This is an Endurance oriented [Iron Staff] build with high range to crowd control with [Celestial Stomp], Nuke with Defy and high efficiency to allow Pillage Spam + [Iron Staff] use.

Defy is able to nuke enemies by absorbing damage then returning it multiplied. This is normally inneffective against armor, but veilbreaker changes now allow Pillage to fullstrip in two casts.

[Celestial Stomp] is actually able to affect eximus through overguard.

[Augur Reach] is flxible for [Primed Flow] if no Energy Shards.

Pillage at 204% strength can full strip after TWO casts.
Pillage lasts 1.9s and Defy gives 1.9s of i-frames.
After armor is stripped, Defy can nuke enemies in 21m by reflecting their own damage and multiplying it by up to 15x.

Example of Levelcap Circuit Run:
https://youtu.be/F6Kc8dE9Hxw?si=nREijJy0_fYyom_c

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PLAYSTYLE

1. Activate Clone by tapping 1 and activate Primal [Fury] by tapping 4, and attack to build combo
2. Keep enemies crowd controlled by holding 1 for Celestial Stomp
3. Spam Pillage followed by Defy to strip armor/shields AND regen shields within the i-frames of Defy
4. Defy can nuke enemies that have been stripped of shields/armor, but only when you DON'T [Celestial Stomp] them first.

BUILD SPECIFICS

Arcanes
Molt Augmented is mandatory to allow 2 strip Pillage strip
Arcane Energize is helpful for energy economy
Arcane Avenger helps get red crits

Iron Staff Builds:

• Raw Corrosive (non-endurance) : https://overframe.gg/build/367846/
• Slash hybrid (endurance): https://overframe.gg/build/367847/

Pair with a 'Gladiator Stick' which is ANY melee weapon with all the gladiator mods on. Good options are [Praedos], [Innodem], [Venka Prime].
This will allow [Iron Staff] to benefit from the crit boost from gladiator set bonus without having all the gladiator mods equipped on [Iron Staff] (just need ONE gladiator mod equipped i.e. [Gladiator Might]).