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Which Octavia are you building?
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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Mallet — Star Chart
Throw Mallet. Enemies shoot it. It shoots them back harder. Crouch on the beat to vanish. 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: Mallet nuke.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Ball and Chain — Steel Path replaces this.
By player stage
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Mallet | Starter | Starter | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Octavia, learning the Mandachord |
| First Mallet — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Ball and Chain — Steel Path Partitioned Mallet | Steel Path | Advanced | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Ball and Chain — Optimised Partitioned Mallet | Optimised | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Ball and Chain — Endgame Partitioned Mallet | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | endgame / endurance Survival, Sanctuary Onslaught, any mission with endless enemies feeding the ball |
| Nocturne Crouch | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Steel Path survival, Spy-adjacent stealth, people who picked Octavia to disappear |
| Squad Speaker | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Squad play, EDA/ETA, people who want Octavia as a buff frame not a ball |
| Opera Night | Endgame | Endgame | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage) | Incarnons, people who like Octavia's cloak more than her ball |