
The laser makes the tight spread that much tighter, and the silencer is a must as it does not really effect the bullet drop, and is just an all around upgrade for the pistol. Not only that but this baby can and will hold its own in a 1v1 confrontation. You will only pull your pistol when you want to knife/pistol, or you run out of primary ammo.

But as a Infiltrator this is an upgrade for you. The difference being this one does more dmg per shot than the default mag. With this you can beat most HA at close quarters even if they pop their shield. Now the Shadow already has a nice tight hip fire spread, but the laser makes it absolutely ridiculous. Most guns the silencer makes useless because of the drop, but on this gun it feels just right, especially with the x2 scope. The x2 reflex gives it the right amount of zoom and view, and its the ONLY gun in the game id ever put the silencer on. So you can see this thing packs a real punch. To give some idea, the Battle Rifle takes 5 hits to the chest to kill, the Shadow only 3. The shadow is the best short/medium weapon SEMI-AUTO in the game.

If you have used the stalker you will know the damage can be very lacking and in CQB you still get out gunned. The shadow unlike the stalker dishes out a ton of damage. PlanetSide 2 Infiltrator Build Guide by BrB Stove Exploded
