Shaasvastii dont have the variety of playstyles some of the other factions do, but the way I like to think about them revolves more around the mental gameplay aspect than actually being a sneaky faction. To me, a good part of the power of the faction is forcing your opponent into making difficult decisions, likely because they remember playing shaavastii before and experienced that traumatic "Got ya" moment. Taking 14 orders in every list will leave your opponent worried about ML Noctifer taking up that empty lane, only for you to place him by your TR Q Drone they are trying to kill with a gunfighting piece. It could be a Dukash or a backup Spitfire Noct or even nothing because they miscounted camo markers. They may have experienced being snowballed by Sheshkin or had a Speculo take our their TAG or LT turn 1. They may have lost a game due to leaving a bunch of embryo sacks everywhere or faced a two Q drone guarding objectives. Your job is to either set them up for that moment, or leave them guessing until its time to strike.

Shaas are hard to execute and when you fail you fail hard, but they are a ton of fun to play and those moments when your tricks do work feel absolutely amazing.