'm playing her. Off host I use cyclonics. Batarian Gauntlet isn't a good idea on her. I saw a pug decapitate 3 abominations in a single heavy melee once.

[ColonelKungPao]

http://kalence.drupa...24N55334!GD9C3G

 

Black Widow on bosses. Shadow Strike on mooks. Electric Slash behind walls (yes, I know it's frowned upon.)

[SassaMFG]

I have tons of fun with this:

http://kalence.drupa...34N56314!03EBEG

[Triaxos]

I like thisone. It specced mainly for a pretty nasty ss and can easily OHK everything on gold except true bosses. I rarely shoot so the weapon used is mainly there to hold the melee stunner and the power magnifier to further improve ss. You definitely don't want to meet this girl when you're out for a walk at night ...

 

Only downside is that I occasionally enjoy aiming for a collector captain, hitting an abomb instead with forseeable results ... 

 

http://kalence.drupa...!!33Q563!038B8G

[Elivelton]

3 shot-bomber glass cannon:

http://kalence.drupa...34J56314!C38E8G

 

Based on the synapsefire build from this topic:

http://forum.bioware...er-build-video/

 

Shoot --> SS --> Shoot

Use electric slash to detonate tech bursts if you`re on a tech team.

You can change one of the SS evolutions for more survivability --> 4B or 6B

And/or change the gear to juggernaut shield.

 

Pros:

6k Heavy melee damage with martial artist on shields/barriers

5.8k on everything with SS

3.5k Claymore shot.

 

Cons:

You`re weak, be careful!

[BurningBlood]

I use the same build as Elivelton, except for the weapon: I prefer the Crusader (with HVB instead of smart choke).  If you can get used to the way it shoots, it lets you snipe clear across the map and carry an omni-blade at the same time.

 

And yeah, she's a very glassy cannon with this build.  If don't pick your targets carefully you'll die, a lot.  If you do choose them wisely, you will slice your enemies to ribbons (well, except Atlases...stupid SS bug).

[Teabaggin Krogan]

That's what I do, except I take Bonus Power in TC.

 

Conventional wisdom is shotguns, in order to use the omniblade.

 

With the build you have, I'd say give pistols a try, combining the Power Amp with the Melee Amp. The total bonuses aren't quite as much as the omniblade, but they are comparable, and the light weight allows for some versatile combos (especially with bonus power.)

 

As far as I am aware, the Shadow's Heavy Melee already offers 50% DR (not factoring ooc damage modifier.)

 

It can also hit up to three targets, has similarly good tracking, and benefits from the fitness chain's bonuses, so I don't think the Shadow is one of the kits that really benefits from BatGauntlet. It might be a funny way to follow up a Shadow Strike.

Yes I took the bonus power option as well, I figured her overall weapon damage bonuses aren't good enough to go for the sniper rifle damage especially when I might be playing as a cqc character. I had forgotten to equip an omniblade and I was still one shotting possessed collector captains so a claymore is probably the way to go!

                                  I did go for TC damage over duration though so there's little time to actually pull off another SS after the initial one especially with the long animation for SS. Maybe I'll try out the arc pistol on it next time.

[The Real Pearl #2]

The PM i him sent to Saikyo to train him read and learn clods:

To start off her heavy melee always decapitates, so you want to use that to safely defuse abombs, her light melee is also very fast and can be cancelled with a dodge. I recommend using it to stagger lock enemies or finishing them off. My own build is just a slight alteration of bwnci's build, and don't forget the weight glitch. 

Bwnci's build:

http://kalence.drupa...!34Q56364!0.9E9

My own Build:

http://kalence.drupa...34N56384!039B9G

 

She is very squishy, and you don't get much shields from her passives either, it's best to specc into making tactical cloak and shadow strike to make her own pseudo biotic charge. You can say the N7 shadow is a true infiltrator, because she relies on her cloak for survival instead of a mere damage boost. If you use tactical cloak in hard cover then the enemies will simply walk away, this is important to know, knowing the mechanics of cloak will save your skin, With the sixth evolution of cloak you can safely shadow strike without breaking cloak and drawing all the aggro towards you. And be sure to pick off mooks with your melee, the damage boost after a kill can help you one shot phantoms with a shadow strike. Her shadow strike also counts as a melee attack as well as a power, so stack up on those melee bonuses. Shield drain is very useful and will save you ops packs. electric slash is useful for safely stripping shields off bosses to help teammates. 

 

Scions: These are pure armor enemies, they are easy to kill with one shadow strike followed by a heavy melee, if it's still alive shave off it's bars with your wraith or eviscecrator. 

Mooks/trooper sized enemies: Easy enemies and perfect to leech shields off of, watch out for elbows.

 

Praetorians: Risky but you can deal decent damage with one shadow strike, i suggest doing this when they are distracted. fire support will prove useful to team mates. 

 

Husk/abombs: A pack of husks can be subdue with one heave melee, the heave melee can kill three enemies at once. 

 

Ravagers: Very risky as their blood and swarmers can drain your shields, it's to keep your distance and use that wraith/evisecator to good use. 

 

Brutes: Shadow strike when they charge and when they are distracted, unfortunately bioware made their butts do damage when you touch them. so expect some telepathetic brutes. caution is advised

 

banshees: Annoying, but you can successfully shadow strike, although she sometimes glitches and soaks up the damage, caution is advised. 

