I thought Traitor Lord would have been in this video, you litteraly have nothing to do except dash through him (I did the fight radiant without hitting him once with the nail)
That was my old tech. But it just happened so often that I'd get hit as Pure Vessel stagger and I'm trying to dash throught it, so I stopped and know I used the jumping strats like the cool kids.
@@zegreatpumpkinani9161 The super focus combo is underrated. It's honestly fantastic when you aren't comfortable with a boss yet. You're not gonna beat a boss fast, but you'll have room for a lot of mistakes.
Believe me when I say that I was thinking about writing a full on essay in the comments when I saw that both sharp shadow and elegy were considered “dumb charms” for your p5 vs dumb charms video, so I’m real glad that they’ve been both recognised in one of these videos. Yet, now I’ll be needing to see wayward compass be redeemed as well.
To be fair, Sharp Shadow isn't bad... But it is massively outclassed. Even if it costs 5 notches vs 2 the damage output of Fragile Strength plus Quickslash massively outweighs the benefits of Sharp Shadow. Other combinations synergize a lot better than Sharp Shadow. Take the Sisters of Battle fight at the start there. Considering the number of double and triple hits he was getting with his nail, the minority of damage was coming from Sharp Shadow. Is sharp shadow a good charm for its cost? Sure. Is there a better option for the last 2 charm notches in your build? Almost always.
Grubberfly is still dumb. Even on radiant, I can't make it work. The elegy should give you soul when you hit enemies, I honestly think it would be more balanced that way.
If the charm didn't increase your dash lenght, it would be better. You could get more nail hits after dashing throught. As it is, the lack of damage when you aren't using sharp shadow is compensated by the fact that you can usually hit bosses with the nail more often.
Sharp Shadow is my favourite charm. Genuinely. I used it for P5, the bindings for it (not the Charm binding ofc), and for beating all bosses on radiant. It’s amazing
same here. i just loooovee this charm, it literally makes the game even way funnier to play than it is already. didn't do p5 with bindings tho and also only a few radiant bosses
Sharp shadow is the kind of charm that works best if you put it on and keep it on forever (aside from certain platforming sections, of course). Muscle memory's a bitch otherwise.
A great video, but this suffers from the fact that in the hands of a master everything is OP. I do particularly like it against the likes of Grimm and Traitor Lord because it allows you to focus exclusively on evasion.
Honestly I think sharp shadow is actually at its best when you're not as good at the game--its really big benefit is the increased dash length, which can let you get past attacks you might otherwise be struggling to dodge. Plus even if you're not as good at finding openings to attack, you're still dealing damage by the act of dodging.
Fun to see my favorite charm getting the love it deserves. Also the most gamer thing I have ever done was when fight radiant Lost Kin, we both dashed in the same direction and Lost Kin passed all the way through me getting hit my sharp shadow and me not getting hit.
This is a strat and you can do it with sob as well, dashing with them in the same direction as them but landing behind them with s, sharp shadow can make it a little trickier though, it's really useful in those fights if you have steady body.
Fun fact with pure nail and dash master each SS dash deals 31. The same amount as if you use Strength with nail, making SS op for certain bosses Underrated charm
Just pointing it out but for 4 notches you get 32 damage every two seconds, but with strength for 3 notches you get the same damage every 0.4 seconds (0.25 with quick slash)
I'm personally not a huge fan of this charm but it saved me in my earlier attempts against pure vessel/nkg. It only costs two notches too so the damage isn't too shabby for that. Also shreds watcher knights. Sharp shadow ftw
honestly it fucked me up on nkg when i thought it would be good cuz i used it on normal grimm, the extra dash length fucked up my rhythm and it made me keep ramming into nkg when he was doing the fire bats attack and me taking dmg and i had a certain strat for nkg to where i got enough soul to heal 2hp on his 1st stagger and it stole some soul that i woulda needed
Sharp shadow is one of my favorite charms Apart from the already demonstrated in this video it also increases the range of shadow dash making it more efficient in combat and in exploring
Bro, I LOVE Sharp Shadow! Legit my favorite charm, only being tied with Dashmaster. Speaking of, it's awesome how sharp shadow damage actually gets BOOSTED by dashmaster.
Sharp shadow usually isn't a great choice for combat purposes at a high level of play. If you weren't doing radiant bosses, fury would boost nail damage to be dramatically higher than sharp shadow (even with dash master). For arguments sake, let's focus on radiant bosses where fury isn't viable. Sharp shadow and dash master is a 4 notch committment, more than strengths 3 notches. Also, sharp shadow will actually decrease your dps more often than not if you're playing nearly optimally. For instance, during your sisters of battle fight you got two hits in on the mantises when they attacked horizontally across the ground (one with sharp shadow and one nail hit). You can quite easily get three hits in without using sharp shadow (with quick slash). You also hugely limited your damage during the sly fight. Each nail combo attack can be countered safely without parrying with four nail hits if you use steady body and quick slash (which is 4 notches, just like sharp shadow and dash master). By using sharp shadow, you limited yourself to one or two attacks per slash combo. I could keep listing examples, but I think I've made my point. Sharp shadow isn't an entirely useless charm. I won't argue that point because its false; however, if you're an experienced player, it's generally not a good use of your available notches. It can be useful for mid to low level players. The only place I can think of in which sharp shadow is optimal is in certain speedruns, such as path of pain runs.
This isn't about getting in the most damage though, it's about showing various places it can be used, for the average player. SoB is there because I love the fight and wanted to get used to the Dash length. And this fight is a good way of showing off that. If the goal was to kill the sisters quickly I would use spells.
@@MadameRhapsody I'm just saying that at a high level of play, sharp shadow is generally not a good charm to use. For the average player, it's not bad. Anyone who says it does no damage and has no other argument is probably parroting what they heard from some other player.
