Stellar Blade offers a surprising amount of flexibility for its protagonist Eve when it comes to how she approaches combat in the game. With a lot of Naytiba standing between her and humanity’s redemption, Eve has to bring her best skills to the table at all times or perish trying to save the world.

Luckily, she has a variety of options at her disposal and certainly knows how to use them. With an arsenal of skills, special attacks, and gear, it can be difficult to settle down with a specific playstyle for Eve in the early stages of Stellar Blade. However, there are many benefits to such a focused approach.

Kick A Naytiba When It’s Down

While stealth may be difficult to achieve against hordes of Naytiba in open areas where they can easily see you, it’s possible to adopt a playstyle in which you sneak up on your first enemy and gain enough traction from there to quickly take down the rest of the group.

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Like executing a Fear Takedown in Batman: Arkham Knight, Eve can begin an encounter from the shadows, tearing through Naytiba ranks while they recover from the confusion of her initial attack. With the right Exospines and Gears, this fighting style can be very effective at controlling the flow of combat and removing strong enemies off the board early in the fight.

Best Stealth Build in Stellar Blade

Creating a stealth build for Eve involves picking Exospines and Gears that help her stay hidden longer while shoring up her defense when things begin to get intense. Moreover, a stealthy playstyle relies on knocking enemies to the ground and keeping them there while Eve finishes them off.

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The first Exospine that you will need for this build is the Camouflage-Type Exospine which makes Eve harder to spot for enemies while also granting a massive increase to her melee damage when she executes an enemy. Additionally, Eve recovers 15% HP when she executes an enemy, making this Exospine crucial to a stealth build in Stellar Blade.

Next on Eve’s list for Exospines is the Suppression-Type Exospine which increases damage to enemy shields by 18% while increasing the time an enemy stays downed and the damage they take by 18%. This makes Eve a killing machine once she can bring an enemy to the ground while also working with the previous Exospine to restore her health and boost her damage for the rest of the group.

Moving on to Gears, the Combat Continuation Gear builds on the damage boost from Eve’s Exospines, further increasing her damage for 10 seconds when she kills an enemy. It ensures that Eve maintains a very high damage output every time she strikes from the shadows, allowing her to dictate the terms of any engagement while she saps her enemies’ health while she kills them.

Next, the Perfect Combat Gear which boosts attack power when Eve’s HP is close to full. While the boost depends on the Gear’s Star Rating, collecting higher-level variants becomes easy when Eve is able to blaze a path of destruction through the Naytiba ranks.

Other recommendations for Gears include the Shield Destruction Gear and Shield Penetration Gear which are useful in destroying enemy shields to whittle down their HP faster. Consider using them against tougher enemies, keeping in mind that their utility is situational. Only use these Gears if you feel the extra shield damage is worth trading away boosts to your attack power.

With all of Eve’s Gear and Exospines in place, it’s time to take her new loadout for a spin! It could be helpful when hunting down every Exospine in the game, for instance. For more help in taking down the Naytiba threat, check out our Stellar Blade guides to get the best out of Eve’s expansive arsenal.