Hildryn — Viral Aegis

Don’t build this yet

First Pillage first

This loadout sits at Endgame. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.

Why this build?

Endgame for Weapon / Gale hybrids, Infested tiles where Pillage steals less, people who have Helminth

Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.

• Nourish on a 0-energy frame sounds illegal. It costs shields and it works. Viral is the blight you wanted on Infested and on Gale alike.
• You gave up Haven and Blazing Pillage. That's the tax. Gale plus strip plus Viral is the payout.
• Roar or Eclipse also fit this slot if you already stole Nourish for the rest of the account. Same dump: Haven. Same rule: no Flow.

Don’t use this for: players without Helminth

Specialised investment for hard content

You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.

Bring: Balefire or real guns — Nourish Viral is the blight. Keep the Balefire grid if you Gale; keep a real primary if you don't. Pillage still strips anything that has armor.

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Plan

Today → next → later

Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.

1. TodayPlay First PillageThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
2. NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
3. After that5 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
4. LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
5. FinalViral AegisEndgame · Endgame · 5 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

• 3–5 Tauforged Crimson · Strength — Viral blight, strip, Gale.Archon locked
• 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Nourish and Pillage on tempo.Archon locked

Tonight

What is actually up

30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.

1. 30 minutes

   Farm Corrosive Projection

   One named gap. Open Nightwave

2. 60 minutes

   Corrosive Projection, then Forma

   Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.

3. 120 minutes

   Subsume Nourish (Grendel)

   If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.

• Farm Corrosive Projection

  Open Nightwave

Dependencies

26 dependencies

Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.

1. 1●hildrynframe
2. 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
3. 3○Power Driftmod
4. 4○Aegis Galeaugment
5. 5○Blind Ragemod
6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
7. 7○Primed Continuitymod
8. 8○Primed Redirectionmod
9. 9○Streamlinemod
10. 10○Stretchmod
11. 11○Hornet Strikemod
12. 12○Barrel Diffusionmod
13. 13○Lethal Torrentmod
14. 14○Primed Pistol Gambitmod
15. 15○Primed Target Crackermod
16. 16○Fulminationmod
17. 17○Pistol Elementalistmod
18. 18○Convulsionmod
19. 19○Molt Augmentedarcane
20. 20○Arcane Aegisarcane
21. 21○Crimson · Strengthshard
22. 22○Amber · Casting Speedshard
23. 23○Nourishhelminth
24. 24○Helminth · Nourish (Grendel)unlock
25. 25○Steel Pathunlock
26. 26○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock

Depends on

What this loadout needs

Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.