The only reason I don’t use sharp shadow in combat is the extra dash length making me confused, since you only get the extra length when you shadow dash.
Another amazing addition to the playlist! I'll have to try this on Trator Lord and Maybe Grey Prince. I'd like to see Glowing Womb at some point. My brother is particularly stingy about things that take Soul other than healing in this game because, his own words, "I need that to heal", but I find Glowing Womb particularly unimpressive in Godseeker, because Grimchild does about as much damage for no Soul cost. But, seeing you utilize it may give me some tips for "Can You Beat Pantheon 5 Without Attacking?"
The big problem with Glowing womb is that the damage doesn't scale. Charms like Dreamshield or sharp shadow are still relevant because each time you get a nail upgrade, you also upgraded those charms, but Glowing Womb is 9 damage no matter what, which is nearly twice as much as your old nail, but less than twice as much as the pure nail...
SOUL EATER IS USELESS. IT TAKES 4 NOTCHES. In reality soul eater is one of the best charms that allows tou to spam really high damage spells such as abyss shreik and even completely skip the first phase of radiance before she gets to use any attack or spam ddark in her 4th phase to dodge attacks and deal really good damage while doing so or ending the third phase before it starts with 2 abyss shreiks
I think the first fight doesn’t really prove that sharp shadow is good. In total 16 hits with it landed, equaling 16 nail swings. Pretty good at face value. However, 6 of which were against the single mantis, so they were basically just because, not really making it easier because the lone mantis is pretty easy. And even so, several of those 6 could be replaced by just pogo-ing rather than dashing through. That leaves 10 swings at the cost of 4 charm notches. I’d already say that’s probably not worth it, but even so a few of those 10 could also probably be replaced by just stand still with a slight dodge then nail swings rather than dashing through. That’s not terrible and you do get some use, but 4 charm notches for maybe 5-7 useful (not easily replaceable by nail swings) hits doesn’t seem worth it to me. This doesn’t even account for the drawback that you have to either a) practice with the longer dash if you don’t normally use those charms or b) are stuck normally using those charms in situations where it’s not at all helpful/very slightly helpful. Just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Also I’m not saying there isn’t times where it’s really useful. The watcher knights fight sees much more practical use for the charms. However, I just don’t understand how the first fight really supports the point of sharp shadow + dash master being good. Also I love sharp shadow, it’s one of my favorite charms, but I don’t think it’s that good. At least not in that situation.
Finally some love for this charm. I used it through like my entire playthrough including p5. If you use it right, you can be getting like at least 25% more damage on single targets
Sharp Shadow has a higher skill ceiling than you might think, since instead of dashing through a boss when they do a type of dash attack, you can dash with the boss and end up in a better position afterwards while maybe even double hitting with Sharp Shadow, although it is pretty hard to do consistently when you dash horizontally.
I really like the idea behind the charm bud didn't like how it was implemented I tried to use it against pure vessel but whenever the boss staggered I took damage, against normal enemies it's fine but against bosses with large hitboxes or pv I just took too much damage for it to be worth it
The only mod I am using (if I use mods, which is rare), is the Quality of Life mod. I use it here because Dash Master doesn't behave the same way as on the latest version of the game. QoL fixes that. I needed to make sure that people playing on the newest version would get the same effect.
My issue is that for two notches you could use longnail, steady body nail masters glory, spell twister, etc. which all add more damage than sharp shadow does (longnail excluded but its nice for safety). However I think the extra dash length is the main benefit, because while it is unoptimized in terms of damage (quite significantly so, for 4 notches you get one hit every two seconds) the dash length helps a lot for safety. Watcher knights, oro and mato, etc. are all much easier to dash through cleanly. I still think its more of a crutch but it definitely does have situational use, and it feels super cool to use
For 4 Notches you can get those charms yes, but we all have different playstyles. If you don't use Nail Arts then Glory is useless, if you don't use Spells Spell Twister is useless, and if you only use Spells then Steady Body becomes useless. No charm is always good or bad, they are all situational. My hope is that these videos appeal to different playstyles, while encouraging others to experiment.
I would use sharp shadow a lot if the dash length stayed the same. I'm used to the normal length and it just completely throws me off and I get hit a lot more. Same with steady body. I know that they're great charms but I just find it much harder when I use them.
@@chickennugget6684 Doesnt the extra dash distance only bug us during platforming? Why does everyone talk about it as such a big downfall? You can go through bigger enemies with the extra dash distance or be at a safer distance away from the boss. ( you are literally more invincible with this charm) I love sharpshadow and its usually on my builds unless im doing something specific like queens garden platforming
@@akashbalakrishnan8769 My muscle memory depends on dashes being the normal length. Them being longer feels really unnatural and throws me off, and it doesn't help that most bosses are designed with the normal length in mind.
I threw this on as soon as I got it and can barely function every time I gotta take it off for a fight. I’ll dash through an enemy and be like “where’s the damage???”
Description says "it also lets you dash more often" and I'd like to clarify that neither sharp shadow, dash master, or the combination of the two let you shadecloak dash more often. Dash master lets you mothwing dash more often, but does not affect shadecloak dashing's cooldown, and in the same vein sharp shadow does not extend normal dashing distance.
@@_lumos4029 i used your same build. I dropped shaman stone but im mostly a nail build anyway. Shaman stone for me is for the occassional spell…depends on what I’m fighting i guess. PV i drop shaman for dashmaster in a second
My preferred way of playing revolves around this combination and Nailmaster's Glory. With nail arts, you already have more than enough range, so you just need to find the opportunity to use them safely. Sharp shadow provides you with just that! The increase dash length allows you to avoid enemy attacks reliably and retaliate with a nail art in relative safety. With Dashmaster, it is possible to deal 4x nail damage in a single dash + nail art combo, more if you could sneak in a hit or two with your nail. It's a very fun build that is extremely rewarding to play with. Since you don't need much notch for Nailmaster's Glory and Sharp Shadow, this is build is also quite flexible.
