Mistfall Hunter Shadowstrix Dual Blades Build (Skills, Talents, Affixes)

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1. Blue15:56

   Elusive, Vitality and Valor are his stated top three, with Fervor fitted in because this class stacks it fastest. His drinking order on the third wine is Fervor to level 5 first, then Valor as high as it goes.

2. Purple17:20

   Same top three, with the remaining slots turned defensive because the class gets one-shot. Resilience at level 4 or better is the one he argues for — a stunned Shadowstrix is a dead one — and Aegis at 2. He calls Aegis interchangeable with Tenacious or Stoic, and says Ethereal is only worth points if the wine leaves you spare.

3. Gold19:20

   Tenacious, Aegis and Resilience together, plus Seeker as the extra. He flags Seeker as conditional on your own movement rather than a flat gain — it pays for footsie play and nothing else — and says he would swap Aegis for Tenacious if forced, because this class reaches half health often.

The loop

1. Open with Poison Crow Mark where you can land it. The slow and the reduced dodge distance run for five seconds before Curse, and the talents on it add a healing block and a blind (08:30; 09:00).
2. Punish into the slow. With their dodge shortened you can walk into range and hit them after the dodge rather than before it (08:30).
3. Use Spinning Slash for pokes and to contest — it kept its damage through the range nerf, and Unstoppable is what guarantees the hit lands (08:00; 15:00).
4. Disengage with Smoke Bomb, not with the teleport. Inside it they are slowed and cannot heal, so a chaser has to spend a dash or a skill (06:38; 12:30).
5. Flash Stride is the instant dash for both directions — entering and finishing — and needs no talent investment (07:00).

1. Smoke Bomb06:38

   Replaces Phantom Shift as the disengage. The perk he takes blocks or reduces healing inside it, and the slow is what stops a chaser walking after you.

2. Flash Stride?07:00

   An instant long-range dash used for engage and disengage both. He calls it a must and notes it needs no talents. Caption spelling is not corroborated by a catalogue record.

3. Spinning Slash?08:00

   Kept after the range nerf: fast, good damage, and his preferred poke and contest tool. The 3 September notes cut its Super Armor duration rather than the skill.

4. 
   Poison Crow Mark08:30

   The build’s highlight, in his words. A ranged hit that slows and shortens the target’s dodge for at least five seconds before Curse is counted.

1. 
   Wound Buildup10:18

   His pick over Battle Frenzy this patch, for true damage that ignores the defence a purple or gold opponent is carrying, plus energy restore. He says Battle Frenzy remains viable if you want faster uptime.

2. 
   Lightweight11:30

   Attack cancelling. He calls it a must — it buys feints and dodges out of animations you otherwise cannot leave.

3. Sensory Poison?11:50

   The blind-and-deafen half of the Crow Mark talents. He names it explicitly as the one to cut first if you want the slot, provided the healing block stays.

4. Wound Infection?12:30

   Slows anyone chasing you through the smoke. He calls it “almost a must” and says a confident smoke player can drop it — his hedge, kept.

5. 
   Bloodthirst Frenzy13:00

   Deflects projectiles, restores energy and stacks physical damage up to four times. He takes it specifically for the ranged matchups, Blackarrow named.

6. 
   Stance Recovery14:30

   Cooldown reduction on the light-strike skills, which is most of this kit. Listed as a must.

7. 
   Unstoppable15:00

   Super armour, to contest other super armour and to stop pokes being interrupted. He has seen the build run without it and says the pokes get much weaker.

8. Shadow Dance14:00

   The named alternative, not part of the main list: a melee-leaning swap that recovers energy on Bloody Blade and Fang Rush. He states the cost outright — you lose the deflect, so ranged matchups get worse.

1. 
   Elusive16:00

   His first pick at every tier, for survivability and dodge economy.

2. 
   Vitality16:00

   Energy, which is skill uses. Named in the same breath as Elusive as one of the best in the game.

3. 
   Valor16:30

   Flat attack and defence penetration. Maxed after Fervor on the blue kit.

4. 
   Fervor16:30

   Stacks fastest on this class because of its attack speed. Target level 5 with the third wine.

5. Resilience17:50

   Level 4 or better on the purple kit. Shortens freezes and stuns, and he frames one landed stun as a death for this class.

6. 
   Aegis18:20

   Level 2 for resistances, scaling with armour rarity. He calls it interchangeable with Tenacious or Stoic.

7. 
   Tenacious19:20

   On the gold kit, and the one he would keep over Aegis — this class sits at half health often enough for it to pay.

8. 
   Seeker19:50

   Movement speed for footsie play and chasing. Explicitly conditional: replace it if you are not confident in your movement.

9. Ethereal19:00

   Around 60% fall-damage resistance. Only if the wine leaves points spare after the defensive core — his words, not a recommendation to prioritise it.

• It is harder than the pre-patch class, and he says so repeatedly. Without an instant teleport a misread engage is a death rather than a reset.
• Squishy enough that the purple and gold kits spend most of their slots on defence. If you are used to building for damage, this is the change.
• Two of the talents — Sensory Poison and Wound Infection — he names as cuttable, so the list is a preference and not a solved build.
• No in-game retest by this site. The matchup footage is the creator’s own, and it includes fights he loses.

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