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Valor
All three builds take it.
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Mistfall Hunter Shadowstrix Builds
Three published Shadowstrix builds — dual blades after the Phantom Shift nerf, the bait-and-stun inversion, and the dagger energy build — each transcribed from one creator with timestamps.
Applies to 15 September 2026 updateUpdated
The short answer
The 3 September pass gave Phantom Shift a long recovery animation, and that single change is what separates the three published Shadowstrix builds. The newest accepts the recovery and throws the teleport out of an opening rather than into one; the two older ones were recorded when it was still instant.
3 published buildsAll re-read against the 3 Sep patch1 recorded after the 28 Aug passStealth assassin
One of the three builds postdates the 3 September Phantom Shift change; the other two are early August and describe an instant teleport. That is the single most important date on this page, so it is on every card.
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Pick one
Shadowstrix builds, filtered by how you play
The filters are a reading aid, not a re-labelling — every card still shows the creator’s own wording for the format, because “PvP, solo-leaning” is a hedge they meant.
Format
Stance
Source
Showing 3 of 3 Shadowstrix builds
Dual Blades · Solo PvPShadowstrix — dual blades, wound explosionThe 3 September pass gave Phantom Shift a long recovery animation, and this build accepts that rather than working around it: the teleport comes out of the kit and Smoke Bomb takes its place as the disengage.Video · 2026-09-07Re-read 2026-09-12Tested by Master DeemoDagger / Dual Blades · Solo, with a named trio swapShadowstrix bait-and-stunMost Shadowstrix writing treats the class as an ambusher: open from stealth, win or die.Video · 2026-08-04Re-read 2026-09-06Tested by SwanifierDagger / Dual Blades · PvP, solo into triosShadowstrix — Dagger PvPThe highest-viewed post-launch Shadowstrix guide, and a different animal from the wound-threshold build already on this site: this one is organised around baiting.Video · 2026-08-04Re-read 2026-09-06Tested by Swanifier§02
Which stance
Dagger or Dual Blades
This class swaps stances, so “which build” is mostly “which stance you want to spend the fight in”. Both briefs stay on the page; the button only moves the emphasis.
Dagger
The energy bar is a second health bar
- Swanifier’s dagger build is organised around energy, and says plainly that an empty bar mid-fight is lethal.
- Shadow Strike, Flash Stride and Phantom Shift is the shared three-skill core across both of his builds.
- Battle Frenzy, Lightweight and Excitement are the talents that pay the energy bill.
- Fervor leads its affix priority, which no other Shadowstrix build here does.
Dual Blades
Bait the swing, then punish it
- Shadow Strike carries invincibility frames, which is what makes an *opening* out of somebody else’s attack.
- Master Deemo’s September build uses Smoke Bomb and Spinning Slash and treats the teleport as an exit, not an entry.
- Against an opponent who does not commit to a swing there is nothing to bait — this is a read, not a rotation.
- Harder than the pre-patch class, and the creator repeats that rather than hiding it.
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Stat & affix priorities
What to roll for, and who said so
Derived by reading the published builds against each other rather than by picking a winner: an affix every build takes is load-bearing, and an affix they split on is the finding.
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Elusive
All three again — the class survives by not being where the swing lands.
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FervorContested
Contested — the dagger build leads with it, the bait build omits it entirely and spends the slot on Stoic and Aegis.
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Compiled by Mistfall Hunter Guide Editorial Team