[E01] Strand Melee DPS Build

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  Wishful Ignorance

  Gauntlets

  Wish-Dragon's Talons – Gain an additional Frenzied Blade charge. Frenzied Blade and Flechette Storm briefly increase their damage with each strike. Pulses from your Banner of War return melee energy based on the number of allies healed.

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  Bladefury

  Super Ability

  

  Suspend

  

  Sever

  [Super] : Create two woven blades and roam the battlefield. While active: [Light Attack] : Perform a leaping slash towards nearby targets, severing them on hit and dealing bonus damage to suspended targets. Each successful hit briefly increases your attack speed and grants energy for your heavy attack. [Heavy Attack] : Unleash a heavy upward slash, creating two suspending projectiles that seek out targets.

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  Grapple

  Strand Grenade

  

  Unravel

  Weave a grappling hook, and quickly pull yourself forward. Grappling to a Tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals area damage and unravels targets.

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  Frenzied Blade

  Strand Melee

  

  Sever

  Activate your charged melee ability to dash forward, slashing at targets in front of you and severing them.

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  Rally Barricade

  Class Ability

  Creates a small barrier that you can peek over while aiming down sights; increases weapon reload speed, stability, and range. Draws hostile fire when you stand behind it.

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  Catapult Lift

  Movement Ability

  Jump while airborne to activate Lift and launch into the air with a strong initial burst of momentum.

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  Banner of War

  Defeat a target with a melee attack, finisher, or Sword to raise a Banner of War that pulses with energy, periodically healing nearby allies and increasing melee and Sword damage. Targets defeated by you and nearby allies charge the banner, increasing the speed of its pulses.

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  Flechette Storm

  

  Unravel

  While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to leap into the air, knocking nearby targets away and dealing damage. While airborne, activate your charged melee again to launch a cluster of damaging, Unraveling projectiles. Repeatedly activating melee will chain additional throws.

Helmet armor mods

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  Harmonic Siphon

  Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power

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  Hands-On

  Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

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  Solar Siphon

  Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

Arms armor mods

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  Heavy Handed

  Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

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  Impact Induction

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

Chest armor mods

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  Void Resistance

  Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

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  Concussive Dampener

  Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.

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  Arc Resistance

  Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

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  Invigoration (x2)

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

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  Absolution

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

Class item armor mods

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  Distribution

  Reduces all ability cooldowns when using your class ability near targets.

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  Outreach (x2)

  Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.

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  Shieldcrush

  While you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield, your melee recharges faster and deals increased damage. While you are amplified or radiant, your grenade recharges faster and deals increased damage.

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  Transference

  Gain increased grenade and melee damage while transcendent. Weapon final blows while transcendent refund Light and Dark energy after Transcendence ends.

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  Authorized Mod: Elemental Charge

  The energy cost of Elemental Charge mods are significantly discounted.

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  Blade Stamina

  Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.

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  Galvanic Armor

  While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.

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  Radiant Orbs

  While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.

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  Overload Sword

  Landing consecutive hits with a Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Swords are always overcharged when that modifier is active.

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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.

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  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. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

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  Anti-barrier Submachine Gun

  Submachine Guns you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Submachine Guns are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

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  Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle

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

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  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.