TUTORIAL - Shadow mode!

[Waddup]

Waddup guys?!
Check out my Shadow mode tutorial and let me know if it was useful! :)
I'm really enjoying this game btw!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZCTf4VqZg

[Senlin]

I'm sorry to say, but perhaps the example you chose is not the best, as you don't need to kill those 3 enemies at the same time (and you actually don't). There is better example with enemies just before the gate.

Also, you don't need to hold shift. Just press it and it will switch to the shadow mode.

A small hint about shadow mode itself, something I found out very late in game - if you are crouched and you need your character to stand up to shoot or something, go into shadow mode, press space and then select attack action on the enemy. There is some inconsistency about that though, similar to how you can double click to set attack with running, but I think it doesn't work together with ctrl (to pick up body after the kill), or at least not always, and perhaps not for all attack types.

I also wasn't aware until late in game that you can also prepare howling for Kamu (or whatever the animal is called) in the shadow mode, so maybe this helps someone.

[Pippin123]

When using shadow mode, remember that not all actions have the same timing, and enemies also needs as few second to react.

Throwing a stone to set up a kill for exemple :
You press execute:
1/ Hayato throws the stone
2/ It takes about 1 sec to land
3/ the ennemies will do their "what is that ?" animation (1-2 sec)
4/ they start looking at the stone.

So between activating the plan and the ennemies being effectively distracted it was 2-3 sec.

So your killing units need to be far enough away to reach their targets after that delay.

Usually not a problem, but things can get messy sometimes

[Bertie]

Originally posted by Pippin123:

So your killing units need to be far enough away to reach their targets after that delay.

Or you can use the individual shortcuts to activate the shadow mode action for each character separately.

[Pippin123]

I need to look those up. I guess they're in the button congig options ?

[Bertie]

Originally posted by Pippin123:

I need to look those up. I guess they're in the button congig options ?

Yup, just scroll down a bit :)

[Senlin]

They (the key shortcuts) are also shown on the left side of the screen. You can also delete individual actions there (or all of them) and I think you can also activate them individually there by clicking, but I haven't tried that.

[Reskal]

Was a very fine guide Waddup, ty. Now i know how to use shadow mode, tried and did not work before