 

Turrets: Disposal trash, your team will thank you. but be prepared for the vorcha cam (this is when geth scanner comes in)

 

Atlas: You can't shadow strike them, best to use electric slash to it's fullest and take out their shields and pump lead. When they are distracted heavy melee and get out. Hit and run tactics and caution is advised. Aim for the vent on their backs. 

 

Guardian:Shoot them with your gun, aim for the head, you can shadow strike them when they don't notice you, but when they are aware of your position they will turn towards you when you shadow strike. 

 

Dragoons: Pure armor delicacy, chew them up, and spit them out. Team hero award will be yours.

 

Phantoms: With the geth scanner you will be a master sword fighter, and easily destroy these scrubs.

 

Geth primes: take out their drones and turrets with electric slash, Shadow and melee when distracted. Hit and run tactics

 

Geth bomber: Easy peasy, watch out for the grenades. Other than that, free shields. 

 

Your gonna have the most trouble with reapers. Collectors are tough but you can be successful, don't forget she has a very good dodge. Remember, analyse the battlefield, 

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[Teabaggin Krogan]

Put a Claymore on her, Skip SS and ES, shoot everything!

 

Seriously though, I skip Electric Slash and take Bonus Power on TC. My setup looks somewhat like this on the rare occasion I'm playing her. Off host I use cyclonics. Batarian Gauntlet isn't a good idea on her. I saw a pug decapitate 3 abominations in a single heavy melee once.

I kept 3 ranks in electric slash as I feel it game me some versatility and also I can do combos with ammo priming. Also the wall hack cheese!

               But why are you running the Disciple? That thing's a peashooter right..I figured a claymore is probably the best set up with this one or maybe the piranha might also be pretty good.

[The Real Pearl #2]

As you can tell...I play the shadow alot from that long paragraph

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[SpaceV3gan]

I just wall hack geth scanner Electric Slash the hell out and hope to fight only Geth or Cerberus.
I know, it is cheap. I bring the Arc Pistol to make it even cheaper.
This is unfortunately a pretty boring character.


Also:

 

Put a Claymore on her, Skip SS and ES, shoot everything!

Sometimes I do that. I also like to use the Black Widow.

[Excella Gionne]

Sniper Build. I like this build for her if I'm going to be sniping with her or using any other form of weapon with her. It's not melee concentrated, and so, it will not utilize Fitness Rank 6. However, weaker enemies can be dispatched with melee still since TC's Rank 5b and Fitness's Rank 4a still increase melee damage. 

[The Real Pearl #2]

I just wall hack geth scanner Electric Slash the hell out and hope to fight only Geth or Cerberus.
I know, it is cheap. I bring the Arc Pistol to make it even cheaper.
This is unfortunately a pretty boring character.


Also:

 

Sometimes I do that. I also like to use the Black Widow.

Of course it's boring!, you are spamming one power. Smh

She also spares you cyclonics, because whats the point? you are going to be cloaked and avoiding aggro for 90% of the time, you are playing MGS5 in mass effect. no need for cyclonics OP.

[Teabaggin Krogan]

I just wall hack geth scanner Electric Slash the hell out and hope to fight only Geth or Cerberus.
I know, it is cheap. I bring the Arc Pistol to make it even cheaper.
This is unfortunately a pretty boring character.


Also:

 

Sometimes I do that. I also like to use the Black Widow.

Dude she's got a ****** sword and she can ninja assassinate every single mook in game on gold! If that's not exciting I don't know what is!

[Teabaggin Krogan]

As you can tell...I play the shadow alot from that long paragraph

Duration cloak? Is that more useful in this case as it seems a lot of people are opting for it! I admit the kit is pretty squishy especially off host. Also is the extra damage in clock bonus wasted on gold? As in will you still be able to OHK phantoms on gold or even higher by going along the duration cloak route with the appropriate gear?

[The Real Pearl #2]

Duration cloak? Is that more useful in this case as it seems a lot of people are opting for it! I admit the kit is pretty squishy especially off host. Also is the extra damage in clock bonus wasted on gold? As in will you still be able to OHK phantoms on gold or even higher by going along the duration cloak route with the appropriate gear?

the electrical DOT will help with OHKing phantoms, If they are still alive you can always pop an incend DOT on them, the duration will help you attract less aggro and more time to find hard cover spot to recharge your cloak and powers. The duration is useful for scouting out and allows for more time to choose who you wanna SS. 

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Duration also allows you to get the full TC bonus for a three attack combination, and if your weapon is light enough, the cloak will refresh quickly enough that only occasional attacks occur outside of cloak. It allows for staging attacks in a number of different ways.

 

Sometimes the ability to stagger up to three targets with ES is a good way to start a combo, and sometimes it's a good way to finish. With duration, the long wind-up of ES is much less of a problem for connecting it to other attacks.

[Catastrophy]

Thx, but no. Hattori Hannah skips ES.

[The Real Pearl #2]

I tried the Bat Gauntlet on her to see if it gets the rank 6 sword mastery bonus, I don't think it did, but I didn't do a whole lot testing to see.

 

But hey, Shadow Punches.

I tried this and figured out that she is one of those kits that if you run and hold melee, you can do her normal heavy melee instead of doing the long bat gauntlet animation, although i think it does the same damage and the sound effect is the same, this works with the geth too, so AOE gauntlet, cool, but not efficient, your better off with geth scanner or a melee damage booster

[The_Nightman_Cometh]

What is with you people and your shield drain builds? I prefer to one-hit shadow strike phantoms..