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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Scales — Star Chart
Vex Armor is the whole kit. Tap 1 to pick Heat or Cold, cast 3, then take a hit so the buffs actually turn on. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
- Steel Path ready: Arcanes are fair game, shards can wait.
- Content: Steel Path matched against what this loadout is actually for.
- Playstyle: Squad coat.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Everlasting Hide — Steel Path replaces this.
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Scales | Starter | Starter | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Chroma, learning Scorn and Fury |
| First Scales — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Everlasting Hide — Steel Path Guardian Armor · Everlasting Ward | Steel Path | Advanced | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Everlasting Hide — Optimised Guardian Armor · Everlasting Ward | Optimised | Endgame | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Everlasting Hide — Endgame Guardian Armor · Everlasting Ward | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | endgame / endurance groups, Profit-Taker support, anyone who picked the dragon to not die |
| Heat Inherit Dragon | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Roar (Rhino) | Steel Path weapon platforms, Incarnons, Kuva / Tenet Heat guns |
| Frosted Pelt Everlasting Ward | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Full kit | Cold Incarnons, Glacier-style weapons, people who hate Heat tilesets |
| Empty Coat Guided Effigy | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Credit boosters, Index-adjacent jokes, people who want a turret that looks like them |