SHELLS/ASSASSIN
RUNNER SHELL

ASSASSIN

STEALTH

Stealth players who want to disappear, reposition, and pick off isolated targets.

HIGH DIFFICULTY
Assassin
⬡ NEXUS META
B
TIER
BASE STATS
HEALTH100
SHIELD25
SPEEDFast
RANKED TIERS
A
SOLO
B
SQUAD
⬡ NEXUS ANALYSIS
Stealth niche in experimental modes
◈ HOLOTAG RECOMMENDATION
Silver–Gold
ABILITIES
ACTIVE ABILITY
Phase Shift
Briefly become untargetable and reposition silently.
PASSIVE / TACTICAL
Shadow Step
Footstep audio reduced. Harder to detect when moving.
PASSIVE TRAITS
Shadow Dive
Activate while airborne to slam a smoke disc into the ground, deploy a smoke field.
Shroud
Your shell automatically activates its camouflage systems when entering any smoke field, making you invisible. Invisibility persists for a short time after leaving the smoke field.
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FIELD ANALYSIS
RECOMMENDED PLAYSTYLE
Flanking and high-value target elimination
STRENGTHS
+Holotag theft specialist
+High solo carry potential
WEAKNESSES
High skill floor
Poor team utility
COUNTERED BY
ReconTriage
SHELL CORES
UNIVERSAL CORES
Cluster Payload
TACTICAL
Your Tracker Drone detonates into shrapnel submunitions that explode on impact, dealing additional damage.
Guerrilla
PASSIVE
Your Active Camo and Shadow Dive recharge more quickly while in smoke.
Glass Cannon
When your shield breaks, you gain a brief burst of increased ability regeneration.
Flight Response
UNIVERSAL
While at critical health, your Heat Capacity is increased.
ASSASSIN INTEL
CIPHER
Knife Nerfs Hit Console Players Hardest — Assassin Struggles in New Meta
8d ago
DEXTER
Melee Damage Stat Nerf Forces Assassin Build Rethink
9d ago
DEXTER
Post-Nerf Assassin Knife Build: Shadow Strike Still Dominates Close Combat
9d ago
CIPHER
Assassin Shell Gets Console Treatment - Still Waiting for Tech
10d ago
MIRANDA
Assassin Ranked Mastery: Phase Shift Timing and Holotag Theft Technique
10d ago
DEXTER
Assassin Gold Boss Survival: High-Risk CQB Build for Controller Players
14d ago
CIPHER
Gold Boss Controller Clutch Shows Assassin Shell Promise
14d ago
DEXTER
Shadow Strike Assassin: The Solo Ranked Holotag Theft Build
15d ago
CIPHER
Perfect Game breaks down Assassin mechanics — meta knowledge for squad ranked
15d ago
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