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Which Grendel are you building?
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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Course — Star Chart
Feast a pack. Nourish. You are now Viral, healing, and printing energy. Do not vomit yet. Do not subsume Nourish. Ever. 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: Pulverize ball.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Meatball — Steel Path replaces this.
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Course | Starter | Starter | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Grendel, learning guts |
| First Course — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Meatball — Steel Path Catapult | Steel Path | Advanced | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Meatball — Optimised Catapult | Optimised | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Meatball — Endgame Catapult | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | endgame / endurance general, the 2026 Grendel, people who came for the ball |
| Open Bar Gourmand | Optimised | Endgame | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Full kit | Dense tiles, Sanctuary Onslaught, people who want 1 to be the gun |
| Keep Nourish Hearty Nourishment | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage) | Incarnons, melee, squad energy, people who picked Grendel for 2 |
| Bile Shot Gastro | Optimised | Endgame | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Full kit | Grineer Steel Path, Demolysts, people who want Grendel to spit strip |