Sharp shadow is one of my most used charms, and I rely on it as part of my strategy for just about any boss that dashes towards me, particularly since I find it way easier to dash through a dash/charging attack than to jump over it (Hornet, THK, Soul Warrior, etc all come to mind; as an added bonus, it shortens the Traitor Lord fight, which is essentially made for Sharp Shadow.) Literally fulfills a wish I had in Hornet 2 fight that I could dash through attacks, and hopefully do damage, and then I found shade cloak and sharp shadow. Love Sharp shadow, and considering it does 1x nail strike, that's about what you'd be getting or more for most enemy dash attacks, depending on whether you jump-downslash or shadow dash thru them. So anecdotally, I love Sharp Shadow and it's a regular part of my kit. It's basically always useful for me, so I basically always have it on, unless I'm facing a particular boss where I'm not dashing through an attack. Plus, the increased dash distance can be useful for some dodges or overworld platforming.
i like sharp shadow in certain situations but let me just point out: #1 Sisters of Battle shade cloaks used w/o doing dmg - 14 #2 i actually don't see the ss dmg during bats when you're fighting NKG. Either you're swinging at the exact same moment, or you're just not reaching him, which you should be able to jump dash over the bats into range anyways w/o needing the sharp shadow range. If i were to fix the charm, i'd say when using dashmaster + sharp shadow, it lowers the shade cloak cd by 20%, changing its cd from 1.5s to 1.2. Most synergies give more than just a dmg boost (spell size, duration, efficiency).
For everyone interested, based on my calculations: Sisters of Battle 15 x 32 = 480 out of 3450 (600+3x950) Watcher Knights 43 x 32 = 1376 out of 3600 (6x600) GN Sly 18 x 32 = 576 out of 1800 (1200+600) NKG 17 x 32 = 544 out of 1650 Pure Vessel 8 x 32 = 256 out of 1850 Actively used, Sharp Shadow with Dasmaster can make out up to one third of all damage dealt.
Given by the velocity of the knight threw propulsion of the dash, the knight reaches 10.2x the speed of his stable speed all though the speed difference between bosses is extreme, we can calculate that a knight dashing at 10.2x speed of his dash factoring the momentum of dashmaster making him go to around 15x his average speed, along with the additions of his mandibles which through science we can learn are very hard, S H A R P, and are solid enough to puncture through the chitin of a fellow bug (the chitin of which is hard and will break so therefor stabbing attacks would always work best against bugs, showing why many have stingers and or sharp mandibles, etc). We learn... that without sharp shadow, the dash given to us by the game, is in fact... S H A R P. therefor making sharpshadow U S E L E S S This post is brought to you by Raid Shadow Legends
Sharp shadow is one of those charms that, if i have the space to put it on, i will once i have my essentials. I have beaten multiple bosses only using sharp shadow and later: Sharp shadow + Weaverlings + Grimmchild (looking at you Hornet Sentinel & Traitor lord)
Sharp shadow is a great utility charm. I think a lot of people hate it because they think of it as a purely offensive charm, when it really is only used like that for weak enemies that die to one nail swing. I see it as a dash utility charm that happens to do damage that when used correctly, can help supplement damage to bosses and make the fights a little shorter. Also getting the final hit on a boss with a sharp dash feels so good.
as a certified sharpshadow user isn't one of it's main benefits the distance, I swear it was the only reason I thought nkg was easy and people were severely overhyping it
I personally love sharp shadow. It makes pure vessel much easier because you don't need any sort of timing to dash through his knife throw attack because of the extra distance and you can always punish it with like 4 hits. I do sorts hate when you down a boss with it though, because you'll often be stopped and take contact damage.
I have been using sharp shadow off and on for quite a while but I had no idea it stacked with dashmaster like that, I will definitely be using it more often now lol
I found PV a lot easier when my inputs were only left, right, nail, dash, heal. I never had to look at the Ghost to know when shade cloak was up, you just know by heart after a couple tries. And you don't risk staggering PV at the wrong time once you learn it always staggers with 12 hits. Yes you should probably jump over his void tendrils but it's waaay easier to just tank them if you're not in radiant mode
But you’re using 4 slots. You could use something like heart or long nail this way you don’t take double damage with a basic nail build. And if you are confident that you aren’t gonna get hit just use fury of the fallen for that extra damage boost (obviously that doesn’t work on radiant)
I keep hearing that Sharp shadow was useless and I hesitantly took it off and I couldn't beat pure vessel because of it and I wasent used to the distance, when I put it back on I preformed so much better. Idk why people say its useless when charms exist to compliment playstyle and not skill overall, (I did get rid of my thorns of agony to get more invincibility frames and not get hit again
Sharp shadow isn't useless, but it simply doesnt provide much value, even paired with dash master. Plus, it also has this massive tendency to screw over anyone who's used to standard dash distance, cause now you basically have 2 different length dashes that you have to keep track of, since shade dash is sometimes just used as a normal dash by players, whether for travel or for closing distances in bossfights. By using it(with dash master), you potentially lose out on stuff like Mark of Pride, Shaman, Strength or Quickslash, all of which are more or less straight damage buffs to the normal gameplay most players are used to, and in return only gaining a 1.5x nail hit assuming that you dash through the boss, which in itself is very situational and isn't something you can do often given shade cloak's significant cooldown. As for the dash cooldown reduction itself from dashmaster, sure, it's pretty ok, but dash cooldown is already quite low and as far as I can tell, there's very few situations in which the dash cooldown reduction would actually help since you really aren't going to be spamming dashes all that much outside travel.
