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Sevagoth's Shadow Gameplay Guide
[Sevagoth's Shadow] is a special form that is activated when [Sevagoth] uses Exalted Shadow or when he enters his bleedout state. It has its own ability set and has access to many different binary options for builds. It also has many special interactions with certain mods so it needs a slightly different mindset when crafting your loadout.
📝 Build Overview 📝
[Sevagoth's Shadow] is activated when he enters his bleedout state and it turns Consume into an instant kill ability. This build attempts to make the Shadow as useful as possible during this interaction so that Sevagoth can focus on very greedy strategies without fear of death.
🔢 Helminth Options 🔢
[Sevagoth's Shadow] is unable to use subsumed abilities but some options still carry over from the base frame. Be mindful of the effects that each ability will have on both aspects of [Sevagoth]'s kit.
Dispensary provides free health and energy while you're roaming in the Shadow.
Eclipse can use the [Total Eclipse] augment to buff the Shadow while even though you're not currently using [Sevagoth].
Other abilities can work but have a lot of redundancy or require you to babysit each ability by constantly switching between each form. Use them at your own discretion.
📊 Ability Stats 📊
Ability stats aren't touched and should be tweaked only if you're planning on using the Shadow outside of the bleedout state.
⏲️ Duration ⏲️
Duration benefits Death's Harvest the most in this build and you can replace flex mods with Primed Continuity if you're planning on using Exalted Shadow.
⛽ Efficiency ⛽
Efficiency benefits all abilities but Streamline should only be used if you're not planning on utilizing the bleedout state or the Preparation strategy.
📏 Range 📏
Range helps Consume but be very careful increasing it as the lunge can be uncontrollable in those scenarios. Stretch or Augur Reach are reasonable options in very large rooms.
💪 Strength 💪
Strength increases the life steal from Consume but it shouldn't be necessary in most situations. Replace a flex mod for Umbral Intensify or the normal variant for a small increase to your healing potential.
↔️ Alternate Playstyles ↔️
Most builds utilize tools that can be swapped out to serve the same purpose albeit in a different manner. The following suggestions are an outline and aren't exhaustive.
🔧 Mods 🔧
⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️
Arcane Grace increases the general survivability of a health tanking build and synergizes with multiple forms of damage reduction. It can be replaced if you don't like the low chance to proc. Quality of life arcanes like Arcane Agility or Arcane Eruption are usually the call.
Arcane [Guardian] provides more armor and effective health when it procs and synergizes with a build that uses multiple forms of damage reduction. It can be replaced against extremely high level enemies that will kill you instantly anyway. Tertiary defensive arcanes like Arcane Aegis or Arcane Barrier are usually the call.
📋 Final Notes 📋
[Preparation] instantly fills your entire energy bar every time you enter the Exalted Shadow. This synergizes with [Primed Flow] and the fact that there is no initial activation cost for Exalted Shadow. Arcane Energize has a separate cooldown when used on [Sevagoth] and his Shadow and the base frame benefits from the procs from the Shadow as he is still active while the Exalted Shadow is being used.
Consume from Exalted Shadow instantly kills most enemies while [Sevagoth] is bleeding out but it doesn't work against everything. Listing off every exception would significantly increase the size of this guide but the general rule is that the enemies that are known for being immune to abilities will also be immune to Consume.
Exalted Shadow doesn't carry over the buffs, arcanes, and set mods from the base [Sevagoth] loadout. Set mods are actually turned off completely while in Exalted Shadow. This is slightly alleviated by how easy it is to switch back and forth between the two forms. Any outliers are most likely not intended because they're extremely inconsistent with the very small minority of exceptions.
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