25 Feb 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

BEST GM BUILD HUNTER HERESY

Arc Hunter
PvE
GM Nightfalls

25 Feb 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

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Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class item
Keywords
Ionic trace
Bolt charge
Amplified
Blind
Jolted
Exotic
  • Gifted Conviction
    Chest Armor
    The Gift of Certainty – Activating Ascension or Tempest Strike throws bouncing explosives at nearby targets that jolt and damage them. Jolting nearby targets grants you damage resistance.
Weapons
  • Delicate Tomb
    Fusion Rifle
    Traitor's Vessel – Fires a wide horizontal spread when shot from the hip. Final blows with this weapon have a chance to generate Ionic Traces. Powerful foes and opposing Guardians always generate Ionic Traces.
  • Doomed Petitioner
    Linear Fusion Rifle
    Adaptive Burst – Fires a three-round burst.
  • Breachlight
    Sidearm
    Heavy Burst – Fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. Slightly reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming.
Abilities
  • Gathering Storm
    Super Ability
    Jolted
    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.
  • Flashbang Grenade
    Arc Grenade
    Blind
    An explosive grenade that damages and blinds nearby targets.
  • Combination Blow
    Arc Melee
    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.
  • 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
  • Tempest Strike
    Bolt Charge
    Jolted
    While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to unleash a devastating uppercut attack that travels along the ground in front of you, damaging and jolting targets it hits. Defeating jolted targets grants a stack of Bolt Charge.
  • Ascension
    Amplified
    Jolted
    [Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
Fragments
  • Spark of Frequency
    Amplified
    Bolt Charge
    Melee hits increase your equipped weapon's reload speed and stability for a short duration. While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.
  • Spark of Discharge
    Ionic Trace
    Bolt Charge
    Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trace. Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. -10 Strength ▼
  • Spark of Ions
    Ionic Trace
    Bolt Charge
    Jolted
    Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.
  • Spark of Resistance
    +10 Strength ▲ While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to incoming damage.
  • Spark of Beacons
    Amplified
    Blind
    While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.
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.
  • Harmonic Siphon
    Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power

Arms armor mods

  • Heavy Handed
    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.
  • Focusing Strike
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a powered melee attack.
  • Bolstering Detonation
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a grenade.

Chest armor mods

  • Harmonic Reserves
    Increases the amount of ammo you can carry for Arc weapons
  • Void Resistance
    Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.
  • Concussive Dampener
    Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Insulation
    Reduces class ability 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.
  • Recuperation
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Class item armor mods

  • Utility Kickstart (x2)
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used.
Artifact perks
  • Defibrillating Blast
    Stunning a Champion grants maximum stacks of Bolt Charge. Triggers an Arc bolt that heals you and jolts combatants that it damages.
  • Particle Reconstruction
    Dealing sustained damage with Fusion Rifles or Linear Fusion Rifles partially refills the magazine from reserves and grants them bonus damage for a short duration against that target.
  • Overload Machine Guns
    Shots from Machine Guns you are wielding disrupt combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Machine Guns are always overcharged when that modifier is active. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Piercing Sidearms
    Your equipped Sidearms fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Fusion
    Aiming down sights for a brief period with any Fusion Rifle you are wielding loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Fusion Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Dreadful Finisher
    Defeating powerful combatants with your finisher spawns Special ammo for you and your allies; defeated Subjugators, Tormentors, or Champions spawn more ammo.
  • Flashover
    When you gain maximum Bolt Charge, you also become amplified. Lightning bolts deal more damage.
  • Disruptor Spike
    Improves the effects of Exhaust and Sever, lowering a target's damage output even further. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Hold the Line
    While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.
  • Dielectric
    Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charge. BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.
  • Unraveling Orbs
    Picking up an Orb of Power or a Tangle grants Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds.
  • Overclock and Load
    While you are amplified or have Bolt Charge, Arc weapons gain increased handling and reload speed.

Breakdown

Orb generation

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

Dielectric
... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power
Orb pickup

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

Insulation
Reduces class ability 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.

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

Unraveling Orbs
Picking up an Orb of Power or a Tangle grants Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds.
Armor Charge create

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

Utility Kickstart
... When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used.
Ability cooldown

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.

Utility Kickstart
... When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used.

Insulation
Reduces class ability cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

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

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

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
Melee cooldown

Bolt Charge
... Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.
Final blows

Spark of Discharge
Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trace. ...

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.

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

Hold the Line
While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.

Delicate Tomb
... Final blows with this weapon have a chance to generate Ionic Traces. ...

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

Techeun's Regalia Strides
Queen's Favor – Generate Awoken Favors with fewer final blows. ...
Defeating an enemy

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

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

Dreadful Finisher
Defeating powerful combatants with your finisher spawns Special ammo for you and your allies; defeated Subjugators, Tormentors, or Champions spawn more ammo.

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

Dielectric
Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charg... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

Tempest Strike
... Defeating jolted targets grants a stack of Bolt Charge.

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

Dreadful Finisher
Defeating powerful combatants with your finisher spawns Special ammo for you and your allies; defeated Subjugators, Tormentors, or Champions spawn more ammo.

Keywords

Bolt charge

Accumulate stacks of Arc Bolt Charge. While you have Bolt Charge, sustained weapon damage generates stacks of Bolt Charge. At maximum stacks, any ability damage generates a powerful bolt of Arc lightning at the target's location. Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.

Spark of Frequency
... While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.

Spark of Discharge
... Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. ...

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

Tempest Strike
... Defeating jolted targets grants a stack of Bolt Charge.
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 Discharge
Arc weapon final blows have a chance to create an Ionic Trac... Collecting an Ionic Trace grants you a stack of Bolt Charge. ...

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.
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 or defeating a target with Bolt Charge creates an Ionic Trace.

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

Tempest Strike
While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to unleash a devastating uppercut attack that travels along the ground in front of you, damaging and jolting targets it hit... Defeating jolted targets grants a stack of Bolt Charge.

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
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 Frequency
... While amplified, the effects are increased and you gain increased stacks of Bolt Charge from all sources.

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
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.

Spark of Beacons
While you are amplified, your Arc Special or Heavy ammo weapon final blows create a blinding explosion.

Flashbang Grenade
An explosive grenade that damages and blinds nearby targets.

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