This charm was so usefull on my first time fighting traitor lord, but I don't really like the increase of the length of the dash. I would like to see a video on fury of the fallen, it's one of the best charms on the game and allows you to kill some bosses without even giving them the chance to hit you, but people don't use it because it's too dangerous.
I use Sharp Shadow since I got for the first time I played the game and I can't play without it lol! Every charm is useful, we just need to learn how to use it
Sharp Shadow is pretty good for Sly's 1st phase, but it makes the dash too far for the 2nd phase where you only need to move a lil bit to dodge Buzzsaw Sly.
You use sharp shadow for the damage. I use it because i like the extra distance. We are not the same (srsly tho dashing thru wristwatch nights and that maggot guy is amazing)
![I.N "HALLUCINATION" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n5B5q1Hwt_U/mqdefault.jpg)
![Felix "Unfair" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oswujxm2Ag0/mqdefault.jpg)
And don't worry, with the 1.5.xxxx update Down Dashing by accident is no more.
Yeah right
no more sshadow only radiance moment :pensive:
I thought Traitor Lord would have been in this video, you litteraly have nothing to do except dash through him (I did the fight radiant without hitting him once with the nail)
@@L1_onKing Saving him for something else.
Me who uses 1.4.32 because randomizer mod
This charm literally carried me in the pure vessel fight
Grimmchild carried me during that fight somehow
And NKG and Watcher Knights
Quick Focus + Deep Focus and just healing whenever he either staggers or uses the focus attack was my strat, its the hardest fight I've beaten still
That was my old tech. But it just happened so often that I'd get hit as Pure Vessel stagger and I'm trying to dash throught it, so I stopped and know I used the jumping strats like the cool kids.
@@zegreatpumpkinani9161 The super focus combo is underrated. It's honestly fantastic when you aren't comfortable with a boss yet. You're not gonna beat a boss fast, but you'll have room for a lot of mistakes.
Believe me when I say that I was thinking about writing a full on essay in the comments when I saw that both sharp shadow and elegy were considered “dumb charms” for your p5 vs dumb charms video, so I’m real glad that they’ve been both recognised in one of these videos. Yet, now I’ll be needing to see wayward compass be redeemed as well.
The dumb charm thing was mostly my friends being evil and telling me to use odd and sometimes pointless combos.
@@Imperio_Otomano_the_realest …oh god
To be fair, Sharp Shadow isn't bad... But it is massively outclassed. Even if it costs 5 notches vs 2 the damage output of Fragile Strength plus Quickslash massively outweighs the benefits of Sharp Shadow. Other combinations synergize a lot better than Sharp Shadow.
Take the Sisters of Battle fight at the start there. Considering the number of double and triple hits he was getting with his nail, the minority of damage was coming from Sharp Shadow.
Is sharp shadow a good charm for its cost? Sure. Is there a better option for the last 2 charm notches in your build? Almost always.
@@sniperfox47 is it too much to ask for both? My loadout that carried me in pantheons id strength, quick slash, quick focus, and sharp shadow.
Grubberfly is still dumb. Even on radiant, I can't make it work. The elegy should give you soul when you hit enemies, I honestly think it would be more balanced that way.
‘It deals no damage’
Tell that to the Mossfly I just Sharp Shadowed through
RIP Mossfly
why did you kill my cousin
@@xchomphk.9788 to test if Rhap’s claim was correct or not
@@gaganzanwar actually fair, he was hogging the tv
Dead mossfly: yes it does damage
I never rlly used this one but the idea of zooming though your enemies and stabbing than as you pass did always seem cool
Sharp shadow helped me tons with attuned and ascended pure vessel when I wasn't that good at defeating it.
If the charm didn't increase your dash lenght, it would be better. You could get more nail hits after dashing throught. As it is, the lack of damage when you aren't using sharp shadow is compensated by the fact that you can usually hit bosses with the nail more often.
Literal samurai slash
@@legrandliseurtri7495 I think the length makes it easier for bigger bosses like PV, as you can focus less on timing your dash.
In some moments that was the cleanest SoB fight I've ever seen.
Sharp Shadow is my favourite charm. Genuinely. I used it for P5, the bindings for it (not the Charm binding ofc), and for beating all bosses on radiant. It’s amazing
Especially since it is not affected by the Nail Binding. An oversight but a welcome one.
It’s so fun proving the haters wrong, one pantheon at a time
same here. i just loooovee this charm, it literally makes the game even way funnier to play than it is already. didn't do p5 with bindings tho and also only a few radiant bosses
Really love using this charm, the extra distance can help in a variety of situations
it helped me with white palace the first time
@@erierierierierie
It def goes both ways. A few platforms are made to be dashed without it for sure. Same goes for a lot of queens gardens tho too.
@@adammuzzy2578 ascended gruz mother
I use it for the really wide bosses like failed champ and traitor lords.
itn some situations, this charm is amazing, but most of the time it renders itself unhelpful
so glad you brought up NKG! he doesn’t give you a lot of room to get hits in so I actually went with sharp shadow when I first fought him.
I do like and appreciate the damage of sharp shadow but for me the extra dash length just messes with muscle memory.
Until you get used to playing with it. Same ‘issue’ as Steady Body imo.
@@yamayayutraca Well I don't have it on always
Regular shadow dash confuses me when I hear and see it that's how much I use Sharp Shadow
But for some reason I am very well aware of the distance
Sharp shadow is the kind of charm that works best if you put it on and keep it on forever (aside from certain platforming sections, of course). Muscle memory's a bitch otherwise.
