Shadow

Shadow is a instant kill weapon special. It is the second lowest tier of instant kill specials (2★). Shadow weapons have a chance to instantly kill their targets.

Instant kill chance

The chance to instant kill monsters depends on Enemy EDK.

Rarity	Special Name	Power
2★	Shadow	66%

Activation Chance = ((Power) - (Enemy EDK)) * (1 - Special Reduction) * (Unit Boost)

• Special Reduction is as follows (See also: List of weapons with reduced specials):
  • 0.5 for Swords, Daggers, Partisans
  • 0.67 for Slicers, Mechguns, Shots
  • 0 for unreduced weapons
• Unit Boost is as follows:
  • 2 if V502 is equipped
  • 1.5 if V501 is equipped
    • These do not stack with each other
  • 1 if neither are equipped
• Bosses are immune to Shadow, as are any enemies with an EDK of 66 or higher.

List of Shadow weapons

There are three weapon types that can have specials. Specials on common weapons dropping from Monsters or Item boxes are randomly assigned, but are predetermined on all rare weapons. Specials on ES Weapons can be added with Photon drops.

Rare weapons

There are no rare weapons with Shadow as a special attack.

Common weapons

The chance of obtaining specials on common weapons depends on area and difficulty. When a common weapon drops in an untekked state, there is a chance for it to come with Shadow as a special. Shadow can also be obtained by tekking up or down a common weapon that drops with the Dim or Dark special. Once a weapon drops in an untekked state, the table below lists the overall chance of it coming with the Shadow special (including the ability to tekk up or down from Dim and Dark).

Shadow drop chance

Area			Normal	Hard	Very Hard	Ultimate
Forest 1	VR Temple Alpha	-	0%	11.25%	11.25%	7.9%
Forest 2	VR Temple Beta	-	0%	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 1	VR Spaceship Alpha	Crater East	12.5%	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 2	VR Spaceship Beta	Crater West	12.5%	10.53%	10.53%	7.9%
Cave 3	Jungle Area North	Crater South	12.5%	11.25%	7.9%	7.9%
Mine 1	Jungle Area East	Crater North	12.5%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Mine 2	Mountain Area	Crater Interior	12.5%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 1	Seaside Area Central Control Area	Subterranean Desert 1	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 2	Seabed Upper Levels	Subterranean Desert 2	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%
Ruins 3	Seabed Lower Levels Control Tower	Subterranean Desert 3	11.25%	10.53%	7.9%	7.9%

ES weapons

Shadow cannot be added to ES Weapons as a special.