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Distress Build by Truds (id: ze6bp4q)

Strand Warlock

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12 Jan 2024 (Season of the Wish - S23)

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Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chest
Leg
Class items
Keywords
Suspend
Woven mail
Tangle
Threadling
Unravel
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Exotic
  • Swarmers
    Leg Armor
    Swarmers – Destroying a Tangle spawns a Threadling. Your Threadlings unravel targets that they damage.
Weapons
  • Acasia's Dejection
    Trace Rifle
    Adaptive Frame – A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.
  • Koraxis's Distress
    Grenade Launcher
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
  • Rufus's Fury
    Auto Rifle
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
Abilities
  • Needlestorm
    Super Ability
    : 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.
  • Arcane Needle
    Melee
    Sling a woven needle that will embed in your target, unraveling them. Activate your melee ability again to chain up to two additional attacks.
  • Balanced Glide
    Movement Ability
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with both moderate speed and directional control.
  • Healing Rift
    Class Ability
    Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.
  • Threadling Grenade
    Strand Grenade
    A woven projectile that reweaves itself into Threadlings while in flight.
Aspects
  • Weaver's Call
    Cast your Rift to weave three Threadlings and deploy any Threadlings you have perched.
  • Mindspun Invocation
    Your grapple, Shackle Grenade, and Threadling Grenade have enhanced functionality. Your grapple melee spawns three Threadling eggs. : Hold to consume your Shackle Grenade and activate Weaver's Trance. Final blows while Weaver's Trance is active create a suspending detonation. : Hold to consume your Threadling Grenade and immediately generate five perched Threadlings.
Fragments
  • Thread of Evolution
    Threadlings travel farther and deal additional damage. +10 Intellect ▲
  • Thread of Rebirth
    Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.
  • Thread of Transmutation
    +10 Strength ▲ While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.
  • Thread of Warding
    -10 Resilience ▼ Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Powerful Friends
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes nearby allies to increase their current Armor Charge by 1.
  • Dynamo
    Reduces Super cooldown when using your class ability near targets.
  • Harmonic Siphon
    Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power

Arms armor mods

  • Firepower
    Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.
  • Fastball
    Increases grenade throw distance.
  • Bolstering Detonation
    Grants class ability energy when you cause damage with a grenade.

Chest armor mods

  • Void Resistance (x3)
    Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Strand Weapon Surge (x3)
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Your Strand weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.

Class item armor mods

  • Font of Restoration
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. You gain a bonus to recovery while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
  • Bomber (x2)
    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Horde Shuttle
    Damaging unraveled targets with a weapon occasionally spawns a threadling.
  • Solo Operative
    While you are the only member of your fireteam, you deal increased damage to all combatants.
  • From Whence You Came
    Increases ability damage to Taken and Scorn combatants.
  • Kindling Trigger
    Radiant causes Solar weapons to apply scorch to unscorched combatants.
  • Wished into Being
    While your Super is nearly fully-charged, ability final blows spawn Orbs of Power.   Wearing Season of the Wish armor decreases Super amount threshold.
  • Torch
    While radiant, deal increased weapon damage to combatants affected by Strand and Stasis debuffs.
  • Flint Striker
    Rapid Solar weapon precision hits and rapid Solar weapon final blows grant Radiant.
  • Overload Pulse Rifle
    Sustained fire from Pulse Rifles disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Piercing Sidearms
    Your equipped Sidearms fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Bow
    Holding a Bow fully drawn for a short time loads powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Bows are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Dragon's Bite
    Breaking a combatant's shield with a Strand or Stasis weapon has a chance to suspend or freeze that combatant. Wearing Season of the Wish armor increases this chance.
  • Unravelling Orbs
    Picking up an Orb of Power grants Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Firepower
Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

Wished into Being
While your Super is nearly fully-charged, ability final blows spawn Orbs of Power. ...

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

Font of Restoration
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Powerful Friends
Collecting an Orb of Power causes nearby allies to increase their current Armor Charge by 1.

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

Thread of Warding
... Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.

Unravelling Orbs
Picking up an Orb of Power grants Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds.
Armor Charge create

Font of Restoration
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

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

Font of Restoration
... You gain a bonus to recovery while you have any Armor Charge. ...

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

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

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

Firepower
Your grenade final blows create Orbs of Power.

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

Wished into Being
While your Super is nearly fully-charged, ability final blows spawn Orbs of Power. ...

Flint Striker
Rapid Solar weapon precision hits and rapid Solar weapon final blows grant Radiant.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Strand weapon final blows create Orbs of Power

Thread of Rebirth
Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.
Defeating an enemy

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

Tangle
... Defeating targets afflicted by any Strand debuff will unwind them and create a Tangle.

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

Keywords

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.

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

Your body is encased in a protective mesh of tightly woven Strand matter, greatly reducing any incoming non-precision damage.

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon final blows create a Tangle.

Thread of Warding
... Picking up an Orb of Power grants Woven Mail.
Tangle

A knot of Strand matter, swirling with potential. Tangles can be shot and destroyed, or picked up and thrown, dealing damage. Defeating targets afflicted by any Strand debuff will unwind them and create a Tangle.

Thread of Transmutation
... While you have Woven Mail, weapon 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.

Weaver's Call
Cast your Rift to weave three Threadlings and deploy any Threadlings you have perched.

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

Thread of Evolution
Threadlings travel farther and deal additional damage. ...

Thread of Rebirth
Strand weapon final blows have a chance to create a Threadling.

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

Arcane Needle
Sling a woven needle that will embed in your target, unraveling them. ...
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