@@corvidaeae For me I dont have it when I start a run, and don't get it untill near the end, so I don't use it very much
A great video, but this suffers from the fact that in the hands of a master everything is OP.
I do particularly like it against the likes of Grimm and Traitor Lord because it allows you to focus exclusively on evasion.
@@GodfatherPuppy certainly! Is just that all the times Madame Rhapsody is not using Sharp Shadow she is displaying that she doesn't need it at all!
Honestly I think sharp shadow is actually at its best when you're not as good at the game--its really big benefit is the increased dash length, which can let you get past attacks you might otherwise be struggling to dodge. Plus even if you're not as good at finding openings to attack, you're still dealing damage by the act of dodging.
Fun to see my favorite charm getting the love it deserves.
Also the most gamer thing I have ever done was when fight radiant Lost Kin, we both dashed in the same direction and Lost Kin passed all the way through me getting hit my sharp shadow and me not getting hit.
Brain
Big
This is a strat and you can do it with sob as well, dashing with them in the same direction as them but landing behind them with s, sharp shadow can make it a little trickier though, it's really useful in those fights if you have steady body.
Fun fact with pure nail and dash master each SS dash deals 31. The same amount as if you use Strength with nail, making SS op for certain bosses
Underrated charm
Just pointing it out but for 4 notches you get 32 damage every two seconds, but with strength for 3 notches you get the same damage every 0.4 seconds (0.25 with quick slash)
Wrong because 31 damage is ONLY with dashmaster. You can use strength to increase that further making shadow dash deal more than nail
@@guyoguy strength doesn't scale sharp shadow
I more use it to make sure I actually go past the enemy to not get hit when I'm stuck in a Radiant fight.
Me against Grimm and NKG
Edit: and Watcher Knights, and Hive Knight, and Zote, and...
Yeah cuz the 39% extra dash length
@@laytonjr6601 False knight/Failed Champion
@@desadograisedrobot515 No, not this one. He's too big. I find it easier to read his patern and dodge without sharp shadow
@@laytonjr6601 I actually did but its really risky. You gotta have to be really careful.
I'm personally not a huge fan of this charm but it saved me in my earlier attempts against pure vessel/nkg. It only costs two notches too so the damage isn't too shabby for that.
Also shreds watcher knights. Sharp shadow ftw
honestly it fucked me up on nkg when i thought it would be good cuz i used it on normal grimm, the extra dash length fucked up my rhythm and it made me keep ramming into nkg when he was doing the fire bats attack and me taking dmg and i had a certain strat for nkg to where i got enough soul to heal 2hp on his 1st stagger and it stole some soul that i woulda needed
Sharp shadows range extend alone is Incredibly useful for the right scenarios, that helped me beat pv for the first time more than anything else
I think I once killed a Watcher Knight midair with a sharp shadow.
I've done that too and man that is satisfying.
Sharp shadow is one of my favorite charms
Apart from the already demonstrated in this video it also increases the range of shadow dash making it more efficient in combat and in exploring
honestly one of my favorite things about the sisters of battle fight is how their behavior changes depending on how many lords are left
Now it’s time to fight 4 at once
Sharp Shadow, Sprintmaster, and Dash Master are always part of my charm build. They can’t hurt me (much) if they can’t touch me
But you could compensate for that with skill 🙍
@@zestynathanielbcousin9015 or you can use your brain
I only learned just how underrated and great this charm actually is when I started pantheon 3.
I love Sharpshadow, it’s just that nail focused builds are my favorite and with my favorite boss Pure Vessel stagers and ruins my runs.
Bro, I LOVE Sharp Shadow! Legit my favorite charm, only being tied with Dashmaster. Speaking of, it's awesome how sharp shadow damage actually gets BOOSTED by dashmaster.
sharp shadow is fun. we and our friends had a sort of inside joke for a time that "sharp shadow encourages risk-taking behavior" lmao
Personal opinion: it may not seem like it does much, but those hits add up fairly quickly.
It really does.
Sharp shadow usually isn't a great choice for combat purposes at a high level of play. If you weren't doing radiant bosses, fury would boost nail damage to be dramatically higher than sharp shadow (even with dash master). For arguments sake, let's focus on radiant bosses where fury isn't viable. Sharp shadow and dash master is a 4 notch committment, more than strengths 3 notches. Also, sharp shadow will actually decrease your dps more often than not if you're playing nearly optimally. For instance, during your sisters of battle fight you got two hits in on the mantises when they attacked horizontally across the ground (one with sharp shadow and one nail hit). You can quite easily get three hits in without using sharp shadow (with quick slash). You also hugely limited your damage during the sly fight. Each nail combo attack can be countered safely without parrying with four nail hits if you use steady body and quick slash (which is 4 notches, just like sharp shadow and dash master). By using sharp shadow, you limited yourself to one or two attacks per slash combo. I could keep listing examples, but I think I've made my point.
Sharp shadow isn't an entirely useless charm. I won't argue that point because its false; however, if you're an experienced player, it's generally not a good use of your available notches. It can be useful for mid to low level players.
The only place I can think of in which sharp shadow is optimal is in certain speedruns, such as path of pain runs.
This isn't about getting in the most damage though, it's about showing various places it can be used, for the average player. SoB is there because I love the fight and wanted to get used to the Dash length. And this fight is a good way of showing off that. If the goal was to kill the sisters quickly I would use spells.
@@MadameRhapsody I'm just saying that at a high level of play, sharp shadow is generally not a good charm to use. For the average player, it's not bad. Anyone who says it does no damage and has no other argument is probably parroting what they heard from some other player.
Also, random fact, you can double hit radiance with sharp shadow. Found that one doing sharp shadow only rad absrad lol.
