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S20 Gathering Storm - Star Eaters DPS Build

Arc Hunter

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28 May 2023 (Season of the Deep - S21)

Build Information

Quick Look
Exotic armor
Exotic weapon
Ability
Aspect
Fragment
Helmet armor mod
Arms armor mod
Chest armor mod
Leg armor mod
Class item armor mod
General armor mod
Artifact perk
Exotic
  • Star-Eater Scales

    Leg Armor

Weapons
  • Thunderlord

    Machine Gun

Abilities
  • Storm Grenade

    A grenade that calls down a focused lightning storm.

  • Combination Blow

    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.

  • Gathering Storm

    Hurl your Arc Staff forward, embedding it into surfaces or large targets and jolting nearby targets. After a short time, a devastating lightning bolt strikes the staff, overcharging it with Arc energy. While overcharged, your staff discharges lightning at nearby foes.

  • Marksman's Dodge

    Dodge to perform an evasive maneuver with a steady hand. Dodging automatically reloads your weapon. Dodge to perform an evasive maneuver with a steady hand. Dodging automatically reloads your weapon.

Aspects
  • Flow State

    Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. While you are amplified, your dodge recharges more quickly, you are more resilient while dodging, and your reload speed is greatly increased.

  • Lethal Current

    After dodging, your next melee attack has increased lunge range, jolts the target, and creates a damaging aftershock. Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.

Fragments
  • Spark of Ions

    Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

  • Spark of Resistance

    +10 Strength ▲ While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to incoming damage.

  • Spark of Recharge

    While critically wounded, your melee and grenade energy regenerates more quickly.

  • Spark of Amplitude

    Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Armor mods

Deprecated armor mods

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

  • Deprecated Armor Mod

    This mod has been deprecated and no longer functions. You may replace it with another mod. Deprecated Perk

Helmet armor mods

  • Harmonic Siphon

    Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power

  • Hands-On

    Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

  • Heavy Ammo Finder

    Increases the drop chance of Heavy ammo on kill.

Arms armor mods

  • Arc Loader

    Increases reload speed of Arc weapons.

  • Impact Induction

    Causing damage with a melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

  • Heavy Handed

    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Chest armor mods

  • Void Resistance (x2)

    Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

  • Concussive Dampener

    Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Arc Weapon Surge (x2)

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

  • Better Already

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

Class item armor mods

  • Font of Restoration

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

  • Healthy Finisher

    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Finishers heal you. Consumes 1 stack of Armor Charge.

  • Reaper

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

General armor mods

  • Mobility Mod (x5)

    +10 Mobility ▲

Analysis

Orb generation

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power. Rapid Stasis weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

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

Font of Restoration
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Arc Weapon Surge
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

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

Healthy Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge create

Font of Restoration
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Arc Weapon Surge
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Healthy Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge effect

Font of Restoration
... You gain a bonus to recovery while you have any Armor Charge. ...

Arc Weapon Surge
... Your Arc weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge consume

Healthy Finisher
... Consumes 1 stack of Armor Charge.
Ability cooldown

Combination Blow
... Defeating targets with this ability also fully refills your class ability energy and restores a small amount of health.

Ionic Trace
... When picked up, Ionic Traces grant ability energy.
Class Ability cooldown

Combination Blow
... Defeating targets with this ability also fully refills your class ability energy and restores a small amount of health.
Grenade cooldown

Impact Induction
Causing damage with a melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

Spark of Recharge
While critically wounded, your melee and grenade energy regenerates more quickly.
Final blows

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power. Rapid Stasis weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

Reaper
After using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
Defeating an enemy

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

Combination Blow
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.

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. ...

Amplified
... Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.
Finishers

Healthy Finisher
... Finishers heal you. ...

Keywords

Ionic trace

A bolt of pure Arc energy that travels along the ground, seeking toward its creator. When picked up, Ionic Traces grant ability energy.

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.
Blind

Combatants are disoriented and cannot fire their weapons. Opposing Guardians' HUD is removed and their vision is obscured. When blinded, Unstoppable Champions are stunned.

Lethal Current
... Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.
Jolted

The target is energized with destructive Arc Light. They take additional damage while jolted and chain lightning to nearby targets. Jolt damage causes Overload Champions to be stunned.

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

Gathering Storm
Hurl your Arc Staff forward, embedding it into surfaces or large targets and jolting nearby targets. ...

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. ...

Lethal Current
After dodging, your next melee attack has increased lunge range, jolts the target, and creates a damaging aftershock. Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.
Amplified

Your movement speed and weapon handling are greatly increased. After sprinting for a short time, your movement speed is further increased. Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.

Spark of Amplitude
Rapidly defeating targets while you are amplified creates an Orb of Power.

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. While you are amplified, your dodge recharges more quickly, you are more resilient while dodging, and your reload speed is greatly increased.
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