An effective weapon buffing platform setup for [Oraxia] – focusing on snapshotting Ability Strength for her 4th, energy economy, and weapon synergy. Your weapon the Kuva Sobek is main source of damage, with Silken Stride enhancing both damage and survivability. Focus school is Madurai for Sling Strength, which snapshots into her 4th (Silken Strike)

Silken Stride is buffed through snapshotting Ability Strength. With all the conditional strength bonuses, this build has 474% Ability Strength for Silken Stride (524% with [Power Drain]). I'm also building for some Ability Range in this build because it increases the range of the Toxin Bursts produced by Silken Stride, which increases the effectiveness of the Kuva Sobek + [Acid Shells] synergy. Outside of this synergy, I find Oraxia's base range perfectly suited for her abilities without the need for any investment.

• Survivability comes from:

  • Passive wall-latch Invisibility
  • I-frames from Mercy’s Kiss
  • Heath Tanking

1) Silken Stride (Primary healing method)
Oraxia’s strongest healing tool in the build is exiting and re-entering Silken Stride, which will instantly heal her back to full HP. Because the exit/enter animations are very fast, this becomes extremely reliable healing tech that you can use on demand. It’s core tech for this frame, and every [Oraxia] player should know about it.

2) Mercy’s Kiss (Secondary healing method)
Your second active healing method is Mercy’s Kiss, paired with [Equilibrium] and [Restorative Bond] on your companion.

• [Equilibrium] converts Energy Orbs pickups into additional healing value
• [Restorative Bond] improves the effectiveness of health gained from Health Orbs
• Mercy’s Kiss also grants I-frames, giving you an additional safety net

3) Companion (Tertiary healing method)
The tertiary (passive) healing comes from your companion using [Hunter Recovery]. The Panzer Vulpaphyla is an ideal pairing here thanks to [Viral Quills] and because it also has access to [Martyr Symbiosis] for an extra heal.

Arcane Choices

• Arcane Battery: This Arcane lets you drop [Primed Flow] and use the slot for a mod of your choice. I personally run [Stretch] to increase the range of the Toxin Bursts created by Silken Stride. If you aren’t using Kuva Sobek, you can instead run Molt Augmented and swap [Stretch] to [Primed Flow] for more Ability Strength and a larger Energy Pool. Alternatively, keep Arcane Battery and use [Hunter Adrenaline] for even more Energy sustain.

• Arcane Persistence: This Arcane allows for [Oraxia] to comfortably health-tank. Before it was introduced, [Oraxia] struggled to do so, even with the large HP increase from Silken Stride, as she lacked any meaningful damage mitigation. Arcane Persistence fixes that. Combined with the healing tech mentioned above, [Oraxia] becomes a very effective health tank, with a strong secondary layer of safety coming from her passive invisibility while wall-latching. The Arcane’s built-in downside (Magnetic disabling it) is irrelevant here, since [Oraxia] is immune to status effects during Silken Stride. Nullifiers can still deactivate the Arcane, but the solution is simple: remove or avoid the bubble.

Key Synergies

• [Equilibrium] + Mercy’s Kiss: Full energy loop
• [Energy Conversion] + Mercy’s Kiss: Easy acquistion of +50% Ability Strength
• [Power Drain] + Mercy's Kiss: This can sometimes trigger under specific circumstances
• [Growing Power] + [Energy Conversion] + Sling Strength: stackable 115% Ability Strength snapshots onto Silken Stride
• [Growing Power] + [Energy Conversion] + [Power Drain] + Sling Strength: stackable 165% Ability Strength snapshots onto Silken Stride

Archon Shards

• x2 Tauforged Azure (+ 255 Armour)
  • To meet the requirement for Arcane Persistence with [Umbral Fiber] or [Steel Fiber]
• x3 Tauforged Emerald (+ Toxin Status Effects deal +45% more damage)
  • Buffs the Toxin Bursts of Silken Stride

Ability Usage

1st: Mercy’s Kiss

• Main utility skill
• With [Equilibrium], instantly refills Energy Pool and negates [Blind Rage] negative Ability Efficiency
• Used to trigger [Energy Conversion] and snapshot Ability Strength
• Will quickly revive your companion when using [Restorative Bond] and [Synth Fiber]
• Parazon Mods such as [Power Drain] + [Out Of Sight] + [Blood For Life] can provide additional bonuses, but are inconsistently triggered (requires enemies to also be vulnerable to Parazon finishers to trigger)

2nd: Webbed Embrace

• Applies Damage Vulnerability to targets (Main reason it's used)
• Mainly useful against stronger targets (Damage Attenuation targets)

3rd: Nourish (Subsume)

• Applies Viral to your weapons (Main reason it's used)
• Energy multiplier helps reduce reliance on Mercy's Kiss
• Replaces Widow's Brood – a low-impact ability in practice as Scuttlers do not scale to do any meaningful damage (from my testing).

4th: Silken Stride

• Main ability focus
• Status Immunity
• Snapshotted strength scales:
  • Bonus Health
  • Weapon Toxin damage
• Kills cause Toxin Bursts at base 5m radius (benefits from Ability Range)
• Works beautifully with Kuva Sobek + [Acid Shells] for massive room-clearing chain explosions

Weapons & Companion

• Primary: Kuva Sobek
  [Acid Shells] synergy with Toxin Bursts from 4th = Chain reaction room nuking
  Add faction mods ([Oraxia] can't use Roar with Silken Stride)

• Secondary: Sporelacer
  For Acolytes. Bypasses Damage Attenuation
  Feel free to use what you like — the secondary you use to chunk down tougher single target enemies is recommended

• Melee: Praedos
  Just used for the parkour velocity. Melee is disabled during Silken Stride

• Companion: Panzer Vulpaphyla
  Passive healing from [Hunter Recovery] and [Martyr Symbiosis]
  [Link Vitality] for companion survivability boost whilst in Silken Stride
  [Restorative Bond] + [Synth Fiber] + Mercy’s Kiss = Instant Revive