Build designed to be used with Khora - Farming Whipclaw
Offense
- Sharpened Claws - removes armor on the first hit of Venari's Snare Attack. This is so absurdely useful.
- Frost Jaw + Venom Teeth - Thanks to [Sharpened Claws], Heat or Corrosive armor [Shred] aren't required. That means a combination of Viral and Slash is the optimal for damage. Along with Snare's guaranteed status procs Venari should be able to tear through a surprising number of enemies.
- Maul - A solid flat damage increase. Critical chance/damage mods don't improve Snare damage, so this is the only option.
Defense
- Tek Assault + Rank 0 Link Shield + Hastened Deflection - [Tek Assault] conveniently allows [Venari] to be immune to damage for 4 seconds, the same length of time it takes shields to begin recharging after being fully depleted. These shields granted from Link Shield can then give Shield Gating to [Venari] if they can FULLY recharge before being hit. This means a Rank 0 Link Shield is perfect as it can FULLY recharge in a fraction of a second thanks to Hastened Deflection. Even better if Khora has a Decaying Dragon Key.
- Metal Fiber - Unless you're running extensive armor moding on Khora, this actually gives you more than Link Armor
- Link Health - Gives a good chunk of health that can help Venari survive some chip damage.
- Primed Pact Leader - Allows [Venari]'s health to bounce back up to full with very little effort on [Khora]'s part.
If you're not a fan of abusing shield gaiting this extensively, you can swap [Tek Assault] for [Synth Fiber] or my personal addiction [Fetch].