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Octavia: Ensnare/Silence/Larva - Crowd Control (Mecha)

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Strike up a symphony of destruction with the mistress of music, Octavia, in her grandest and most spectacular form. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

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APPLY CONDITIONALS

ENERGY
265
HEALTH
370
SHIELD
370
SPRINT SPEED
1.05
DURATION
100%
EFFICIENCY
100%
RANGE
100%
STRENGTH
100%
ARMOR
160
Damage Reduction
34.8%
EFFECTIVE HIT POINTS
1,061
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Octavia: Ensnare/Silence/Larva - Crowd Control (Mecha)

Octavia Gameplay Guide

[Octavia]'s kit is able to handle most missions by utilizing buffs, damage [Reflection], and multiple forms of crowd control. Her access to this massive toolbox is balanced by a reliance on doing actions to the beat of her Mandachord. With proper planning and a little rhythm she can become one of the strongest frames in the game.

📝 Build Overview 📝

This build is focused on invisibility from Metronome and crowd control from Resonator. It lacks damage from Mallet and Amp so we use the Mecha set mods and a Mecha set Kubrow to wipe groups of enemies.

🔢 Helminth Options 🔢

Resonator is a great ability on other frames but [Octavia] can rely entirely on Mallet and invisibility from Metronome to crowd control enemies. Mallet and Resonator have synergies that are lost when either is removed. We replace Mallet as our Strength is too low for it be useful.

Ensnare is an additional crowd control ability to assist Resonator. It provides more consistency without needing to rely on the [Conductor] augment.

Silence gives [Octavia] another form of stealth support by granting noise cancellation. It synergizes with Metronome's invisibility.

Larva is faster and cheaper than Ensnare but has less Range and may have negative synergy with high Duration.

Other abilities can work in some scenarios but many will be redundant due to her extensive toolbox and synergies.

📊 Ability Stats 📊

Range and Duration are the primary stats on a crowd control oriented build. We focus more on Duration as invisibility can be annoying for allies to constantly engage in rhythm upkeep.

⏲️ Duration ⏲️

Duration is increased to benefit her energy economy and to cut down on frequent recasting. Flex mods can be replaced for more Duration but adding Narrow Minded shifts this build into being an invisibility focused variant.

⛽ Efficiency ⛽

Efficiency is increased by a bit to keep her energy economy in check. She doesn't need this when using multiple forms of energy regeneration so Streamline becomes a flex mod and Blind Rage can be used on more greedy setups.

📏 Range 📏

Range is increased by multiple mods to benefit your crowd control abilities. Augur Reach is a flex mod on smaller tilesets.

💪 Strength 💪

Strength is lowered by [Overextended] and there aren't enough mod slots to increase it back over the baseline. It isn't worth the effort anyway as the Mecha set should be carrying your damage.

↔️ Alternate Playstyles ↔️

Most builds utilize tools that can be swapped out to serve the same purpose albeit in a different manner. The following suggestions are an outline and aren't exhaustive.

🔧 Mods 🔧

  • Mecha Empowered is necessary for completing the full Mecha set and gives bonus damage to the marked enemy.
  • [Firewalker] allows you to transition between various choke points. This is usually handled by Metronome's speed bonus but our Strength is too low to utilize it. Replace this mod at your discretion.
  • Augur Reach and Streamline are flex mods depending on your playstyle and the mission type.
  • [Rolling Guard] is a great survivability mod but isn't necessary if you're abusing the invisibility from Metronome. It can be swapped out for any mod that fits into the polarity plan.
  • Partitioned Mallet and other augments can be used but many aren't exilus mods so they won't be easily swapped out with Conductor.

⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️

Arcane Energize synergizes with [Primed Flow] and keeps your energy topped off. It can be replaced if you have other strong forms of energy recovery either through abilities or other energy support frames. Offensive arcanes like Arcane Avenger or Arcane [Fury] are usually the call.

Arcane Strike synergizes with the melee meta and grants far more damage per second. It can be replaced if you're using abilities or other weapons as your primary source of damage. Tertiary defensive arcanes like Arcane Guardian and Arcane Aegis are usually the call.

📋 Final Notes 📋

Mandachord is balanced by a rhythm mini-game being added to every ability. This can be made far easier by intentionally adding a note to every single slot and spamming whatever action you're trying to do even if it's out of sync. This makes the song sound annoying and can slightly slow down players that have pitch perfect rhythm but this can be solved by lowering the volume of your song to the minimum either through the options or directly in the Mandachord menu.

Mallet and Resonator have positive and negative synergies with each other. Having one of the strongest crowd control abilities tied to the highest scaling damage [Reflection] ability can have some very annoying interactions. Replacing either ability with a subsumed alternative can alleviate this issue but it can also be solved by using these abilities in large open rooms where enemies have plenty of time to directly attack the Resonator carrying the Mallet.

Amp's sound requirement is unbelievably easy to trigger but there are some specific scenarios where it becomes impossible. By using Silence, a silent Mandachord song, a melee weapon that doesn't have enough range to hit a wall, and weapons that don't create noise when they hit walls, you'll have no way to trigger Amp outside of Operator mode. This perfect storm of problems probably won't come up but be aware of the issue when making Octavia loadouts.

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📧 Contact Information 📧

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🏆 Credits 🏆

  • NICHE - Developed tools that made generating builds far easier.
  • Dragazer - Helped to clarify certain melee interactions.
  • Marr - Helped with proofreading original build format.

🛑 Disclaimers 🛑

This build may make certain assumptions about mechanics that can change after a patch. Multiple unnecessary forma may be used to facilitate more options across multiple builds with one polarity plan. Certain sub-optimal mods may be run to fit them into the forma polarity plan. We do not make builds that purposely attempt to abuse mechanics that aren't intended by the developers. None of these previous statements are excuses for a fundamentally incorrect build and we ask that you please contact us when we're wrong. We do not consent to anyone other than the original author of this guide posting it without permission.