09 Nov 2023 (Season of the Witch - S22)

best strand warlock build (id: nkh5oda)

Strand Warlock

09 Nov 2023 (Season of the Witch - S22)

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Activities
PvE
GM Nightfalls

Build Information

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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
Sever
Suspend
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Exotic
  • Necrotic Grip
    Gauntlets
    Grasp of the Devourer – Damaging a target with melee poisons them, dealing increasing damage over time. Defeating a poisoned target spreads the condition. Provides a moderate benefit to the airborne effectiveness stat of all Weapons of Sorrow.
Weapons
  • Monte Carlo
    Auto Rifle
    Monte Carlo Method – Dealing damage with this weapon reduces your melee cooldown and grants a chance to fully charge your melee ability with each kill.
  • Loaded Question (Adept)
    Fusion Rifle
    High-Impact Frame – Slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights.
  • THE SWARM (Adept)
    Machine Gun
    High-Impact Frame – Slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights.
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
  • Mindspun Invocation
    Threadling
    Suspend
    Your grapple, Shackle Grenade, and Threadling Grenade have enhanced functionality. Your grapple melee spawns three Threadling eggs. [Grenade] : Hold to consume your Shackle Grenade and activate Weaver's Trance. Final blows while Weaver's Trance is active create a suspending detonation. [Grenade] : Hold to consume your Threadling Grenade and immediately generate five perched Threadlings.
  • 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 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
    Dealing damage generates grenade energy. -10 Discipline ▼
  • Thread of Warding
    Woven Mail
    Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail. -10 Resilience ▼
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Kinetic Siphon
    Rapid Kinetic weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
  • Hands-On (x2)
    Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

Arms armor mods

  • Momentum Transfer
    Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown.
  • Focusing Strike
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a powered melee attack.
  • Impact Induction
    Causing damage with a powered melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

Chest armor mods

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

Leg armor mods

  • Kinetic Weapon Surge
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Your Kinetic weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
  • Absolution
    Reduces all ability cooldowns 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

  • Reaper
    Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
  • Outreach
    Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
  • Bomber
    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • 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 [Stagger] 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 [Shield-Piercing] 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 [Stagger] 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 [Shield-Piercing] Barrier Champions. Additionally, Auto Rifles are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
  • Arc/Strand Siphon Combo
    Combines the Arc and Strand Siphon mods into one.
  • Diviner's Discount
    All Scavenger mods are discounted.
  • Semi-Auto Striker
    If you have fewer than 2 stacks of Armor Charge, rapid precision shots with Bows, Snipers, and Scout Rifles generate an Armor Charge.
  • 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 [Disruption] Overload Champions.
  • Elemental Fury
    While stunned, Champions take bonus damage from your abilities and Elemental Orb damage.
  • Elemental Orbs: Arc
    While using an Arc subclass, Arc weapon final blows have a chance to spawn an Arc Elemental Orb. Arc Orbs can be thrown to create an Arc explosion that jolts targets it damages.
  • Rapid-Fire Ranger
    Rapid precision hits against distant combatants weaken them for a short duration.
  • Elemental Munitions
    Combatant final blows with Tangles or Elemental Orbs have a chance to drop Special or Heavy ammo.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Kinetic Siphon
Rapid Kinetic 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

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

Absolution
Reduces all ability cooldowns 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. ...
Armor Charge create

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

Kinetic Weapon Surge
... Your Kinetic weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. ...
Ability cooldown

Absolution
Reduces all ability cooldowns each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
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. ...

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

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

Momentum Transfer
Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown.

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo Method – Dealing damage with this weapon reduces your melee cooldown and grants a chance to fully charge your melee ability with each kill.

Outreach
Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
Final blows

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

Techeun's Regalia Boots
Queen's Favor – Generate Awoken Favors with fewer final blows. ...

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

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

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

Elemental Orbs: Arc
While using an Arc subclass, Arc weapon final blows have a chance to spawn an Arc Elemental Orb. ...

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

Necrotic Grip
... Defeating a poisoned target spreads the condition. ...

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

Tangle
... Defeating targets afflicted by any [Strand] 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] 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.
Tangle

A knot of [Strand] Strand matter, swirling with potential. Tangles can be shot and destroyed, or picked up and thrown, dealing damage. Defeating targets afflicted by any [Strand] 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.

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

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

The target is permeated with destructive [Strand] Strand matter. As they take additional damage, they create unraveled projectiles that seek out nearby targets. Unraveling Rounds from your [Strand] Strand weapons pierce the shields of [Shield-Piercing] 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] 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 [Stagger] 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. ...

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. ...

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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