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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Sword — Star Chart
Radial Blind, then melee. Exalted Blade can wait one forma. You picked the swordsman. Swing. 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: Chromatic sword.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Chromatic Blade — Steel Path replaces this.
By player stage
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Sword | Starter | Starter | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, starter-frame Excalibur, anyone still learning 2 then 4 |
| First Sword — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Chromatic Blade — Steel Path Chromatic Blade | Steel Path | Advanced | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Chromatic Blade — Optimised Chromatic Blade | Optimised | Endgame | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Chromatic Blade — Endgame Chromatic Blade | Endgame | Endgame | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5–6 | Full kit | endgame / endurance melee, the Excalibur identity, anyone who forma'd the glowstick |
| Influence King Chromatic Blade | Endgame | Endgame | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Full kit | Steel Path, level cap melee, anyone who owns Melee Influence |
| Flashbang Guns | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage) | Incarnons, people who picked Excalibur for 2 not 4 |
| Furious Javelin Chromatic Blade | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Roar (Rhino) | Melee that wants more damage than Chromatic already gives, hybrid blade / roar |