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] uses a special set of [Shadow Claws] to deal melee damage while the ability is activated. This build attempts to support those Shadow Claws to deal with enemies in the Shadow itself rather than having to swap back to Sevagoth.

🔢 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 📊

Range is boosted to benefit Embrace while Duration, Efficiency, and Strength are kept above the baseline to benefit multiple abilities.

⏲️ Duration ⏲️

Duration is slightly boosted to benefit Death's Harvest and Embrace. Flex mods can be replaced for additional Duration but it has little benefit on your other abilities.

⛽ Efficiency ⛽

Efficiency is increased by [Streamline] to give Embrace and Death's Harvest constant uptime. [Streamline] is a flex mod if you're utilizing the Preparation strategy but realize that you'd have to constantly switch back and forth between the two forms.

📏 Range 📏

Range is boosted to benefit a Death's Harvest and Embrace. Augur Reach or Stretch are flex mods on smaller tilesets but it isn't suggested to cut multiple Range mods.

💪 Strength 💪

Strength is increased by a few mods to keep Death's Harvest competitive across more content. It also slightly increases the healing from Consume when needed. [Energy Conversion] can be replaced by Blind Rage if you're using the Preparation strategy outline in the Final Notes section below.

↔️ 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 🔧

• Brief Respite is one of our only survival tools but it can be replaced if you're relying on Rolling Guard or Consume.
• [Preparation] should be on every Shadow build as it gives you full energy every time you activate the Shadow. This is explained further in the Final Notes section below but for now just don't replace this mod.
• Energy Conversion and Transient Fortitude are flex mods that can be swapped with Blind Rage at your discretion.
• Shield gating and Embrace's crowd control are our only forms of survivability. Rolling Guard can be used instead of a flex mod against extremely high level content.
• [Sevagoth] should use augments for his subsumed abilities if they're necessary. None of them can be equipped on the Shadow as of the initial writing of this guide.

⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️

Arcane [Fury] boosts the damage from the [Shadow Claws] and synergizes with the general melee focused mindset of Exalted Shadow. It can be replaced if you're not relying on the [Shadow Claws] for damage or it isn't necessary to kill enemies. Quality of life arcanes like Arcane Energize are usually the call.

Arcane Strike synergizes with the [Shadow Claws] and allows the build to more easily dispatch enemies no matter what kind of loadout your [Shadow Claws] have equipped. It can be replaced if you opt to use the base Sevagoth or abilities instead. Tertiary defensive mods like Arcane Aegis and Arcane Guardian 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.

🔄 Linked Builds 🔄

Frames

• Low Cost Gloom Shared Polarities
• High Cost Gloom Shared Polarities
• Reap Damage Buffs Shared Polarities
• Death Well Upkeep Shared Polarities
• Bleedout Consume Shared Polarities

Exalted Shadow

• General Use Shared Polarities
• Death's Harvest Shared Polarities
• Bleedout Shadow Shared Polarities

Weapons

• Kuva Nukor: Condition Overload Primer Shared Loadout
• Kronen Prime: General Use Melee Shared Loadout
• Kronen Prime: Naramon Alternate Melee Shared Loadout

Other Necessary Tools

• Smeeta Kavat: General Use Shared Loadout
• Panzer Vulpaphyla: General Use Alternate Shared Loadout
• Adarza Kavat: General Use Shared Critical Chance Loadout

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🏆 Credits 🏆

• NICHE - Developed tools that made generating builds far easier.
• Dragazer - Helped to clarify certain melee interactions.
• Marr - Helped with proofreading original build format.

🛑 Disclaimers 🛑

This build may make certain assumptions about mechanics that can change after a patch. Multiple unnecessary forma may be used to facilitate more options across multiple builds with one polarity plan. Certain sub-optimal mods may be run to fit them into the forma polarity plan. We do not make builds that purposely attempt to abuse mechanics that aren't intended by the developers. None of these previous statements are excuses for a fundamentally incorrect build and we ask that you please contact us when we're wrong. We do not consent to anyone other than the original author of this guide posting it without permission.