How to kill Shadow?

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡]

The most annoying boss so far. I also made a dumb mistake by entering with only 1 energy point. And i'm starting to give up.

[Type]

I played on normal and used the tactic of using fully upgrade shield dash attacks to stun and then melee him down. Having a fully upgraded dash helps too, as you can create a lot of space after the stun wears off. I, too, had only one energy for the fight but managed to make it work after a few attempts. Keep an eye out for the machine drops that sap life/energy. You'll want to destroy them ASAP.

I don't know if this works on Hard. My guess is that it probably doesn't.

[Grenade Pizza F]

I played on hard. Dump all your skill points into stun grenade, dash, and bonus effects from pickups. When the fight starts, do not give him a chance to move. Dash up to him and stun him. Slash away at him and when the stun is almost finished, hit the stun again. Do this untill you run out of energy. Now play chicken. Keep dashing away from him until an EMP station drops. Kill it as fast as you can and you will recover some energy. Rinse and repeat. Killed him my second try cheeseing him like this

[goka9696]

Played on hard

Upgrade Dashing and Slow-Mo.

Disable every other upgrade.

Just constanly dash around him in slow mo and hit him and basically pray he doesn't hit you (which he shouldn't since at max upgrade your dash will replenish almost instantly)

[Lanimret]

spawn in nano-7 and just dash like its no tomorrow repeatedly jutting in and out, that's all you need

[Shark]

My strat :
Maxed Stun Grenade + enhanced melee damage equipped

Stun him

2 or 3 melee hits

Stun him

2 or 3 melee hits

Stun him

Destroy any energy leech that might appear by now while he's stunned

Stun him

2 or 3 melee hits

etc.

Also the protective wall can be a plus if you upgrade it so you can slow him down on contact

Whenever you encounter a miniboss that is vulnerable to stun, this strat never fails.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡]

Finally killed that piece of ♥♥♥♥. Shieldbashing and melee worked the best and it's simple tactics. Thanks a lot for your help, guys.

[淵 Abyss]

he gets stuck on walls pretty oftern, the one on the left, the divider. You can abuse that to kill him easily.

[Chubzdoomer]

Man, what a crappy boss fight. Not the least bit fun... sad that you have to cheese it to win. Glad to see I'm not the only one who had trouble with it.

[TheBWinks TTV and YT]

THIS!!! YES!!! THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE TIPS!