Chroma Gameplay Guide

Profit Taker Heist Phase 4 is a difficult mission for many players as it employs several mechanics that require you to bring high damage, varied weapons, decent survivability and a bit of crowd control negation. [Chroma] can provide all of those in a single kit while also granting an increased credit bonus through his Effigy ability.

📝 Build Overview 📝

This is a modified solo variant of Profit Taker [Chroma] builds designed for inexperienced players learning the fight without having to worry about the pressure from a team. It has a lot of redundancy because failing any specific aspect of the mechanics can bloat it from a two minute scuffle to a several minute brawl.

🔢 Helminth Options 🔢

Spectral Scream is replaced because it has marginal impact on his kit even after the buffs. Most builds only want a single element and changing it mid mission doesn't come up enough to warrant using the ability in most scenarios. Effigy can be replaced if you're not planning on using the increased credit bonuses.

Spellbind is used to [Negate] the area of effect Magnetic proc that the Profit Taker does periodically through the fight. It has redundancy with [Primed Sure Footed] but it saves you from having to use energy restoring pads every time you get hit by the effect. Fire Walker is similar but it doesn't synergize with Exodia Contagion so it's far more inconsistent.

Eclipse is stronger than Vex Armor on the Orb Vallis as it constantly has a full damage buff activated. It will cause you to take far more damage through the fight so a more defensive playstyle is needed to survive.

Smite along with the [Smite Infusion] augment provides a free Radiation damage source while also giving you enough damage to always kill shield pylons with a single shot. It requires you to replace a flex mod which can lead to a small loss of survivability or damage overall.

Other buffs and quality of life abilities are usable but the cost of each ability along with the relatively short length of the fight will make most of them feel inconsequential or a flat out waste of energy.

📊 Ability Stats 📊

Strength and Duration are boosted at the cost of Range and Efficiency. This makes the build have an expensive starting energy cost but it should become self-sufficient with only a few energy sources.

⏲️ Duration ⏲️

Duration is increased to help you spend less time recasting buffs while also keeping your energy economy in check. Flex mods can be replaced by additional Duration or [Narrow Minded] can be swapped out depending on your confidence in your energy economy. Due to the relatively short length of each mission it isn't advised to lower Duration by much in a solo build.

⛽ Efficiency ⛽

Efficiency is lowered by [Blind Rage] but a few sources of energy should keep your economy above board in most scenarios. [Streamline] can be swapped in over a flex mod but any other significant changes to Efficiency aren't advised as they hit your other important stats too heavily.

📏 Range 📏

Range is lowered by [Narrow Minded] which shouldn't have any impact on a greedy solo build. [Narrow Minded] can be swapped out for survivability mods but it will nearly halve the duration of your buffs which isn't ideal.

💪 Strength 💪

Strength is boosted by several mods and even an ability in some scenarios. Due to the shield swapping mechanics, each of your weapons needs to have extreme amounts of damage from all physical and elemental sources. This build almost guarantees a single shot kill on shied pylons but adding additional Strength just to hit that breakpoint probably isn't worth the slot. [Power Drift] over any flex mod would be enough to hit the breakpoint if you refuse to use any other solutions to this issue like Rivens or Smite Infusion.

↔️ Alternate Playstyles ↔️

Most builds utilize tools that can be swapped out to serve the same purpose albeit in a different manner. The following suggestions are an outline and aren't exhaustive.

🔧 Mods 🔧

• [Aerodynamic] provides damage reduction by simply using Exodia Contagion throughout the fight. It can be replaced if you're confident in your survivability. Speed Holster allows you to replace Vigorous Swap or other holster speed mods.
• [Primed Sure Footed] is a great quality of life buff but it's a login reward so replace it with anything that fits into the polarity plan. It's also suggested that you polarize the exilus slot only after you've gained access to the mod due to the few Vazarin polarity exilus options. Some form of knockdown resistance must be used in a Profit Taker build.
• [Vigorous Swap] is necessary to hit certain damage breakpoints and provides your only necessary source of holster speed. It shouldn't be replaced unless you have other sources of holster speed on weapons or Elemental Ward.
• [Hunter Adrenaline] should keep you energy economy in check but if you're okay with using energy restoring pads you can swap it for any other mod that fits into the polarity plan. It also has far less effectiveness on Eclipse builds as they can't safely tank damage to get energy back.
• [Vitality] is a flex mod when using Heat Elemental Ward due to diminished returns. Operator arcanes should keep you alive as long as you have enough health to survive the initial few seconds in the fight.
• Chroma has lackluster base augments but flex mods can be replaced to fit them into the build.

⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️

Arcane Avenger grants additional damage and more consistency on all of your weapons. It synergizes with missions where you'll be constantly taking damage. It probably shouldn't be replaced on a solo build.

Arcane [Guardian] grants you additional survivability by simply getting hit. It can be replaced if you're confident in your survivability or if you need additional damage for various reasons. Tertiary offensive arcanes like Arcane [Rage] or Arcane Velocity are usually the call. Arcane Tanker is stronger but doesn't provide armor at the very start of the fight.

📋 Final Notes 📋

Many aspects of this build are redundant. Spellbind and [Primed Sure Footed] fill each others roles. [Vigorous Swap] and Vex Armor have additive bonuses to each other. Massive survivability is used but we're not using Eclipse. All of this is intentional so that a player can slowly customize this build and remove redundant features as they become more skilled. Good mission knowledge, quick reflexes, and even a few good Rivens can significantly change your playstyle.

Elemental Ward has wildly varied usage depending on what element is chosen. Heat gives the best survivability bonus when combined with Vex Armor. Cold reflects enemy area of effects attacks which can significantly limit their damage. Toxin provides a great holster and reload speed bonus on low Strength builds. Electricity is better on frames that have massive shield pools and shield regeneration.

Spectral Scream isn't necessary to select elements. You primary emission color will also change what element you start the mission using. Listing off every single color and their elements isn't a reasonable option for this guide but you can tell which element you'll get when you go to the color customization screen.

🔄 Linked Builds 🔄

Frames

• Solo Buffs Shared Polarities
• Team Buffs Shared Polarities
• Profit Taker Team Shared Polarities
• Arbitration Defense Shared Polarities
• Credit Farming Shared Polarities

Weapons

• Zenith: Profit-Taker Shared Loadout
• Kuva Nukor: Profit-Taker Shared Loadout
• Dokrahm: Profit-Taker Shared Loadout

Other Necessary Tools

• Smeeta Kavat: General Use Shared Loadout
• Panzer Vulpaphyla: General Use Alternate Shared Loadout
• Adarza Kavat: General Use Shared Critical Chance Loadout

📧 Contact Information 📧

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🏆 Credits 🏆

• NICHE - Developed tools that made generating builds far easier.
• Dragazer - Helped to clarify certain melee interactions.
• Marr - Helped with proofreading original build format.
• Biwadup - Added insight into Profit Taker runs.
• Voltage - Added additional insight into Profit Taker builds.

🛑 Disclaimers 🛑

This build may make certain assumptions about mechanics that can change after a patch. Multiple unnecessary forma may be used to facilitate more options across multiple builds with one polarity plan. Certain sub-optimal mods may be run to fit them into the forma polarity plan. We do not make builds that purposely attempt to abuse mechanics that aren't intended by the developers. None of these previous statements are excuses for a fundamentally incorrect build and we ask that you please contact us when we're wrong. We do not consent to anyone other than the original author of this guide posting it without permission.