INTRODUCTION
This is a standard 12x Heavy Attack build for [Praedos]. All mods that are used will be explained below, and a combo version as well.
MODS
[Condition Overload]: Standard, you need +dmg mods on your melee. We do not use [Primed Pressure Point] or [Sacrificial Pressure] with this as it is additive.
[Blood Rush]: Standard, we will be using this to increase crit chance per combo stack.
[Weeping Wounds]: Standard, Weeping allows us to apply a multitude of slash procs on enemies, as this is your main form of damage.
[Amalgam Organ Shatter]: Standard, crit damage is necessary.
[Sacrificial Steel]: Double crit on heavy, which is what we are doing for a 12x heavy attack build.
[Gladiator Might]: Higher cc and cd, about 130% cc and 4.9x cd.
[Primed Smite Grineer]: All faction mods double dip on DoTs. This means that they are applied twice in the damage calculation on, with DoTs being heat, slash, electric, gas, and toxin. A regular [Smite Grineer] gives you a 1.69x (1.3^2) final damage multiplier on DoTs, and a [Primed Smite Grineer] gives you a 2.40x (1.55^2) final damage multiplier, much more than another +dmg mod does.
[Reflex Coil]: This reduces the amount of combo taken when heavy attacks are made.
EVOLUTIONS
Evo 2: Whirling Flurry or Seismic Slam. Whirling is an easy attack speed bonus. Take Seismic if you want to increase the amount of enemies hit by your heavy slams.
Evo 3: Adept Reflexes or Shockwave Synergy. Adept increases your initial combo, quickly allowing Swift Transmute to take effect. Alternatively, you can take Shockwave Synergy to gain combo through slam attacks, gaining combo faster instead of starting with it.
Evo 4: Swift Transmute. With Adept Reflexes, this can allow you to quickly change to Incarnon form.
Evo 5: Kinetic [Harmony], the windup speed allows for quick heavy attacks and faster time to kill
HOW TO USE, STANCE, AND MORE
If the opponent will not go down in two hits, prime using a [Condition Overload] primer (I like Epitaph ), and then kill. Otherwise, you should be fine with heavy and light attacks. [Sovereign Outcast] has the best forced procs and multipliers of the two Tonfa stances, so we will use that. Use Rogue Edict for light attacks and Discord Sewn for heavy attacks as your stance combos.
Here is a combo build for [Praedos]: https://overframe.gg/build/314559/