This thing carried me through the Traitor Lord fight, especially since he is literally your "Do you know how to shade cloak" boss
The only reason I don’t use sharp shadow in combat is the extra dash length making me confused, since you only get the extra length when you shadow dash.
A valid point.
Another amazing addition to the playlist! I'll have to try this on Trator Lord and Maybe Grey Prince.
I'd like to see Glowing Womb at some point. My brother is particularly stingy about things that take Soul other than healing in this game because, his own words, "I need that to heal", but I find Glowing Womb particularly unimpressive in Godseeker, because Grimchild does about as much damage for no Soul cost.
But, seeing you utilize it may give me some tips for "Can You Beat Pantheon 5 Without Attacking?"
I might use it in some other videos as well, some charms are not so easy to showcase by themselves.
The big problem with Glowing womb is that the damage doesn't scale. Charms like Dreamshield or sharp shadow are still relevant because each time you get a nail upgrade, you also upgraded those charms, but Glowing Womb is 9 damage no matter what, which is nearly twice as much as your old nail, but less than twice as much as the pure nail...
Good luck to your brother when he's doing radiant bossfights then.
I use Sharp Shadow because it's the only charm actually has void in it, excluding void heart as it doesn't help much but unlock endings
This was my one of my fav charms on the first playthrough. Remember making quick work of Traitor Lord with it.
Indeed one of my favorite charms
I am speed
SOUL EATER IS USELESS. IT TAKES 4 NOTCHES. In reality soul eater is one of the best charms that allows tou to spam really high damage spells such as abyss shreik and even completely skip the first phase of radiance before she gets to use any attack or spam ddark in her 4th phase to dodge attacks and deal really good damage while doing so or ending the third phase before it starts with 2 abyss shreiks
I think the first fight doesn’t really prove that sharp shadow is good. In total 16 hits with it landed, equaling 16 nail swings. Pretty good at face value. However, 6 of which were against the single mantis, so they were basically just because, not really making it easier because the lone mantis is pretty easy. And even so, several of those 6 could be replaced by just pogo-ing rather than dashing through.
That leaves 10 swings at the cost of 4 charm notches. I’d already say that’s probably not worth it, but even so a few of those 10 could also probably be replaced by just stand still with a slight dodge then nail swings rather than dashing through. That’s not terrible and you do get some use, but 4 charm notches for maybe 5-7 useful (not easily replaceable by nail swings) hits doesn’t seem worth it to me. This doesn’t even account for the drawback that you have to either a) practice with the longer dash if you don’t normally use those charms or b) are stuck normally using those charms in situations where it’s not at all helpful/very slightly helpful.
Just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Also I’m not saying there isn’t times where it’s really useful. The watcher knights fight sees much more practical use for the charms. However, I just don’t understand how the first fight really supports the point of sharp shadow + dash master being good. Also I love sharp shadow, it’s one of my favorite charms, but I don’t think it’s that good. At least not in that situation.
True, this fight one is more for the Dash Length, since this arena is small with spikes at the end.
Finally some love for this charm. I used it through like my entire playthrough including p5. If you use it right, you can be getting like at least 25% more damage on single targets
People who say sharp shadow does no damage clearly haven't been hit by sharp shadow
I personally do not want to get hit by Sharp Shadow. Looks painful.
Could you do the “Glowing Womb” charm. It’s one of my favorites and I think its pretty under rated.
Sharp Shadow has a higher skill ceiling than you might think, since instead of dashing through a boss when they do a type of dash attack, you can dash with the boss and end up in a better position afterwards while maybe even double hitting with Sharp Shadow, although it is pretty hard to do consistently when you dash horizontally.
I really like the idea behind the charm bud didn't like how it was implemented I tried to use it against pure vessel but whenever the boss staggered I took damage, against normal enemies it's fine but against bosses with large hitboxes or pv I just took too much damage for it to be worth it
since the moment I got the Sharp Shade I never unequipped
can someone help me out : if i play just stock game with no mods, is this still as good as in the vid?
i don't want to touch mods
The only mod I am using (if I use mods, which is rare), is the Quality of Life mod. I use it here because Dash Master doesn't behave the same way as on the latest version of the game. QoL fixes that. I needed to make sure that people playing on the newest version would get the same effect.
@@MadameRhapsody thanks that clears it
My issue is that for two notches you could use longnail, steady body nail masters glory, spell twister, etc. which all add more damage than sharp shadow does (longnail excluded but its nice for safety). However I think the extra dash length is the main benefit, because while it is unoptimized in terms of damage (quite significantly so, for 4 notches you get one hit every two seconds) the dash length helps a lot for safety. Watcher knights, oro and mato, etc. are all much easier to dash through cleanly. I still think its more of a crutch but it definitely does have situational use, and it feels super cool to use
For 4 Notches you can get those charms yes, but we all have different playstyles. If you don't use Nail Arts then Glory is useless, if you don't use Spells Spell Twister is useless, and if you only use Spells then Steady Body becomes useless. No charm is always good or bad, they are all situational. My hope is that these videos appeal to different playstyles, while encouraging others to experiment.
@@MadameRhapsody yeah it really comes down to individual playstyle.
I would use sharp shadow a lot if the dash length stayed the same. I'm used to the normal length and it just completely throws me off and I get hit a lot more. Same with steady body. I know that they're great charms but I just find it much harder when I use them.
sharp shadow’s increased dash distance is the biggest double-edged sword a charm will ever have.
@@chickennugget6684 Doesnt the extra dash distance only bug us during platforming? Why does everyone talk about it as such a big downfall? You can go through bigger enemies with the extra dash distance or be at a safer distance away from the boss. ( you are literally more invincible with this charm) I love sharpshadow and its usually on my builds unless im doing something specific like queens garden platforming
@@akashbalakrishnan8769 My muscle memory depends on dashes being the normal length. Them being longer feels really unnatural and throws me off, and it doesn't help that most bosses are designed with the normal length in mind.
