Kurel's "Swifthand Stabber"
The wardens made a mistake, putting me in here. There's a fox locked up in the henhouse with all these chickens...
4 forma (3V 1-).
The basic idea:
- Ev4 + Covert Lethality + Corrupt Charge = perma 3x combo + perma-Incarnon.
- Perma-Incarnon = more range.
- Dagger = high [Follow Through] + forced slash proc on heavy + enemies open to finisher on heavy + good finisher damage mod.
- High range + high [Follow Through] + forced slash proc on heavy + perma 3x combo = good trash clear.
- Enemies open to finisher + Ev2 + Ev3 + good finisher damage mod = good burst DPS for tough enemies.
- On-demand finishers + Ev5 = lower risk to player.
Therefore, chosen mods focus on boosting heavy attack damage and finisher performance. Of note here is the use of Dispatch Overdrive -- it's there to let you move between enemy groups more quickly after tagging them all with slash procs.
Evolutions
- Bladed Harmony (+25% attack speed) -- Combines with +40% attack speed from Incarnon form for max speed finisher.
- Blade Twister (+60% finisher dmg) -- Boosts burst DPS on tough enemies.
- Incarnon Imago (Incarnon form at 3x combo) -- enables perma-Incarnon.
- Stunning Brutality (On finisher: stun aware enemies within 10m) -- provides additional safety between finishers.
Variants
PSmite: Replaces Dispatch Overdrive. Switch 1- to 1V. Higher damage output at the cost of the movement buff.
Lasting Sting: Replaces Dispatch Overdrive. Switch 1- to 1V. Basically a poor man's PSmite variant, for people who haven't gotten it yet.
PFS: Replaces Dispatch Overdrive. Better performance against Corpus.
Life Strike: Replaces Dispatch Overdrive. Switch 1- to 1D. Self-healing option, if you really have no other options. Given Innodem is post-TNW locked, this situation is unlikely, but I'm throwing it out there just in case some weirdo somehow doesn't have Magus Elevate/Nourish/Repair, Hunter Recovery/Synth Deconstruct+Fiber/[Medi-Ray], or the ability to bake pizzas.
How to play this build
- Activate Incarnon form. When it drops, just reactivate it; you will always have the combo for it.
- Spam heavy attack for trash clear, via forced slash procs. Make sure to aim the second hit so it hits heavy units.
- Heavy unit not dying fast enough? Prime, move up, and stab them in the face with a finisher.
- Heavy unit still too stubborn to die? Hit them with a heavy attack to open them up to finisher again, then repeat step 3 until enemy killed to death.
This build synergizes particularly well with [Fatal Teleport] [Ash], [Savage Silence] [Banshee], Naramon focus, and [Dizzying Rounds] [Bronco] (Prime). Other builds that enable finishers should also work decently well.