BIG UPDATE 31/03/17

• Infinity System has been updated to the new Infinity set-up
• Added Cosmic Artifact affix choices NOTE: If you have the Cosmic Affixes for spending 15% less spirit and +150 spirit in combat, then you can change the way you spread points out in the Mind Gem. So instead of taking Calculated Efficiency and Deep Thought, you can put all points into Mind Over Matter for more regen or into Intelligence for more crit damage.
• Skill changed. Replaced  Blow Dart and  Sansetsukon Strike with  Shadow Strike and  Behind You.
•  Blossom of Death is now your spender but if you like  Cut a Swath, you can use that. Cut a Swath, when used with the Talent; Whirling Death, you can increase the duration by increasing your power duration.

 

• 2 Artifacts have been changed:  Flag of the Skrull and  Idol of Khonshu have been swapped for  Black Cat Grappling Hook and  Spider Clone Serum.

 VIDEO GUIDE: For those who would rather watch a video

Use  Norn Stones; If you're having problems with your spirit sustain and you want something that has a spirit but still provides a ton of DPS.  You can also use Calculated Efficiency and Deep Thought in the Mind Gem to reduce the amount of Spirit you spend.  BUT if you have Cosmic Affixes that are listed as follows: spending 15% less spirit and +150 spirit in combat, then you can do without Norn Stones and you can do without using Calculated Efficiency and Deep Thought. This means you can use  Savage Axe of Ares or  Excalibur freely without feeling like you will run out of Stamina.

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Welcome to my dojo,

My name is Di Irame. I shall be your Sensei for today.

Today, I shall be teaching you a lesson in stealth and the taking of pixel-lives.

Should you wish to excel at being an Unyielding shadow, then this is the guide for you.

(NOTE: As Gaz fixes a few bugs, this build will be updated. Currently TTKs can't be gotten with accuracy because of the bugs.)

OVERVIEW

The idea behind this build is to give Elektra the ability to chain stun all her enemies as much as possible. This gives her incredible survivability in any solo content scenario. The only bosses that are immune to her Irresistible stuns are: Fisk, Mindless One boss, Ultron bosses and Raid bosses (that I know of atm). So this build can pretty much take on any content with very little risk of death because of stealth and chain stuns and all without using Shield of Perseus. You might still get randomly one-shot but that's rare.

POWERS AND TALENT CHOICES

 

• FLOW LIKE WATER: This ability is your dash/escape power, your get-out-of-jail card. It stealths you and deals damage to your target. It also restores a charge to itself when you take out marked targets.

 

•  SILENT SCREAM: Silent Scream can only be accessed with the Talent of the same name. You may not realize it but an irresistible stun is ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ABILITIES ANY CHARACTER CAN HAVE. And I love it because it allows me to benefit from Power Doop Uru, Sinister's Diamond and other mental proc based artis.

 

• BLOSSOM OF DEATH: This is a bleed and movement power that will act as your main spender. Using this as a main spender helps you to have a faster rate of resetting your movement powers and also, allows you to constantly keep up the 20% dmg buff from the Wasp Team-up. If you have the Wasp Team-up, definitely use it. If you don't want to use this as your main spender then any other other spenders like Cut a Swath, Deadliest of Assassins and Sansetsukon Strike will also fit here perfectly. 

• SLIP INTO SHADOWS: This ability increases your crit damage and brut damage by 50% and gives you 50% damage resistance for 5s. It also gives you 50% damage boost when you're not being focused. It's pretty amazing especially because of the damage resistance.

•  SHADOW STRIKE: A Movement ability that deals quite a bit of damage. The main reason I'm using it is because, it can act as a reset and it can be reset when using the Cosmic Slot 2 with the Movement reset affix.

 

• AT MY BIDDING: This attack hits all marked enemies with a ton of damage when used with the Talent; Silent Command. Very cool for what you'll be doing with this build because being able to hit multiple marked enemies enables you to have a higher chance of resetting your cooldowns with the Relentless Assassin Talent, of which we will talk more about in the Talent section. At My Bidding doesn't consume marks on targets, so if you reset your cooldowns, you can just keep spamming it over and over again as long as there is a marked target.

 

•  BEHIND YOU: This attack is a movement/execution ability. Deals tons of damage and allows you to reliable proc the Relentless Assassin buff everytime you 'delete' a blue or yellow enemy from the face of the game. Very very good now that it's fixed.

• NOT EVEN THE STARS: Your signature power. Deals quite a bit of damage, and when used with the Talent; Shadow Dance, it activates Slip into Shadows after the last hit which adds to your survivability and damage.

 

ROTATION:
When fighting a boss or a group of mobs, make sure you have a tanky team-up that can take aggro so that if you stealth, the boss doesn't just run off into a corner.

 

 SLIP INTO SHADOWS->  SILENT SCREAM -> SHADOW STRIKE ->  BLOSSOM OF DEATH -> AT MY BIDDING ->  BEHIND YOU, make sure to wait for At My Bidding to hit before using Behind You or else you will consume the mark before At My Bidding can hit, making it deal crappy damage -> NOT EVEN THE STARS ->  BLOSSOM OF DEATH x 4 till cooldowns come up.

TALENTS:

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• SHADOW DANCE: Best choice in this row of Talents is Shadow dance. None of the other talents even come close. It allows you to activate Slip into the Shadows when you use Not Even the Stars, allowing you to chain it back to back with the actual SitS, granting you 10s of SitS essentially.

 

• WHIRLING DEATH: I personally don't use any talent in this slot but, most people are okay with using Cut a Swath so use Cut a Swath if you feel comfortable with it.