One of the only consistent parts of my load out 10/10 best charm.10/10 perfect video.
i'd like to suggest you to do dream shield next :D
I threw this on as soon as I got it and can barely function every time I gotta take it off for a fight. I’ll dash through an enemy and be like “where’s the damage???”
Description says "it also lets you dash more often" and I'd like to clarify that neither sharp shadow, dash master, or the combination of the two let you shadecloak dash more often. Dash master lets you mothwing dash more often, but does not affect shadecloak dashing's cooldown, and in the same vein sharp shadow does not extend normal dashing distance.
True. I usually assume people are able to understand that when I talk about Dashmaster and I say Dash I mean the normal dash, and not the shadow dash.
while i really enjoyed this charm i've prioritized steady body. i wish i could have both without overcharming
If only we had 12 Notches.
That’s 3 slots so you can
@@sumcallmejesus Yes but strength, quick slash and shaman stone are all way better in literally every way
@@_lumos4029 i used your same build. I dropped shaman stone but im mostly a nail build anyway. Shaman stone for me is for the occassional spell…depends on what I’m fighting i guess. PV i drop shaman for dashmaster in a second
My preferred way of playing revolves around this combination and Nailmaster's Glory. With nail arts, you already have more than enough range, so you just need to find the opportunity to use them safely. Sharp shadow provides you with just that! The increase dash length allows you to avoid enemy attacks reliably and retaliate with a nail art in relative safety. With Dashmaster, it is possible to deal 4x nail damage in a single dash + nail art combo, more if you could sneak in a hit or two with your nail. It's a very fun build that is extremely rewarding to play with. Since you don't need much notch for Nailmaster's Glory and Sharp Shadow, this is build is also quite flexible.
It really is. With the exception of Sly Phase 2 I tried avoiding using Nail Arts, as the Charm is supposed to do most of the work here.
I love how to bowed to the bosses after clapping them
Got to be respectful to your enemies.
@@MadameRhapsody 💯
Wow, I never thought of using sharp shadow against sly. Really interesting.
Longer shade cloak is all i wanted but the
1x nail damage makes that charm too good
Why everyone is jumping from the side in sides to middle to sides attack? Iirc you can stay in the middle safely
can you make a video on thorns lmao
I want to see how good it will become in your videos
Sharp shadow was really useful for traitor lord. I kept dashing into it to dodge it’s attacks.
Sharp shadow really helped me learn bosses in the pantheon at first. It really is a good charm.
The damage isn't it's main feature, it's the dash lemgth.
Can't fight without this Charm, incredibly saves my life
Okay now do this without wayward compass
Sharp shadow is one of my most used charms, and I rely on it as part of my strategy for just about any boss that dashes towards me, particularly since I find it way easier to dash through a dash/charging attack than to jump over it (Hornet, THK, Soul Warrior, etc all come to mind; as an added bonus, it shortens the Traitor Lord fight, which is essentially made for Sharp Shadow.) Literally fulfills a wish I had in Hornet 2 fight that I could dash through attacks, and hopefully do damage, and then I found shade cloak and sharp shadow. Love Sharp shadow, and considering it does 1x nail strike, that's about what you'd be getting or more for most enemy dash attacks, depending on whether you jump-downslash or shadow dash thru them. So anecdotally, I love Sharp Shadow and it's a regular part of my kit. It's basically always useful for me, so I basically always have it on, unless I'm facing a particular boss where I'm not dashing through an attack. Plus, the increased dash distance can be useful for some dodges or overworld platforming.
i like sharp shadow in certain situations but let me just point out:
#1 Sisters of Battle shade cloaks used w/o doing dmg - 14
#2 i actually don't see the ss dmg during bats when you're fighting NKG. Either you're swinging at the exact same moment, or you're just not reaching him, which you should be able to jump dash over the bats into range anyways w/o needing the sharp shadow range.
If i were to fix the charm, i'd say when using dashmaster + sharp shadow, it lowers the shade cloak cd by 20%, changing its cd from 1.5s to 1.2. Most synergies give more than just a dmg boost (spell size, duration, efficiency).
In my opinion this charm would be decent if it cost was 1 notch.Because it is just not worth one more nail hit and dashing better
For everyone interested, based on my calculations:
Sisters of Battle 15 x 32 = 480 out of 3450 (600+3x950)
Watcher Knights 43 x 32 = 1376 out of 3600 (6x600)
GN Sly 18 x 32 = 576 out of 1800 (1200+600)
NKG 17 x 32 = 544 out of 1650
Pure Vessel 8 x 32 = 256 out of 1850
Actively used, Sharp Shadow with Dasmaster can make out up to one third of all damage dealt.
Given by the velocity of the knight threw propulsion of the dash, the knight reaches 10.2x the speed of his stable speed
all though the speed difference between bosses is extreme, we can calculate that a knight dashing at 10.2x speed of his dash factoring the momentum of dashmaster making him go to around 15x his average speed, along with the additions of his mandibles which through science we can learn are very hard, S H A R P, and are solid enough to puncture through the chitin of a fellow bug (the chitin of which is hard and will break so therefor stabbing attacks would always work best against bugs, showing why many have stingers and or sharp mandibles, etc). We learn... that without sharp shadow, the dash given to us by the game, is in fact... S H A R P. therefor making sharpshadow U S E L E S S
This post is brought to you by Raid Shadow Legends
Nice one Glassy!
Yes but sharpshadow makes as an anime character and gives plot armor which means we become god.
