Author — NeophronPK, Masterwork player
Non-obvious information about Phantom Summoner's shadows and their usage on MasterWork. Just useful facts, no flood.
All the shadows are universal and have equal Accuracy, Evasion, Critical and Atk.Speed, but have a notable difference in HP, P.Atk, P.Def, M.Def and Speed. Also, each shadow has unique features, which set the main vector of usage of the servant.
Note: servants stats, shown below, presented with all standard buffs, rhythms and self buffs Spirit Sharing Lv. 1 and Final Servitor Lv. 1 , that are an example of the average buff in reality of MasterWork, excluding Servitor Share Lv. 1 , since the stats, transferred from the master, depends on his equipment.
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Use Shadow as solo-PVE sevitor in agressive location with strong monsters, where any other shadow can't survive and requires constant healing. Try not to use this shadow, unless there are reasons for this.
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If your character is out of shadow's cast range, Soulless will ignore any commands and move to master to cast Contract Payment Lv. 1 , even during PVP.
MP can't be called significant (3-5.4 MP), rather Contract Payment Lv. 1 simply neutralizes your natural MP regen. In a situation where you are forced to spend MP this can be a negative factor. However, the debuff can be removed by Smart Cubic.
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Use Soulless as solo-PVE servitor only if it doesn't lack of HP and you don't have to use your MP for something else.
Soulless has same P.Atk as Shadow, but uses less Beast Soulshot NG and moves faster from one monster to another.
Use Soulless as PVP servitor, if you are not playing the role of semi-support.
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Among all shadows only Silhouette have attacking nuke, which, considering high M.Atk, causes significant damage to the enemy and is a good way to effectively counter mobile and «kiting» characters (Soul Breaker, Arbalester, Hawkeye etc.). Everytime they come closer to hit, and move back later, double hit them by yourself and Silhouette
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This servant did not participate in comparisons with other shadows, because he is a servant of Spectral Master, not the Phantom Summoner, and there will be no intrigue in that.
Actually, Spectral Lord is the quintessence of the advantages of all shadows and is devoid of any weaknesses. He's almost as fast as Soulless and almost as durable as Nightshade, but Spectral Lord in a significant gap from all the shadows P.Atk., making it an undeniable favorite for any solo-PVE content and many solo-PVP scenarios.
Author — NeophronPK, Masterwork player