Qorvex · Loadouts

Qorvex 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 Concrete

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Qorvex, learning pillar-plus-beam

Plant a Chyrinka Pillar. Disometric Guard for status immunity. Crucible Blast the radiated pile. You are a walking bunker.

Qorvex is a Radiation engineer. Pillars are the factory. Blast is the spend.

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: 2/5 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 Concrete — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Concrete — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Plant a Chyrinka Pillar. Disometric Guard for status immunity. Crucible Blast the radiated pile. You are a walking bunker. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Qorvex is a Radiation engineer. Pillars are the factory. Blast is the spend.

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: 2/5 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 Chain Reaction — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Chain Reaction — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Stack Radiation with pillars and walls, then Crucible Blast. Explosions scale per Radiation status. Fused Crucible channels it. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Crucible Blast is not Wisp Sol Gate. It is a tap beam that detonates Radiation. Prime first, then press 4.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Chain Reaction — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Chain Reaction — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Stack Radiation with pillars and walls, then Crucible Blast. Explosions scale per Radiation status. Fused Crucible channels it.

Crucible Blast is not Wisp Sol Gate. It is a tap beam that detonates Radiation. Prime first, then press 4.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel) or Roar (Rhino)) · 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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Chain Reaction — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Chain Reaction — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance rooms, the 2026 Qorvex identity

Stack Radiation with pillars and walls, then Crucible Blast. Explosions scale per Radiation status. Fused Crucible channels it.

Crucible Blast is not Wisp Sol Gate. It is a tap beam that detonates Radiation. Prime first, then press 4.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel) or Roar (Rhino)) · 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: 2/5 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.

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

Slow Camp

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, Mobile Defense, Interception, camping a Sanctum tile

Chyrinka Pillars slow a lane and pulse Radiation forever. Empower them. You are a Defense floor.

This is the 'I am the point' Qorvex. Movement frames will be bored. Defense will not.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Chain Reaction — Optimised.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Containment Slam

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Hallways, grouping, people who like the clap

Containment Wall slams two slabs together, dumps Radiation stacks, and empowers any pillar it compresses. Wrecking Wall if you have it.

Wall is the grouping button people Helminth off. This config is for the people who kept it.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Chain Reaction — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Punch-Through Bunker

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Mandonel, punch-through rifles, people who like Qorvex's tank more than his 4

Passive punch-through, Disometric Guard cleanse, Roar over Wall. You are a fat gunner who happens to plant pillars.

Not every Qorvex wants to be a beam. The passive is a gun stat. Lean into it.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)) · 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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 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.