@@paradoxsans8640 Plot Armour only works when the game wants it to. Merchant Armour is on par with Blanket Armour and thus superior.
Sharp shadow is one of those charms that, if i have the space to put it on, i will once i have my essentials. I have beaten multiple bosses only using sharp shadow and later: Sharp shadow + Weaverlings + Grimmchild (looking at you Hornet Sentinel & Traitor lord)
Such a beautiful no hit dance with mantis lords
Sharp shadow is a great utility charm. I think a lot of people hate it because they think of it as a purely offensive charm, when it really is only used like that for weak enemies that die to one nail swing. I see it as a dash utility charm that happens to do damage that when used correctly, can help supplement damage to bosses and make the fights a little shorter.
Also getting the final hit on a boss with a sharp dash feels so good.
YOU get to deal the contact damage this way!
Sharp shadow saved my ass during the NKG fight, which is why im trying to remember where to get it so I can fight him in steel soul
as a certified sharpshadow user isn't one of it's main benefits the distance, I swear it was the only reason I thought nkg was easy and people were severely overhyping it
I personally love sharp shadow. It makes pure vessel much easier because you don't need any sort of timing to dash through his knife throw attack because of the extra distance and you can always punish it with like 4 hits. I do sorts hate when you down a boss with it though, because you'll often be stopped and take contact damage.
Sharp shadow is my second fav,not just because of damage it deals,but because of how much faster and further you dash with it.
I have been using sharp shadow off and on for quite a while but I had no idea it stacked with dashmaster like that, I will definitely be using it more often now lol
I basically need sharp shadow to get through Nailsage Sly’s final phase lol
The long dash distance is so hard to deal with tho sometimes. I think sharp shadow is really hit or miss. You either hate it or love it, no inbetween.
Sharp Shadow is one of my favourite charms!
Sometimes it just messes you up since you dash further
i couldn't beat traitor lord without this on my first playthrough
I found PV a lot easier when my inputs were only left, right, nail, dash, heal. I never had to look at the Ghost to know when shade cloak was up, you just know by heart after a couple tries. And you don't risk staggering PV at the wrong time once you learn it always staggers with 12 hits. Yes you should probably jump over his void tendrils but it's waaay easier to just tank them if you're not in radiant mode
now do a boss with only hurting them via shade dash
That watch Knight fight looks so much easier with sharp shadow
Sharp shadow might be useful, but i think it makes you focus your dash too much on offense, when it should be used for defense.
But you’re using 4 slots. You could use something like heart or long nail this way you don’t take double damage with a basic nail build. And if you are confident that you aren’t gonna get hit just use fury of the fallen for that extra damage boost (obviously that doesn’t work on radiant)
Different playstyles basically. I use Spells for PV for instance and not Sharp Shadow.
Uhm... Starting the video, already a mistake, sharp shadow does half a nail hit afaik
I keep hearing that Sharp shadow was useless and I hesitantly took it off and I couldn't beat pure vessel because of it and I wasent used to the distance, when I put it back on I preformed so much better. Idk why people say its useless when charms exist to compliment playstyle and not skill overall, (I did get rid of my thorns of agony to get more invincibility frames and not get hit again
Sharp shadow isn't useless, but it simply doesnt provide much value, even paired with dash master. Plus, it also has this massive tendency to screw over anyone who's used to standard dash distance, cause now you basically have 2 different length dashes that you have to keep track of, since shade dash is sometimes just used as a normal dash by players, whether for travel or for closing distances in bossfights. By using it(with dash master), you potentially lose out on stuff like Mark of Pride, Shaman, Strength or Quickslash, all of which are more or less straight damage buffs to the normal gameplay most players are used to, and in return only gaining a 1.5x nail hit assuming that you dash through the boss, which in itself is very situational and isn't something you can do often given shade cloak's significant cooldown. As for the dash cooldown reduction itself from dashmaster, sure, it's pretty ok, but dash cooldown is already quite low and as far as I can tell, there's very few situations in which the dash cooldown reduction would actually help since you really aren't going to be spamming dashes all that much outside travel.
Alright, now do it with nail binding
Already have, it's my latest video.
It Also increases the range of The dash, its very good at the traitor lord bossfight
This charm was so usefull on my first time fighting traitor lord, but I don't really like the increase of the length of the dash. I would like to see a video on fury of the fallen, it's one of the best charms on the game and allows you to kill some bosses without even giving them the chance to hit you, but people don't use it because it's too dangerous.
because it only becomes useful when you are on 1 heart. It’s just not worth it when you could have something like mark of pride or quickslash on.
@@a-lvideos5611 You can also overcharm with fury, since once you are on 1hp it doesn’t matter if you receive double damage.
I use Sharp Shadow since I got for the first time I played the game and I can't play without it lol! Every charm is useful, we just need to learn how to use it
Finally, I wait so much for this
Traiter lord is DEMOLISHED with this charm. You could literally equip nothing else and still trivialise this boss with sharp shadow.
Update, my friend said he counted the dashes and says you did too few so its still worthless :c
Good job counting.
Traitor lord : you can't defend me.
Me : I know, but HE can.
*Sharp shadow appear*
I love this charm with all my heart, it carried me in a lot of situations
Sharp Shadow is pretty good for Sly's 1st phase, but it makes the dash too far for the 2nd phase where you only need to move a lil bit to dodge Buzzsaw Sly.
"Buzzsaw Sly" love it
You use sharp shadow for the damage. I use it because i like the extra distance. We are not the same (srsly tho dashing thru wristwatch nights and that maggot guy is amazing)
sharp shadow is always in my builds the extra dash distance is much more of a difference than i thought
Good, now complete Path of Pain with that charm set up
I am never doing PoP ever again outside of a randomiser. My wrists can't handle it.
this charm is so good to explore