Shadow Art

Hairo, the real Shadow Art user

"I'll take you to the limit of human pain. And deal with you in a way you'll never forget for the rest of your life. Your life will be consumed for my revenge. And it's your fault. You must take responsibility for joining the Demon Slayers. Pathetic. Just pathetic. Nobody will know you, nobody will accept you. All you Demon Slayers will encounter nothing but pathetic deaths."

-Hairo to Mitsuri Kanroji in Kyojuro Rengoku's Gaiden

Moveset

Move	Description	Stamina	Guard Break	Hyper Armor	Damage	Showcase
Shadow Dismiss	Turns the user into a shadow figure. It increases walkspeed. This move also provides iframes, and can be used like one. You can't jump while using it.	15 Stamina	No.	Yes.	0
Shadow Consume	Creates a shadow line that connects to nearest players draining their stamina giving you their portion of stamina and restoring it, additionally draining their hunger. Upon connecting the shadow line, the user slows down until the line's broken by the person caught being out of range. This move is auto aim/hits without needing to aim it.	0 Stamina	No.	No.	0
Shadow Blade	Creates a shadow blade then the user lunges forward with it leaving a trail of shadow.	30 Stamina	No.	No.	21-29
Black Hole	The user raises their hand in the air covered in shadow for a short period of time, then slams it on the ground creating a circle of shadow that will continuously drag enemies into the middle and will deal a small amount of damage over time.	50 Stamina	Yes.	No.

Pros

• Shadow Dismiss can be used whilst getting damaged and allows you to escape tough situations easily.

• Black Hole makes it really easy to kill NPC Slayer's.
• One of the most annoying Demon Arts to deal with ingame, so if you have it you're lucky.
• Shadow Art has the best potential when it comes to solo play, simply because of it's versatility.
• Each Shadow Consume 'tick' provides you with +2 Hunger, allowing for longer survivability.
• Amazing in PvP, since the moveset is very versatile and can be used in many situations.

Cons

• Wind, Thunder, Mist and Water Breathing can escape the Black Hole move easily.
• Black Hole has a long cast time and is easily interrupted which requires you to keep some distance away from the target and can be countered easily because of the long startup.
• Shadow Art on its own lacks offensive capabilities having only Shadow Blade for damage potential and therefore leaning in towards more of a defensive/control type of Demon Art.
• Shadow Consume is deactivated if the player connected with the shadow line gets far enough away.
• Doesn't deal a lot of damage, but allows for fighting styles/friends/party members to deal more damage.

Notes

• While Shadow Dismiss does give I-frames, it does not prevent you from taking damage from Wisteria Trees or the sun.
• While using Shadow Consume does slow you down, you can combo it with Shadow Dismiss to use it's effect, essentially restoring your speed and therefore simultaneously drain enemies Stamina & Hunger and being able to keep up.
• Using the move "Black Hole" right after an m2 is a true combo.
• Use rush to aimbot you towards the enemy, then use the Shadow blade.
• While Black Hole does not break block or go through block, it will always drag the opponent into the middle, allowing for m2s.