Thread:Anon421/@comment-37875052-20181224034949/@comment-31479589-20181224082408

I'm not sure. Before Chapter I even started, The Sphere has always been under the Emperor's surveillance (minus that one time where some fool stole it), no way Shadow Mind can do something without the Emperor noticing, and the best it can do while inside The Sphere is tempting people and giving them shadow power, none of those implying some form of total mind control. Plus, it has one more important priority: to break free from its prison. Until then, Shadow Mind will not waste his time trying to persuade us to kill Shadow. Shadow Mind also doesn't seems to hold some grudge against him, at least from what we've heard so far.

If so, then it's an useless buff. If you think about it, players enter shadow form to use shadow abilities, not to punch, slash, or kick. It's only benefit is closing gap, but you have Dash, Blink, Leap, and Displacement for that purpose.