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Liars Melee Build

Arc Hunter

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28 May 2023 (Season of the Deep - S21)

Build Information

Quick Look
Exotic armor
Exotic weapon
Ability
Aspect
Fragment
Helmet armor mod
Arms armor mod
Chest armor mod
Leg armor mod
Class item armor mod
General armor mod
Artifice armor mod
Exotic
  • Liar's Handshake

    Gauntlets Using your Arc melee ability or being hit by a melee attack will allow you to follow up with an extremely powerful melee counterpunch that will heal you.

Weapons
  • Tractor Cannon

    Shotgun This weapon emits a powerful impulse that pushes enemies away, suppresses their abilities, and makes them more vulnerable to all incoming damage.

Abilities
  • Pulse Grenade

    A grenade that periodically damages targets within its explosion radius.

  • Combination Blow

    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.

  • Gathering Storm

    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.

  • Gambler's Dodge

    Dodge to perform a deft tumble, avoiding enemy attacks. Dodging near enemies fully recharges your Melee Ability.

Aspects
  • Flow State

    Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. While you are amplified, your dodge recharges more quickly, you are more resilient while dodging, and your reload speed is greatly increased.

  • Lethal Current

    After dodging, your next melee attack has increased lunge range, jolts the target, and creates a damaging aftershock. Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.

Fragments
  • Spark of Ions

    Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

  • Spark of Shock

    Your Arc grenades jolt targets. -10 Discipline ▼

  • Spark of Resistance

    While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to incoming damage. +10 Strength ▲

  • Spark of Feedback

    Taking melee damage briefly increases your outgoing melee damage. +10 Resilience ▲

Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Hands-On (x2)

    Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

  • Heavy Ammo Finder

    Increases the drop chance of Heavy ammo on kill.

Arms armor mods

  • Impact Induction

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

  • Heavy Handed

    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

  • Grenade Kickstart

    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. When your grenade energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain grenade energy for each Armor Charge used.

Chest armor mods

  • Harmonic Resistance

    Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants

  • Melee Damage Resistance

    Reduces incoming damage from combatants that are at point-blank range.

  • Charged Up

    Increases the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by 1.

Leg armor mods

  • Better Already

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

  • 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

  • Powerful Attraction

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

  • Reaper

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

  • Bomber

    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.

General armor mods

  • Resilience Mod (x3)

    +10 Resilience ▲

  • Mobility Mod (x2)

    +10 Mobility ▲

Artifice armor mods

  • Recovery-Forged

    +3 Recovery ▲

  • Discipline-Forged

    +3 Discipline ▲

Breakdown

Orb generation

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

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

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

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.

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

Grenade Kickstart
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.
Ability cooldown

Combination Blow
... Defeating targets with this ability also fully refills your class ability energy and restores a small amount of health.

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

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.
Grenade cooldown

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

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

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

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

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

Spark of Ions
Defeating a jolted target creates an Ionic Trace.

Combination Blow
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.

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. ...

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

Keywords

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 Ions
Defeating a jolted target 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 creates an Ionic Trace.

Spark of Shock
Your Arc grenades jolt targets. ...

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

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. ...

Lethal Current
After dodging, your next melee attack has increased lunge range, jolts the target, and creates a damaging aftershock. Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.
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.

Lethal Current
... Damaging any jolted target with melee attacks also blinds them.
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.

Flow State
Defeating a jolted target makes you amplified. While you are amplified, your dodge recharges more quickly, you are more resilient while dodging, and your reload speed is greatly increased.
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