Koumei · Loadouts

Koumei 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 ChartCircuitShards optional

First Roll

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Koumei, learning the dice

Omamori before you walk in. Kumihimo across the door. Omikuji when you can finish the challenge. Bunraku the clump.

Koumei is a dice maiden, not a nuke. Omamori is why you live. Decrees are why you scale.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Roll — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Omamori before you walk in. Kumihimo across the door. Omikuji when you can finish the challenge. Bunraku the clump. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Koumei is a dice maiden, not a nuke. Omamori is why you live. Decrees are why you scale.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Charmed Life — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Charmed Life — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Omamori as a health tank. Arcane Blessing, Persistence, charms that heal instead of hurt. This is 2026 Koumei. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Omamori is the 2026 identity. Charms are a heal gate with a jackpot invuln.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 1 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: 5/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Charmed Life — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Charmed Life — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Omamori as a health tank. Arcane Blessing, Persistence, charms that heal instead of hurt. This is 2026 Koumei. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Omamori is the 2026 identity. Charms are a heal gate with a jackpot invuln.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 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: 5/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Charmed Life — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Charmed Life — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance endurance, solo, anyone who picked Koumei to not die

Omamori as a health tank. Arcane Blessing, Persistence, charms that heal instead of hurt. This is 2026 Koumei.

Omamori is the 2026 identity. Charms are a heal gate with a jackpot invuln.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 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: 5/5 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

Marionette Room

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Dense tiles, grouping, people who want Koumei to press 4

Bunraku as a status marionette. Range, Strength, a cone of doomed dolls. Omamori still stays up.

Bunraku is the CC and the primer. It is not a level-cap nuke on its own.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Charmed Life — Endgame.

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

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Loaded Threads

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Status freaks, hallway defense, the 2026 augment identity

Kumihimo Loading plus Arcane Sculptor. Stack loaded dice, hold 1, dump a thread that inflicts everything.

Kumihimo Loading is the new identity. Old 'just tap 1 in a door' still works; this is the upgrade.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 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.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceCircuitHelminthShards optional

Fate Weaver

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Endurance, Duviri addicts, people who want twenty free mods by minute 20

Omikuji on cooldown. Stack Decrees all mission. Roar over Bunraku. The gun is the nuke; luck is the mods.

Decrees stack with no cap worth caring about. Endurance Koumei is a snowball.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino)) · 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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 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.