23 Aug 2023 (Season of the Witch - S22)

Touch of Stag warlock build strand

Strand Warlock
PvE

23 Aug 2023 (Season of the Witch - S22)

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Details

Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class item
Keywords
Woven mail
Threadling
Unravel
Sever
Suspend
Exotic
  • The Stag
    Helmet
    Dearly Departed – Your Rift provides damage reduction to allied Guardians standing in it. Grants Rift energy when you are critically wounded. On your death, creates a healing rift on your corpse.
Weapons
  • Touch of Malice
    Scout Rifle
    Touch of Malice – The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage, drawing from the wielder's life force, and then regenerates itself. Rapidly defeating 3 targets restores health. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one defeated target.
  • Sweet Sorrow
    Auto Rifle
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
  • The Hothead (Adept)
    Rocket Launcher
    Adaptive Frame – A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.
Abilities
  • Needlestorm
    Super Ability
    Threadling
    [Super] : Conjure a hail of deadly woven needles. After embedding themselves in the environment, the needles will re-weave into a host of Threadlings. Threadlings you create will return to you and perch if they can't find any nearby targets. Damaging targets with your weapons or melee will send out perched Threadlings to attack.
  • Shackle Grenade
    Strand Grenade
    Suspend
    A thrown weapon of weighted Strand matter that detonates on impact, suspending targets and creating additional suspending subprojectiles.
  • Healing Rift
    Class Ability
    Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.
  • Arcane Needle
    Melee
    Unravel
    Sling a woven needle that will embed in your target, unraveling them. Activate your melee ability again to chain up to two additional attacks.
  • Burst Glide
    Movement Ability
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with a strong initial boost of speed.
Aspects
  • Weaver's Call
    Threadling
    Activate your class ability to weave three Threadlings and deploy any Threadlings you have perched. Targets defeated by Strand damage have a chance to generate a perched Threadling.
  • Mindspun Invocation
    Threadling
    Suspend
    Your grapple, Shackle Grenade, and Threadling Grenade have enhanced functionality. Your grapple melee spawns three Threadling eggs. : Hold to consume your Shackle Grenade and activate Weaver's Trance. Final blows while Weaver's Trance is active create a suspending detonation. : Hold to consume your Threadling Grenade and immediately generate five perched Threadlings.
Fragments
  • Thread of Isolation
    Sever
    Landing rapid precision hits emits a severing burst from the target.
  • 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 Warding
    Woven Mail
    -10 Resilience ▼ Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Kinetic Siphon
    Rapid Kinetic weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
  • Void Siphon
    Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

Arms armor mods

  • Focusing Strike (x3)
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a powered melee attack.

Chest armor mods

  • Concussive Dampener
    Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.
  • Arc Resistance
    Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Better Already
    Your health begins to regenerate immediately after picking up an Orb of Power.
  • Recuperation (x2)
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Class item armor mods

  • Powerful Attraction (x3)
    Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Conductive Cosmic Needle
    Targets affected by Strand debuffs take increased damage from Arc and Void abilities.
  • Improved Unraveling
    Increases the amount of damage dealt by unraveling a target.
  • Deeper Origins
    Greatly improves the benefits provided by the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds traits.
  • Authorized Mods: Strand
    The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your Strand weapons are significantly discounted.
  • Authorized Mods: Arc
    The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your Arc weapons are significantly discounted.
  • Authorized Mods: Melee
    The armor energy costs of all armor mods affecting your melee are significantly discounted.
  • Strand Soldier
    Your Strand weapons gain Unraveling Rounds whenever you gain Woven Mail while your Strand subclass is equipped.
  • Overcharged Armory
    Weapons with the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds traits are always overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.
  • Counter Charge
    Gain a stack of Armor Charge when you stun a Champion.
  • Overload Trace Rifles
    Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifles causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering their damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Trace Rifles are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Hand Cannon
    Aiming down the sights of a Hand Cannon for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
  • Anti-Barrier Auto Rifle
    Your equipped Auto Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Auto Rifles are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

Breakdown

Orb generation

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

Void Siphon
Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
Orb pickup

Better Already
Your health begins to regenerate immediately after picking up an Orb of Power.

Recuperation
Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Thread of Warding
... Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Class Ability cooldown

Focusing Strike
Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a powered melee attack.
Grenade cooldown

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

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

Mindspun Invocation
...Final blows while Weaver's Trance is active create a suspending detonation. ...

Void Siphon
Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
Defeating an enemy

Touch of Malice
... Rapidly defeating 3 targets restores health. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one defeated target.

Weaver's Call
... Targets defeated by Strand damage have a chance to generate a perched Threadling.

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

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 Warding
... Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
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.

Thread of Isolation
Landing rapid precision hits emits a severing burst from the target.

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

A creature woven from pure Strand matter that seeks nearby targets and attacks, dealing damage.

Needlestorm
... After embedding themselves in the environment, the needles will re-weave into a host of Threadling... Threadlings you create will return to you and perch if they can't find any nearby targets. Damaging targets with your weapons or melee will send out perched Threadlings to attack.

Weaver's Call
Activate your class ability to weave three Threadlings and deploy any Threadlings you have perche... Targets defeated by Strand damage have a chance to generate a perched Threadling.

Mindspun Invocation
Your grapple, Shackle Grenade, and Threadling Grenade have enhanced functionalit... Your grapple melee spawns three Threadling eggs. ... : Hold to consume your Threadling Grenade and immediately generate five perched Threadlings.
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.

Arcane Needle
Sling a woven needle that will embed in your target, unraveling them. ...

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

Mindspun Invocation
...Final blows while Weaver's Trance is active create a suspending detonation. ...

Shackle Grenade
A thrown weapon of weighted Strand matter that detonates on impact, suspending targets and creating additional suspending subprojectiles.

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

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