23 Jul 2024 (Episode: Echoes - S24)

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Strand Hunter
PvE

23 Jul 2024 (Episode: Echoes - S24)

Quick Look

Details

Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class items
Keywords
Woven mail
Tangle
Unravel
Sever
Suspend
Exotic
  • Cyrtarachne's Facade
    Helmet
    Acrobat's Focus – Gain Woven Mail when activating grapple. Increased flinch resistance while Woven Mail is active.
Weapons
  • Ergo Sum
    Sword
    Wave Sword Frame – Heavy attack deploys a shockwave uppercut and launches the user into the air. An immediate follow up swing after the uppercut deploys a homing strike that aggressively seeks a target.
  • Imminence
    Submachine Gun
    Lightweight Frame – Superb handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.
  • Thin Precipice
    Sword
    Vortex Frame – [Heavy Attack] : Launch a heavy spin attack. Heavy attacks are stronger with full energy.
Abilities
  • Silkstrike
    Super Ability
    Weave a vicious rope dart and tear through your targets. [Light Attack] : Swing the rope dart in front of you to deal damage. The tip of the dart deals bonus damage, and defeating targets with the tip causes them to explode. [Heavy Attack] : Swing the rope dart in a circular motion to deal heavy damage all around you. : Use the grapple to move forward quickly.
  • Grapple
    Strand Grenade
    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.
  • Threaded Spike
    Strand Melee
    Sever
    Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. Press [Melee] just as the dart gets back to you to catch it and increase the amount of energy returned.
  • Gambler's Dodge
    Class Ability
    Dodge to perform a deft tumble, avoiding enemy attacks. Dodging near enemies fully recharges your Melee Ability.
  • Triple Jump
    Movement Ability
    While airborne, sustain your air control with a second or third jump.
Aspects
  • Whirling Maelstrom
    Tangle
    Unravel
    Destroying a Tangle will weave a violent, writhing mass of Strand fibers. The Strand mass seeks out and damages targets, emitting Unraveling projectiles when it defeats them.
  • Ensnaring Slam
    Suspend
    Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. Using this ability extends class ability cooldown time.
Fragments
  • Thread of Continuity
    Suspend
    Sever
    Unravel
    Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.
  • Thread of Generation
    -10 Discipline ▼ Dealing damage generates grenade energy.
  • Thread of Mind
    Suspend
    Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.
  • Thread of Transmutation
    Woven Mail
    Tangle
    +10 Strength ▲ While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Special Ammo Scout
    When one of your ammo finder perks creates a brick of Special ammo for you, it also creates bricks of Special ammo for your allies.
  • Special Ammo Finder
    Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.
  • Arc Siphon
    Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

Arms armor mods

  • Bolstering Detonation (x2)
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a grenade.
  • Grenade Kickstart
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.

Chest armor mods

  • Arc Reserves
    Increases the amount of ammo you can carry for Arc weapons.
  • Arc Resistance (x2)
    Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Innervation (x2)
    Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
  • Stacks on Stacks
    Picking up an Orb of Power grants you 1 additional stack of Armor Charge.

Class item armor mods

  • Reaper
    Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
  • Bomber (x2)
    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Argent Blade
    While you have Armor Charge, dealing damage with a Sword consumes an Armor Charge and empowers your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and energy charge rate.
  • 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.
  • Authorized Mods: Scavenger
    The energy cost of Scavenger mods are significantly discounted.
  • Logic Reductor
    Weapons with the Radiolaria Transposer origin perk deal increased damage to Vex. Extends the duration of the radiolaria pools created by Radiolaria Transposer.
  • 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.
  • Blade Stamina
    Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.
  • 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.
  • Creeping Chill
    Stasis weapon final blows against slowed or frozen targets release a burst that slows.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Arc Siphon
Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

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

Innervation
Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Stacks on Stacks
Picking up an Orb of Power grants you 1 additional stack of Armor Charge.

Grenade Kickstart
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge create

Grenade Kickstart
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge consume

Grenade Kickstart
... When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.
Class Ability cooldown

Bolstering Detonation
Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a grenade.

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

Ensnaring Slam
Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. Using this ability extends class ability cooldown time.
Grenade cooldown

Innervation
Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Grapple
... Grappling to a Tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. ...

Thread of Generation
... Dealing damage generates grenade energy.

Grenade Kickstart
... When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.

Bomber
Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Melee cooldown

Threaded Spike
... The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. ...
Final blows

Arc Siphon
Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

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

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.

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

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.
Defeating an enemy

Blade Stamina
Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.

Silkstrike
...The tip of the dart deals bonus damage, and defeating targets with the tip causes them to explode. ...

Special Ammo Finder
Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

Whirling Maelstrom
... The Strand mass seeks out and damages targets, emitting Unraveling projectiles when it defeats them.

Sever
... Severed targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Tangle
... Defeating targets afflicted by any Strand debuff will unwind them and create a Tangle.

Unravel
... Unraveled targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Suspend
... Suspended targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Keywords

Woven mail

Your body is encased in a protective mesh of tightly woven Strand matter, greatly reducing any incoming non-precision damage.

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.
Sever

The target's connections to the world around them are cut, and their outgoing damage is significantly reduced. Severed targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Threaded Spike
Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. ...

Thread of Continuity
Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.
Tangle

A knot of Strand matter, swirling with potential. Tangles can be shot and destroyed, or picked up and thrown, dealing damage. Defeating targets afflicted by any Strand debuff will unwind them and create a Tangle.

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.

Whirling Maelstrom
Destroying a Tangle will weave a violent, writhing mass of Strand fibers. ...
Unravel

The target is permeated with destructive Strand matter. As they take additional damage, they create unraveled projectiles that seek out nearby targets. Unraveling Rounds from your Strand weapons pierce the shields of Barrier Champions and stun them. Unraveled targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Grapple
... During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals area damage and unravels targets.

Thread of Continuity
Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.

Whirling Maelstrom
... The Strand mass seeks out and damages targets, emitting Unraveling projectiles when it defeats them.
Suspend

The target is immobilized by a web of Strand matter, lifting them into the air. While suspended, Guardians are unable to move freely, combatants are unable to move or fire their weapon, and Unstoppable Champions are stunned. Suspended targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Thread of Continuity
Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

Ensnaring Slam
Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. ...

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