28 Sep 2023 (Season of the Witch - S22)

Swarmers Strand Warlock Build

Strand Warlock

28 Sep 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 items
Keywords
Woven mail
Tangle
Threadling
Unravel
Suspend
Exotic
  • Swarmers
    Leg Armor
    Swarmers – Destroying a Tangle spawns a Threadling. Your Threadlings unravel targets that they damage.
Weapons
  • Tessellation
    Fusion Rifle
    Property: Undecidable – This [weapon|instrument|topology] adapts its damage type to match your equipped grenade. Final blows grant grenade energy.
  • Circular Logic
    Machine Gun
    Adaptive Frame – A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.
  • Rufus's Fury
    Auto Rifle
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
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.
  • Threadling Grenade
    Strand Grenade
    Threadling
    A woven projectile that reweaves itself into Threadlings while in flight.
  • 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.
  • Balanced Glide
    Movement Ability
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with both moderate speed and directional control.
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.
  • The Wanderer
    Tangle
    Threadling
    Suspend
    Tangles you throw attach to targets and detonate into a suspending burst. Destroying a Tangle creates a suspending burst after a short delay. Threadling final blows create a Tangle.
Fragments
  • Thread of Generation
    -10 Discipline ▼ Dealing damage generates grenade energy.
  • Thread of Evolution
    Threadling
    Threadlings travel farther and deal additional damage. +10 Intellect ▲
  • Thread of Rebirth
    Threadling
    Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.
  • Thread of Warding
    Woven Mail
    -10 Resilience ▼ Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Harmonic Siphon (x2)
    Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power
  • Ashes to Assets
    Gain bonus Super energy on grenade kills.

Arms armor mods

  • Firepower (x2)
    Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

Chest armor mods

  • Emergency Reinforcement
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. When your shields become broken, you gain temporary damage reduction. Consumes 3 or more stacks of Armor Charge, granting a longer duration to the damage reduction for each charge consumed.
  • Font of Endurance
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. You gain a bonus to resilience while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.

Leg armor mods

  • Innervation (x2)
    Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
  • Recuperation
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Class item armor mods

  • Powerful Attraction
    Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate your class ability.
  • Bomber (x2)
    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Piercing Bowstring
    Bows gain shield-piercing arrows, which bypass combatant defenses. Strong against Barrier Champions. Additionally, Bows are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Scout Rifle
    Aiming down the sights of a Scout Rifle for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that 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.
  • Void/Strand Siphon Combo
    Combines the Void and Strand Siphon mods into one.
  • Overload Machine Guns
    Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Machine Guns grants bullets that stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
  • Communal Pickups
    When an ally destroys or picks up your Tangle or Elemental Orb, the Tangle cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds and you gain bonus damage with weapons matching your subclass for 10 seconds.
  • Elemental Fury
    While stunned, Champions take bonus damage from your abilities and Elemental Orb damage.
  • Thanatotic Tangles
    Strand weapon final blows have a chance to generate a Tangle.
  • Elemental Munitions
    Combatant final blows with Tangles or Elemental Orbs have a chance to drop Special or Heavy ammo.
  • Frenzied Stacks
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Your Armor Charges grant bonus damage to your thrown Tangles or Elemental Orbs. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Firepower
Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power
Orb pickup

Emergency Reinforcement
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Innervation
Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick 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.

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

Frenzied Stacks
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge create

Emergency Reinforcement
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

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

Frenzied Stacks
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge effect

Font of Endurance
... You gain a bonus to resilience while you have any Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge consume

Emergency Reinforcement
... Consumes 3 or more stacks of Armor Charge, granting a longer duration to the damage reduction for each charge consumed.
Grenade cooldown

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

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

Tessellation
... Final blows grant grenade energy.

Bomber
Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Final blows

Firepower
Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

The Wanderer
... Threadling final blows create a Tangle.

Tessellation
... Final blows grant grenade energy.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power

Thread of Rebirth
Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.

Thanatotic Tangles
Strand weapon final blows have a chance to generate a Tangle.

Elemental Munitions
Combatant final blows with Tangles or Elemental Orbs have a chance to drop Special or Heavy ammo.
Defeating an enemy

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

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

The Wanderer
Tangles you throw attach to targets and detonate into a suspending burst. Destroying a Tangle creates a suspending burst after a short dela... Threadling final blows create a Tangle.
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.

The Wanderer
... Threadling final blows create a Tangle.

Thread of Evolution
Threadlings travel farther and deal additional damage. ...

Thread of Rebirth
Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.

Threadling Grenade
A woven projectile that reweaves itself into Threadlings while in flight.
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. ...
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.

The Wanderer
Tangles you throw attach to targets and detonate into a suspending burst. Destroying a Tangle creates a suspending burst after a short delay. ...

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