Enjoying Albion Online? Check out the new Shapeshifter Weapons from the Wild Blood update

Do you love playing Albion Online? If you’re a hardcore fan, you’ve probably seen the massive Wild Blood update it released on October 16.

The new Albion Online Wild Blood update brings a couple of improvements to the game, but it all centers on an all-new weapon line called the Shapeshifter Weapons, which is the game’s most elaborate line of Staffs to date. It allows players to shift into different fantastical beasts, with their respective spells and abilities to help you win every combat.

The new weapons bring a whole new element to the game’s “you are what you wear” system, allowing you to take on more than a single role at a time.

So, to learn more about this new update, let’s take a detailed look at the new Shapeshifter Weapons on Albion Online.

How do the Shapeshifter Weapons work?

There are seven types of Shapeshifter Weapons that come with their own specialties, whether it’s for inflicting damage, healing allies, disrupting enemies, and more.

Their power works by manipulating reality. For one, there’s a spell that can transform enemies into helpless little rats.

Utilizing such abilities in human form develops Shift Charges, which will unlock the true potential of the new weapons, which is to transform into Shape form.

Every Shapeshifter Staff has a corresponding Shape — which is a powerful, magical creature with unique qualities that span from fragile damage dealer to immovable tank — with the Shift Charges providing energy for the Shape’s said special abilities.

Now, let’s take a look at those seven Shapes.

Seven Shapes of Shapeshifter Weapons in Albion Online

1. Shadow Panther: If you want a sneaky assassin, this one stays invisible when no enemies are around, giving you a chance to do an ambush attack once they are nearby. This also allows for a sneaky escape.
2. Sylvian: This one can provide additional health and healing in group fights, as well as act as a shield for your allies with its hulking tree-like form. It can grant immunity to forced movement effects and can even slow enemies by spreading its roots.
3. Spirit Bear: Considered an aggressive tank, this Shape shines brighter by disrupting enemies. It’s even more powerful when low on health as it becomes enraged, which will speed up its cast time and increase its damage and CC duration.
4. Werewolf: A bruiser with high sustain, this one allows you to gather enemies’ blood from the ground when fighting them, which can boost your speed and health, making you extremely hard to get rid of.
5. Hellfire Imp: If you don’t mind having low defense, you’d appreciate the very high damage of this Shape. It can even resurrect in human form after being killed, but you’d be given low health and a long cooldown on your transformation.
6. Runestone Golem: By contrast, this Shape is an immovable and unstoppable force that can withstand all forced movement. Plus, the more shift charges you accumulate, the larger it grows and the more health it can regain. It can also build a stone wall that will trap enemies in front of you, so you can attach them using its giant fists.
7. Dawnbird: This majestic eagle can inflict very high damage from afar, in a safe distance. Its best ability, Judgment, strikes down an immense amount of energy from the sky to create massive damage to all opponents within an impact radius. It’s particularly useful in large-scale fights.

Shapeshifter Weapons Combat Strategies

Since going into Shape form will override your human armor stats, you have the ability to switch roles mid-combat. For example, A Prowling Staff with a Plate Armor can make for a tank in human form and a deadly assassin in Shape form.

In addition, buffs will persist after transformation, which means that wearing a Hunter Jacket and turning into Werewolf means you can keep your auto-attack buff, which makes for a more ferocious Shape form.

Albion Online has created a unique and active playstyle by giving you this new way of switching back and forth between forms. It offers extreme versatility and allows players to show off their skills.

The new Shapeshifter Weapons are a very valuable and powerful addition to combat in Albion Online. So, now that you know how they work, it’s time to choose your Staff and join the fight!

This article was created by NoypiGeeks in partnership with Albion Online.