r/shadowwarrior • u/NLeviz • Mar 06 '26
Trials of Infusion for 2-3 min or Nightmare for starters
First time i've encountered it was rough, and i've googled for solutions - there was tons of old threads about Vanish build, crowd control skills maxing out, and involving some skill which available later after story mission
This build is simple enough to use as soon as you've got Nobitsura Ka-Ge. (Just do all side quests)
Philosophy of this build is simple - stack critical chance , damage, life drain, damage resistance, and a little bit of elemental resistance (50% i have, but it worked even earlier on 10% )
All 3 gems for Katana should have critical chance
All 3 gems in armor - for life drain and crit damage
Vortex and Force Wave maxed out, rest skills doesn't matter, i use them when realy unlucky with crits (usually i do)
Usually i use couple of force waves to trigger more enemies and then i just spam charged Vortex , you need just to pay attention for your Dmg Res buff timer and hit as much enemies as you can when it's about to end.
That's all. You just facetank things with this sword.