[Xaku] Armor Strip + Turret Build

EDIT: 22 January 2024

With the introduction of Archon Shards, we can run slightly lower Ability Strength and use Shards to compensate. With [Xata]'s Whisper double dipping on weapons, it is a deadly combination.

I personally am using 3 Amber and 2 Crimson:

2x Tauforged Casting Speed, 1x Tauforged Energy filled
1x Tauforged Ability Strength, 1x Ability Duration

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Concentrate on getting at least 200% power strength as that sets [Gaze] armor reduction to 100%

Grasp of [Lohk] scales better with Range rather than Strength: The more weapons you can steal the better.

Always keep The Vast Untime up as that gives increased Dodge Chance & Area Damage reduction plus it freezes the duration of [Xaku]'s other abilities(unfortunately, Helminth abilities cannot be frozen)

If you don't have Umbral Forma, you may need to use up more normal forma for other slots, imo, for [Xaku], it's very worth it to use 1 Umbral Forma on him. Umbral Forma is available as a steel path reward from Teshin during his weekly rotations (Once every 8 weeks)

As for Helminth ability, I have no idea what to replace with, but if you do have any ideas on what ability to put into [Xaku], do comment below. Resonator from [Octavia] seems to be the best for now due to the innate CC ability of it, Resonator prevents Charmed enemies from attacking and hence rendering them almost safe. Just keep in mind, The Vast Untime does not pause the duration of helminth abilities

If you want to build [Xaku] for crate breaking or just low level clearing, refer to the screenshot below. General rule of thumb, Max Range

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