The Strand META

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  Swarmers

  Leg Armor

  Swarmers – Destroying a Tangle spawns a Threadling. Your Threadlings unravel targets that they damage.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Eriana's Vow

  Hand Cannon

  Looks Can Kill – This weapon fires shield-piercing ammunition and comes with a scope. Strong against Barrier Champions. Breaking a matched shield or piercing a Champion's barrier will cause the target to ignite.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Pro Memoria

  Machine Gun

  Aggressive Frame – High damage, high recoil.

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  D2Foundry ->

  Incisor

  Trace Rifle

  Adaptive Frame – A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

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  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.

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  Threadling Grenade

  Strand Grenade

  

  Threadling

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

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  Healing Rift

  Class Ability

  Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.

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  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.

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  Burst Glide

  Movement Ability

  Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with a strong initial boost of speed.

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  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.

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  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.

Helmet armor mods

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  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.

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  Special Ammo Finder

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

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  Harmonic Siphon

  Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power

Arms armor mods

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  Firepower

  Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

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  Fastball

  Increases grenade throw distance.

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  Impact Induction

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

Chest armor mods

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  Harmonic Reserves

  Increases the amount of ammo you can carry for Strand weapons

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  Void Resistance (x2)

  Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

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  Orbs of Restoration

  Picking up an Orb of Power grants a small amount of energy to your ability with the least energy.

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  Better Already

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

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  Strand Scavenger

  Strand weapons get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that weapon.

Class item armor mods

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  Powerful Attraction

  Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate your class ability.

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  Special Finisher

  Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Finishers generate Special ammo for the whole fireteam. Consumes 3 stacks of Armor Charge.

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  Reaper

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

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  To Shreds

  Dealing sustained damage to severed targets unravels them. Defeating a severed target creates a hotspot of Strand energy, granting Woven Mail to nearby allies for a short duration. BOOST: Unravelling projectiles deal increased damage. These deal further increased damage to severed targets.

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  Defibrillating Blast

  Stunning a Champion grants maximum stacks of Bolt Charge. Triggers an Arc bolt that heals you and jolts combatants that it damages.

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  Piercing Sidearms

  Your equipped Sidearms fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when that modifier is active.

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  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.

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  Overload Trace Rifles

  Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifle causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.

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  Flashover

  When you gain maximum Bolt Charge, you also become amplified. Lightning bolts deal more damage.

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  Horde Shuttle

  Damaging unraveled targets with a weapon occasionally spawns a Threadling. BOOST: Threadlings sever targets that they damage.

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  Harsh Refraction

  Trace Rifles do more damage to targets afflicted by elemental debuffs matching their element type.

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  Disruptor Spike

  Improves the effects of Exhaust and Sever, lowering a target's damage output even further. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.

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  Elemental Siphon

  Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super. BOOST: Elemental pickups grant matching Super energy when they are collected.

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  Vile Weave

  Targets hit by your Tangles are severed. Reduce Tangle cooldown by picking one up.

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  Unraveling Orbs

  Picking up an Orb of Power or a Tangle grants Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds. BOOST: Strand weapons deal increased damage to Strand debuffed targets.