TL;DR: This build seems to work, I have no way of telling definitively if it does or doesn't! I have used it and gotten to zone 10 solo on ESO. if you have the mods and forma to burn and want to try it or improve upon it go for it! butts be warned! there are way better builds for farming ESO efficiently!

My first Overframe build!

Hiii! Jello! & Good Day Tenno! I'm often asked what build I'm using in ESO and though I'm happy to share them via links I figured I'd post one here I recently made and I don't think anyone has covered yet. Archon Mirage! probably because Archon mods are fairly new, but also because maybe this idea/build doesn't even work at all! dun, dun, dun!!!

so yeh before you continue, note that this is more so theory craft, iv'e used it and gotten to zone 10 in ESO solo before it falls off. So if you were looking for the best ESO farm this isn't it, shoo, away you! but if you just wanna mess around, check this out o.o

So for me an optimal solo or group ESO farming build is like [Saryn], [Volt] or Thermal Sunder [Harrow] leaning towards more power strength and less efficiency. But this [Mirage] build when taken for a test drive did pretty well, well enough to be noticed so here she is!

An experimental build using Archon mods, why?

Assuming this is how it works after running this build in ESO a few times, I believe the augument Explosive Legerdemain which does deals fire, ice, lightening and toxin will proc the affects of the archon mods.

- Archon Vitality: will allow Fire damage from Explosive Legerdemain to proc twice!

- [Archon Continuity]: will allow the toxin damage from Explosive Legerdemain to proc Corrosive also! and might even have a 100% status chance which help armor stripping!

- [Archon Stretch]: will allow the lightning damage from [Explosive Legerdemain] to [Regen] 2 energy per second for 5 seconds, not sure if it can stack per hit but it helps with the strain of energy!

(and on the topic of energy I was thinking to use [Archon Flow] instead of [Fleeting Expertise] for even more energy, but I find [Fleeting Expertise] to be more useful, its just a personal preference.)

As for the other mods, a classic EL [Mirage] needs as much Strength and Range iirc, but I feel if you're moving around you can sacrifice some range and the archons make up for some strength lost.

Power! - So for strength we'll go with the big guns! Blind Rage, Transient Fortitude!

Range! - for range, ya got to have Overextend! and [Archon Stretch] (same range value as normal [Stretch] + archon effect for a higher capacity cost)

Arcanes? I really feel unless you go for other energy options, you have to have arcane energize! and since you kill so many enemies might as well slap Arcane Augmented for moar powah!

why [Fleeting Expertise]? well this is because I noticed the duration hardly matters, and you will be spamming Explosive Expertise often anyways. you will hardly ever have a full energy bar if you're also using your 1 and 3 to buff yourself and 4 to quickly kill a large group of enemies so they drop loot that you can proc with your 2. so kill, hit 2, kill, hit 2 eventually you can stop killing and just spam 2 until new zone.

Lastly Aura? I like putting aura forma on all my primes, so its flexible, but I went with [Corrosive Projection] over [Growing Power], because CP scales with enemy armor, but its down to rng and what enemies you end up getting the most. some times you get back to back zones with grineers and that seems to be my luck so I go with CP, but Growing Power is a good option too.

------ That's it for the build!?
Wrong! I believe in synenergy as much as i believe in maximizing the efficiency and power of a single frame or item. so for more keep reading buddy!

So to sum it up, this is as i said requires some skill, you have no survivability especially if you subsume Eclipse for Roar or another ability. So it helps to have a helpful companion, I recommend a tenno's best fren the Huras Kubrow due to it's ability to make you invisible with the "Stalk" mod!

- Recommended Companion: [Huras Kubrow]
Must have mods? [Stalk] for invisibility, [Fetch] if you want to grab energy orbs, Primed or Regular [Animal Instinct] for radar range so you can see when a new batch of enemies spawn, Synth Fiber & Synth Deconstruct for even more energy, [Medi-Pet Kit] if you plan to use weapons, it will break your invisibility and your pupper might die lots so this is useful, you can revive your pupper in Tenno mode while crouched. I also like Mecha Overdrive and Link Health, Link Shield to try to increase your puppers survivability.

- Recommended Weapons: Exodia Contagion + Zaw weapon
I don't like bringing or using guns to avoid picking up ammo, but thats a preference. You can bring aoe weapons, that also works. Why zaws? a well modded Zaw + exodia contagion can be used like a powerful aoe weapon with no ammo needed and I like to stay in motion as a [Mirage] so i constantly bullet jump and double jump and glide while observing enemies and allies, during this you can toss a projectile from your zaw to help kill more enemies at the beginning of a fresh zone or when you see some nullifiers or eximus units.

- Recommended Focus School: Zenurik
Personally I use Zenurik for more energy, but its all about your situation, I also like Vazarin for fast pupper/ally revive, affinity range, protective sling, and Void Snare for some cc and quick group kill with my zaw. but tactically! If you run with a group or even just 1 friend to provide you energy, you can go with Mudarai instead for the casting speed and more power strength.

So if you have made it this far I thank you for taking the time, I will try to answer any questions and I'm open to all feed back, let me know what I did right or wrong, how effective this was for you or not? and most of all I hope you have fun with it and it's useful to you!

Also I will post the [Harrow] ESO build later on. See ya, Tenno!

Edit: ESO Extra Spicy Cheeto Harrow