Mag Prime · Loadouts

Mag 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 Bubble

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Mag, anyone who picked her as a starter

Magnetize a heavy. Shoot the bubble. Polarize when shields drop. Crush is a slam, not the kit.

Magnetize is Mag. The bubble is a damage amplifier, a grouper, and a bullet vacuum.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Bubble — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Magnetize a heavy. Shoot the bubble. Polarize when shields drop. Crush is a slam, not the kit. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Magnetize is Mag. The bubble is a damage amplifier, a grouper, and a bullet vacuum.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Shrapnel Engine — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Shrapnel Engine — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Pull, Magnetize, empty the gun into the bubble. Polarize shards feed it. This is 2026 Mag. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

The 2026 Mag identity is 'I brought a bubble and a real gun,' not Crush spam.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 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: 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 Shrapnel Engine — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Shrapnel Engine — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Pull, Magnetize, empty the gun into the bubble. Polarize shards feed it. This is 2026 Mag.

The 2026 Mag identity is 'I brought a bubble and a real gun,' not Crush spam.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp) or Nourish (Grendel)) · 2 shards · 6 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 Shrapnel Engine — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Shrapnel Engine — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance Exterminate, packed tiles, anyone who wants Mag to delete a clump

Pull, Magnetize, empty the gun into the bubble. Polarize shards feed it. This is 2026 Mag.

The 2026 Mag identity is 'I brought a bubble and a real gun,' not Crush spam.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp) or Nourish (Grendel)) · 2 shards · 6 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 confidenceSteel PathFarmingShards optional

Everyone Here

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Loot runs, grouping for a squad nuke, Corpus tiles with pickups everywhere

Max Range Pull. Greedy Pull yoinks loot. Magnetize the pile. You are a vacuum.

Greedy Pull is the loot augment. Overextended is the group augment. Together they are a vacuum cleaner.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Shrapnel Engine — Optimised.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathDisruptionShards optional

Naked Metal

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Steel Path Grineer, Demolysts, armor tiles, the Mag who is tired of yellow health bars

Polarize melts shields and armor. Fracturing Crush finishes the strip and freezes. Then the bubble actually kills Grineer.

Fracturing Crush is why you keep 4 on a strip Mag. Other configs Helminth it.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Shrapnel Engine — Endgame.

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

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Gun in a Sphere

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Incarnons, snipers that like a grouped target, people who picked Mag for the gun not the slam

You are a weapon platform who happens to own Magnetize. Eclipse or Roar over Crush. Hold-2 absorb is the panic button.

Not every Mag wants Fracturing Crush. This is the 'I picked the bubble to juice my Incarnon' loadout.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Eclipse (Mirage) or 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: 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 Shrapnel Engine — Optimised.