Loki Prime · Loadouts

Loki 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

Starter0–1 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartCircuitShards optional

Quiet Hallway

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, Spy, Rescue, first Loki, anyone who picked the trickster to not get shot

Press 2. You are gone. Duration is your health bar. Decoy is the dummy that eats bullets.

Loki is the invisibility tutorial that stays good. Duration mods are life mods.

Investment: 1 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: 5/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Quiet Hallway — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

Quiet Hallway — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Press 2. You are gone. Duration is your health bar. Decoy is the dummy that eats bullets. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Loki is the invisibility tutorial that stays good. Duration mods are life mods.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then No Guns Allowed — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

No Guns Allowed — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Irradiating Disarm. The room drops its rifles and punches each other. You stay invisible. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Irradiating Disarm is Loki's Steel Path button. They cannot shoot the objective if they do not have guns.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then No Guns Allowed — Optimised.

Optimised3–4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathNetracellsShards optional

No Guns Allowed — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Irradiating Disarm. The room drops its rifles and punches each other. You stay invisible. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Irradiating Disarm is Loki's Steel Path button. They cannot shoot the objective if they do not have guns.

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: 2/5 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 No Guns Allowed — Endgame.

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

Endgame3–4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathSpyShards optional

No Guns Allowed — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance rooms, Interception, Mobile Defense, any tile where gunfire is the problem

Irradiating Disarm. The room drops its rifles and punches each other. You stay invisible.

Irradiating Disarm is Loki's Steel Path button. They cannot shoot the objective if they do not have guns.

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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 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.

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.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Punching Bag

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense points, Interception, people who like watching a dummy eat a tile

Damage Decoy copies status onto whoever shoots it. Irradiating Disarm still dumps the guns. The hologram is the tank.

Damage Decoy is the augment that makes 1 a status engine, not just aggro.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then No Guns Allowed — Optimised.

Steel Path2–3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathSpyShards optional

Wrong Place

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Spy lasers, Index scoring, yeeting Eximus into pits, anyone who picked Loki for the swap

Safeguard Switch. Swap with an enemy, they eat the laser, you get a second of invuln. This is the party trick.

Safeguard Switch is the augment that makes 3 more than a prank.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then No Guns Allowed — Optimised.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathSurvivalHelminthShards optional

Invisible Leech

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path Survival, endurance, people who want Loki to also be the CC radius

Gloom over Decoy. A slow aura while you stay cloaked. Radial Disarm still dumps the guns.

Gloom Loki is the 2026 Helminth identity. You give up the dummy for a slow that heals you.

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: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 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.