19 May 2023 (Season of Defiance - S20)

Best Strand Hunter

Strand Hunter

19 May 2023 (Season of Defiance - S20)

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Details

Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments

Armor mods

Deprecateds
Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class items
Keywords
Woven mail
Unravel
Sever
Suspend
Exotic
  • The Sixth Coyote
    Chest Armor
    Double Dodge – Gain a second dodge charge. Shortly after dodging, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
Weapons
  • Quicksilver Storm
    Auto Rifle
    Rocket Tracers – Landing multiple hits turns your next shot into a homing micro-rocket.
  • Royal Executioner
    Fusion Rifle
    Adaptive Frame – A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.
  • Cataclysmic
    Linear Fusion Rifle
    Precision Frame – Fires a long-range precision energy bolt. This weapon's recoil pattern is more predictably vertical.
Abilities
  • Silkstrike
    Super Ability
    Weave a vicious rope dart and tear through your targets. [Light Attack] : Swing the rope dart in front of you to deal damage. The tip of the dart deals bonus damage, and defeating targets with the tip causes them to explode. [Heavy Attack] : Swing the rope dart in a circular motion to deal heavy damage all around you. : Use the grapple to move forward quickly.
  • Shackle Grenade
    Strand Grenade
    Suspend
    A thrown weapon of weighted Strand matter that detonates on impact, suspending targets and creating additional suspending subprojectiles.
  • Threaded Spike
    Strand Melee
    Sever
    Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. Press [Melee] just as the dart gets back to you to catch it and increase the amount of energy returned.
  • Marksman's Dodge
    Class Ability
    Dodge to perform an evasive maneuver with a steady hand. Dodging automatically reloads your weapon.
  • Triple Jump
    Movement Ability
    While airborne, sustain your air control with a second or third jump.
Aspects
  • Ensnaring Slam
    Suspend
    Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. Using this ability extends class ability cooldown time.
  • Widow's Silk
    You have an additional grenade charge. Your Grappling Hook creates a Grapple Tangle at the grapple point.
Fragments
  • Thread of Continuity
    Suspend
    Sever
    Unravel
    Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.
  • Thread of Generation
    -10 Discipline ▼ Dealing damage generates grenade energy.
  • Thread of Mind
    Suspend
    Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.
  • Thread of Warding
    Woven Mail
    -10 Resilience ▼ Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Heavy Ammo Scout
    When one of your ammo finder perks creates a brick of Heavy ammo for you, it also creates bricks of Heavy ammo for your allies.
  • Strand Siphon
    Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power.
  • Heavy Ammo Finder
    Increases the drop chance of Heavy ammo upon defeat of an opponent.

Arms armor mods

  • Grenade Kickstart
    When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.
  • Bolstering Detonation
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a grenade.
  • Strand Loader
    Increases reload speed of Strand weapons.

Chest armor mods

  • Solar Resistance (x2)
    Reduces incoming Solar damage from combatants.
  • Arc Resistance
    Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Innervation
    Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
  • Better Already
    Your health begins to regenerate immediately after picking up an Orb of Power.
  • Recuperation
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Class item armor mods

  • Healthy Finisher
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Finishers heal you. Consumes 1 stack of Armor Charge.
  • Proximity Ward
    Gain a powerful overshield while performing your finisher.

Breakdown

Orb generation

The Sixth Coyote
... Shortly after dodging, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.

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

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

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. ...

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

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

Grenade Kickstart
When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.

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

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

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

Ensnaring Slam
Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. Using this ability extends class ability cooldown time.
Grenade cooldown

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

Grenade Kickstart
When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.

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

Threaded Spike
... The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. ...
Final blows

The Sixth Coyote
... Shortly after dodging, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.

Strand Siphon
Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power.
Defeating an enemy

Silkstrike
...The tip of the dart deals bonus damage, and defeating targets with the tip causes them to explode. ...

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

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

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

Suspend
... Suspended targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Unravel
... Unraveled targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.
Finishers

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

Proximity Ward
Gain a powerful overshield while performing your finisher.

Keywords

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.

Threaded Spike
Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. ...

Thread of Continuity
Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.
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.
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.

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.

Thread of Mind
Defeating suspended targets grants class ability energy.

Ensnaring Slam
Activate your air move to consume your class ability energy and dive to the ground, suspending all nearby targets on impact. ...
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.

Thread of Continuity
Suspend, unravel, and sever effects applied to targets have increased duration.

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