Long shadow in Illustrator

Hi I’m trying to make a long shadow in illustrator, I don’t want to do it using the blend tool (Left image)
I’m trying to create it with the Transform tool (>Effects>Distort & Transform>Transform) in Illustrator but its not coming out smooth (Right image), can anybody help me with the correct settings? I’ve watched some tutorials and copied the same settings but mines is not blending…

the first one looks right but you need to change the color of the top one, Or create outlines to have the ability to work with some and not others

You can also try using the blend tool to get this look

Yes, I actually want to make a long solid-color shadow, like the first one, but I want to do it using the transform tool (in the first one i used the blend tool and the second the transform). I’ve seen a few tutorials showing to use the transform tool to get the blend look but it’s not coming out…

the distance prob needs to be closer then

Thank you!
I also found it worked better when I expanded it first…