Melee Ignition Build

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  Relativism

  Hunter Cloak

  This item drops with random intrinsic perks.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Microcosm

  Trace Rifle

  Paracausal Beam – Fires a beam of Kinetic light, dealing massive bonus damage to shields.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Lost Signal

  Grenade Launcher

  Area Denial Frame – Burst fire Grenade Launcher. Each projectile creates a lingering pool on impact that deals damage over time.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Indebted Kindness

  Sidearm

  Rocket-Assisted Frame – Sidearm fires self-propelled rocket ammunition. Projectiles explode on impact for high damage.

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  Storm's Edge

  Arc Super | Light Ability

  Summon an electrified dagger and throw it in your aim direction. When the dagger hits a surface or a target, you blink to its location and perform a powerful whirling strike, damaging any nearby targets. Can be reactivated after the strike to perform additional throws. If the dagger flies for long enough without impacting anything, it detonates and you blink to the detonation location.

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  Gambler's Dodge

  Class Ability

  Dodge to perform a deft tumble, avoiding enemy attacks. Dodging near enemies fully recharges your Melee Ability.

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  Grapple

  Strand Grenade | Darkness Ability

  

  Unravel

  Weave a grappling hook, and quickly pull yourself forward. Grappling to a Tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals area damage and unravels targets.

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  Triple Jump

  Movement Ability

  While airborne, sustain your air control with a second or third jump.

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  Combination Blow

  Arc Melee | Light Ability

  A quick strike that temporarily increases your melee damage when defeating a target, stacking three times. Defeating targets with this ability also fully refills your class ability energy and restores a small amount of health.

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  Stylish Executioner

  

  Invisibility

  

  Light Debuffs

  

  Darkness Debuffs

  

  Weaken

  Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.

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  Winter's Shroud

  

  Slow

  Dodging slows nearby targets. Slowing targets briefly increases your class ability regeneration.

Helmet armor mods

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  Heavy Ammo Scout

  When one of your ammo finder perks creates a brick of Heavy ammo for you, it also creates bricks of Heavy ammo for your allies.

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  Hands-On

  Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

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  Heavy Ammo Finder

  Increases the drop chance of Heavy ammo upon defeat of an opponent.

Arms armor mods

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  Arc Loader

  Increases reload speed of Arc weapons.

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  Heavy Handed

  Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

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  Impact Induction

  Causing damage with a powered melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

Chest armor mods

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  Solar Resistance

  Reduces incoming Solar damage from combatants.

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  Void Resistance

  Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

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  Arc Resistance

  Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

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  Kinetic Weapon Surge (x3)

  Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Your Kinetic weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.

Class item armor mods

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  Powerful Attraction

  Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate your class ability.

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  Reaper

  Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.

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  Bomber

  Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.

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  Shieldcrush

  While you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield, your melee recharges faster and deals increased damage. While you are amplified or radiant, your grenade recharges faster and deals increased damage.

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  Transference

  Gain increased grenade and melee damage while transcendent. Weapon final blows while transcendent refund Light and Dark energy after Transcendence ends.

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  Overcharged Armory

  Weapons with the Dealer's Choice, Radiolaria Transposer, Collective Purpose, and Sundering Origin traits are always Overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.

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  Galvanic Armor

  While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.

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  Radiant Orbs

  While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.

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  Overload Sword

  Landing consecutive hits with a Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Swords are always overcharged when that modifier is active.

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  Creeping Chill

  Stasis weapon final blows against slowed or frozen targets release a burst that slows.

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  Elemental Siphon

  Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.

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  Overload Hand Cannon

  Landing consecutive hits with any Hand Cannon you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

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  Anti-barrier Submachine Gun

  Submachine Guns you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Submachine Guns are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

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  Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle

  Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.

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  Unstoppable Sidearm

  Aiming down the sights of a Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when the modifier is active.