Sirius & Orion · Loadouts

Sirius & Orion 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 Swap

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first dual-frame, anyone who just left the Uranus skirmish

Tap an ability to play Sirius. Hold it to become Orion. Celestial Clash waits until you can make stars. Learn the swap first.

This frame is two kits on one slot. If you only tap, you never met Orion. If you only hold, you never met Sirius.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Swap — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Tap an ability to play Sirius. Hold it to become Orion. Celestial Clash waits until you can make stars. Learn the swap first. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

This frame is two kits on one slot. If you only tap, you never met Orion. If you only hold, you never met Sirius.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Celestial Clash — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Celestial Clash — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Generate mixed-color stars, take the sky, spend them. August 2026 forced Heat on Clash — Archon Vitality and Heat inherit now apply. Match star color to the brother's paint for crit. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Celestial Clash is the dual-frame. Everything else exists to print stars and survive the landing.

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: 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 Celestial Clash — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Celestial Clash — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Generate mixed-color stars, take the sky, spend them. August 2026 forced Heat on Clash — Archon Vitality and Heat inherit now apply. Match star color to the brother's paint for crit. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Celestial Clash is the dual-frame. Everything else exists to print stars and survive the landing.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 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: 3/5 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 Celestial Clash — Endgame.

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

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceArchon HuntsShards optional

Celestial Clash — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance clumps, the reason the dual-frame exists, anyone done learning the hold-to-swap

Generate mixed-color stars, take the sky, spend them. August 2026 forced Heat on Clash — Archon Vitality and Heat inherit now apply. Match star color to the brother's paint for crit.

Celestial Clash is the dual-frame. Everything else exists to print stars and survive the landing.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 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: 3/5 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 Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceFarmingSpyShards optional

Jade Glare

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Stealth-adjacent heat, people who like Jade Light, spy-adjacent tiles, solo

Stay Sirius. Jade Stars cloak you in heat-glare until you fire them. Coronal Ejection is the scythe. Sanctuary is the well. Orion is a hold you almost never use.

Sirius is the heat/invis brother. Orion is the shell brother. This config picks a side.

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: 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 Celestial Clash — Optimised.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathDefenseShards optional

Astral Shell

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, surviving Steel Path, people who wanted a gravity tank not a jade assassin

Hold-swap and stay Orion. Astral Shell is the tank. Event Horizon groups. Gravitic Slash is the melee wave. Sirius is the emergency heal.

Orion is the shell brother. Sirius glare will not save a Defense pod. Horizon will.

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: 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 Celestial Clash — Optimised.

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Roar Before the Duel

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path Clash mains who want the faction multiplier, squad play

Roar over Sirius 3 (Sanctuary) — 75% DR you should never need. Buff on the ground. Then Clash. You cannot cast Roar in the sky.

This is the Helminth config the kit was designed around: Roar cannot be used in Clash, so the buff is a pre-cast.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (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.