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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Mix — Star Chart
You have no energy. Abilities are cooldowns. Hold 1/2/3/4 to imbue, tap to cast. Never slot Flow. 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: Catalyze nuke.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel Path replaces this.
By player stage
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Mix | Starter | Starter | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Lavos, learning the vial |
| First Mix — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel Path | Steel Path | Advanced | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Catalyzing Alchemist — Optimised | Optimised | Endgame | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Nourish (Grendel) or Sickening Pulse (Helminth) | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Catalyzing Alchemist — Endgame | Endgame | Endgame | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Nourish (Grendel) or Sickening Pulse (Helminth) | endgame / endurance rooms, the Lavos people actually press 4 on |
| Valence Weapons Valence Formation | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | Incarnon platforms, Heat inherit, people who picked Lavos to buff a gun |
| Universal Donor | Steel Path | Advanced | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Squad play, endurance, people who like being the reason cooldowns vanished |
| Icy Hallway | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Mobile missions, Exterminate, people who like the 2 button |