Gyre Prime · Loadouts

Gyre by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Spark

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Gyre, learning Cathode uptime

Cathode Grace on. Kill something. It extends. Rotorswell shocks people who stand near you. Coil Horizon is a grouping ball.

Cathode Grace is Gyre. If it drops, you are a squishy dancer with a cooldown. Keep killing.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Spark — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Spark — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Cathode Grace on. Kill something. It extends. Rotorswell shocks people who stand near you. Coil Horizon is a grouping ball. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Cathode Grace is Gyre. If it drops, you are a squishy dancer with a cooldown. Keep killing.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Cathode Current — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Cathode Current — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceArchon HuntsShards optional

Cathode Current — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance general, endurance, the current Codex Gyre

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Horizon Well

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Dense tiles, people who want 2 to be the gun, grouping enjoyers

Coil Recharge grouping plus Conductive Sphere. Pull the tile into Arcsphere, Rotorswell the ball, everything sparks.

This is the greedy augment config. Three Gyre augments, Range stacked, 1 is no longer Helminth bait.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Slow Coil

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path endurance, solo, people who kept dying when Cathode dropped in an empty room

Gloom over Arcsphere. The tile crawls, Cathode never drops because they cannot leave, Rotorswell farms the pile.

Gloom is the Helminth that makes Cathode honest in endurance. They cannot leave the field.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Gloom (Sevagoth)) · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Crit Battery

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Incarnons, crit melee, people who picked Gyre for 3 not for 4

Gyre as a crit gun platform. Cathode Grace is the buff. Roar over Arcsphere. Rotorswell is a side shock, not the nuke.

Cathode Grace is one of the best selfish crit buffs in the game. This config admits the gun is the build.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Optimised.