 

• SILENT SCREAM: This Talent is NEEDED if you wish to play this build. Without this talent you can not use the power by the same name, called Silent Scream. This build comes together with this talent

 

• RELENTLESS ASSASSIN: To be an Unyielding shadow, this is the trait that your power rests upon. Of course when fighting a single boss it doesn't work, but when fighting bosses with yellow/blue mobs littered around, you can literally chain stun them to death whilst constantly spamming Slip into the Shadows and At My Bidding.

 

• SILENT COMMAND: Increases the amount of damage that At My Bidding does by 100%. This is definitely needed since you will be using this ability ALOT.

 

 

INFINITY CHOICES

• MIND GEM: Elektra is very stamina starved in this build so speccing to reduce the stamina cost and to increase the amount of stamina she has is essential. So all you need to do is put in 75 points into Deep Thought and this will give you the 10% cost reduction you need and the stamina you need to counter all that spirit spending. If you think you need more spirit, you take a few points from the Speed in the Time Gem to get more stamina.

 

• POWER GEM: Put 75 points into Strike Through.

 

• REALITY GEM: Put 185 points into Potency. This is because with the movement reset currently still affecting our signature power, you'll be spamming it a lot.

 

• SOUL GEM: +6 Points into Fighting. For increased damage.

 

• SPACE GEM: Don't need anything here.

 

• TIME GEM: 15 into Speed. For More damage.

GEAR

ARTIFACTS: NOTE: If you have the Cosmic Affixes for spending 15% less spirit and +150 spirit in combat, then you can change the way you spread points out in the Mind Gem. So instead of taking Calculated Efficiency, you can put all points into Mind Over Matter for more regen or into Intelligence for more crit damage.

•  Black Cat Grappling Hook (Can be replaced with  Sinister's Diamond, Gem of the Kursed,  Sharabus Neotum, Flag of the Skrull) (Where to Acquire: You can get this from beating Black Cat in any mode.): Mainly used for the high crit damage and brut damage it provides.

 

•  Spider Clone Serum: Spider Serum is really good for damage (Can be replaced by the  Gem of the Kursed, Kevlar Plated Helmet) (Where to Acquire: Defeating spider clones bosses in Industry City Patrol )

 

• Advanced Circlet of Cyttorak: (Can be replaced with the  Adv. Crimson Crystal of Cyttorak)(Where to Acquire: By defeating Juggernaut in any mode and getting this as a drop) This is mainly used for the shield that can be created when you take damage.

 

• Glinting Einherjar Brooch: (can be replaced with Gem of the Kursed,  Edge of Infinity, Sabretooth's Furry Mane) (Where to Acquire: From the vendor in Lower Asgard, after doing the event A Sacred Door. The vendor spawns after you successfully defend the door. The door can be found at the North-west corner of the Lower Asgard map); Mainly used for the high crit rating and damage rating it provides.

 

MEDALLION
Madame Hydra Medallion

SLOT 1-5: ENCHANTMENTS: Slot 1 & 5: +50 Physical Dmg/ Slot 2,3,4: +150 defence CHALLENGE BONUS: +1 Speed for all gear

• SLOT 1: Fragment of Twilight (Where to Acquire: Can be acquired by doing Muspelheim raids and getting it as a drop or by crafting it using the Protectors or Hero's Commendations): Can be replaced with  Kirigi's Katana or Betty Ross' Big Sword or anything with a nice balance of Crit and brut rating.

• SLOT 2: Get yourself a nice Cosmic Slot 2: Chaste Bodysuit with Brutal Strike rating and Brutal damage, Crit damage and Cosmic Affix that grants you increased might

• SLOT 3: Elfskin Cloak of Whispers

• SLOT 4: High Altitude Boots: If you don't have the Cosmic Bodysuit with good Brutal strike rating then taking any of these;   will do the trick.

• SLOT 5: Mask of the Chaste

 

LEGENDARY:

SALVAGED ALIEN WEAPON: 

With the changes to Cosmic Movement affixes, this legendary will allow you to get closer to what Elektra could do before.

Norn Stones: If you don't have the Cosmic Affixes on your artifacts for spending 15% less spirit and +150 spirit in combat, then you should use Norn Stones. This will give you 150 spirit and a proper amount of Damage rating and Crit rating.
The shield saves your life if you need it but you can also go for Excalibur or Savage Axe of Ares if you want to be more traditional. I used Savage Axe in the gameplay videos above so the build is still great even without the Norn Stones.

EXCALIBUR /SAVAGE AXE OF ARES: Use these if you do have the Cosmic Affixes as mentioned above. It means you can deal more damage with few issues or even survive more in the case of Excalibur.

 

If using  Power Cosmic, obviously you get the 1500 damage rating to both Phys and Mental but you also get +2 to all stats. Gives you +2 Speed and +2 Fighting alongside your other stats, making you a slightly faster killing machine.

 

RELIC

•  Atlantis

RUNEWORDS
The Power Doop: If you don't have access to the Power Doop, you can get any Runeword with Melee Dmg rating or Physical Damage Rating at the Enchanter (Where to Acquire: Get the recipe from the from the Cosmic vendor in the Avenger's tower for Cosmic shards and craft it at the Enchanter)

 

RING
 Midtown Guardian Signet Ring (Where to Acquire: Midtown Madness Monday event which happens every Monday)

 

INSIGNIA

Insignia of Blade or anything with good Melee damage rating and brut rating.

 

CATALYST:
Any Catalyst with +3 Fighting or +3 Speed

 

TEAM-UP:
Spiderman-Active for Defence

Wasp-Passive for Damage