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Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityRANK 5/5Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityEffects shown at max rank · 11 base drain
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Voltaic Strike+60% Electricity, +60% Status ChanceRANK 3/3Voltaic Strike+60% Electricity, +60% Status ChanceEffects shown at max rank · 7 base drain
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Galvanized Elementalist+80% Status Damage
On Melee Kill:
+30% Status Chance for 20s. Stacks up to 4x.RANK 10/10Galvanized Elementalist+80% Status Damage
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+30% Status Chance for 20s. Stacks up to 4x.Effects shown at max rank · 12 base drain
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Galvanized Steel+110% Critical Chance (x2 for Heavy Attacks)
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+30% Critical Damage for 20s. Stacks up to 4x.RANK 10/10Galvanized Steel+110% Critical Chance (x2 for Heavy Attacks)
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+30% Critical Damage for 20s. Stacks up to 4x.Effects shown at max rank · 12 base drain
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Primed Smite Grineerx1.55 Damage to GrineerRANK 10/10Primed Smite Grineerx1.55 Damage to GrineerEffects shown at max rank · 14 base drain
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Weeping Wounds+40% Status Chance per Combo MultiplierRANK 5/5Weeping Wounds+40% Status Chance per Combo MultiplierEffects shown at max rank · 9 base drain
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Blood Rush+40% Critical Chance per Combo Multiplier at max rankRANK 10/10Blood Rush+40% Critical Chance per Combo Multiplier at max rankEffects shown at max rank · 14 base drain
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Condition Overload+80% Damage per Status Type affecting the target at max rankRANK 5/5Condition Overload+80% Damage per Status Type affecting the target at max rankEffects shown at max rank · 15 base drain
Melee Influence11Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityRANK 5/5Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityEffects shown at max rank · 11 base drain 
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North Wind+90% ColdRANK 5/5North Wind+90% ColdEffects shown at max rank · 11 base drain
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Primed Fever Strike+15% Toxin per rank (Primed)RANK 10/10Primed Fever Strike+15% Toxin per rank (Primed)Effects shown at max rank · 16 base drain
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Jugulus Barbs+90% Puncture, +60% Status ChanceRANK 5/5Jugulus Barbs+90% Puncture, +60% Status ChanceEffects shown at max rank · 9 base drain
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Sundering Strike+90% PunctureRANK 5/5Sundering Strike+90% PunctureEffects shown at max rank · 7 base drain
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Auger Strike+120% PunctureRANK 5/5Auger Strike+120% PunctureEffects shown at max rank · 11 base drain
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Spoiled Strike+100% Melee Damage, -20% Attack SpeedRANK 3/3Spoiled Strike+100% Melee Damage, -20% Attack SpeedEffects shown at max rank · 7 base drain
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Primed Pressure Point+165% Damage at max rank (Primed)RANK 10/10Primed Pressure Point+165% Damage at max rank (Primed)Effects shown at max rank · 14 base drain
Melee Exposure
Curated build
7 Forma · layout
Gara Prime
Shattered Reflections
A Shattered Lash influence nuke and a Splinter Storm damage field that follows you
CONFIGURATION
Customize to edit modsMOD CAPACITY
71 / 743 remainingRank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity
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Gara PrimePASSIVE A 15% chance to create a radial blind lasting 10s when Gara casts Abilities.
Shattered Lash
Lash out with stream of shattered glass, or hold for an arcing strike. Stats are boosted by the equipped mods on Shattered Lash.
Splinter Storm
Gara's armor splinters into a maelstrom of shattered glass. Allies who contact the cloud are fortified against damage.
Spectrorage
Trap enemies in a carousel of mirrors, forcing them to attack visions of their true selves. Destroyed mirrors damage their attackers, as does the collapse of the carousel.
Mass Vitrify
Create an expanding ring of molten glass that slowly crystallizes enemies who enter. When the expansion is complete, the ring hardens to block weapons fire. Use Shattered Lash to smash the ring and send razor-sharp glass flying.
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Gara turns the room to glass. Shattered Lash with melee influence sweeps a wide arc and nukes maps with a single button. Splinter Storm stacks with no ceiling into a moving field that kills what comes near you and cuts your damage taken by 90%. Mass Vitrify walls an objective, and smashing that wall with Shattered Lash feeds Splinter Storm and clears the area. Spectrorage covers crowd control and, with its augment, keeps the whole squad's energy topped up.
How it works
Range is the priority: it sets Shattered Lash reach (about 25m) and Mass Vitrify's explosion radius (about 37.5m).
Shattered Lash is an exalted now, crit and status viable, and pairs with electric influence for map-wide clear.
Splinter Storm stacks indefinitely, moving with you, giving 90% damage reduction at 134% Strength and a growing damage field.
Arcane Sculptor locks you to 175% Efficiency for 12 seconds after casting 3 or 4, which is what lets Blind Rage run at 45% arsenal Efficiency with no energy problems.
Playstyle
Invert tap/hold for Gara so tap is the Sweeping Slash version.
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Cast Splinter Storm (2) on yourself, your sentinel, allies and the objective.
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Cast Spectrorage (3) nearby for crowd control and energy orbs.
3.
Cast Mass Vitrify (4) and immediately press 4 again to end the expansion with enemies outside the wall.
4.
Cast Shattered Lash (1) at the wall to shatter it, nuke the area and build Splinter Storm stacks.
5.
Spam 1 at enemies to nuke; stand near heavy targets to let Splinter Storm grind them down.
Survivability
Shield gating with Brief Respite and Catalyzing Shields: casting 1 generates shields, and Catalyzing Shields locks the gate to 1.33s regardless of pool size.
Splinter Storm's 90% damage reduction is a second layer for non- endurance.
Rolling Guard, Arcane Aegis and Vazarin Sling are backups.
Duration, Efficiency, Range, Strength
Duration gives leeway between Mass Vitrify casts so you do not lose Splinter Storm stacks; Narrow Minded if you want long uptime without recasting.
Efficiency is solved by Arcane Sculptor.
Range is maxed.
Strength boosts Shattered Lash damage (which feeds Splinter Storm) and the damage vulnerabilities.
The mods
Blind Rage is the Strength, viable only because Arcane Sculptor covers the Efficiency.
Overextended, Archon Stretch set the Range, with Archon Stretch also feeding passive energy off electric-modded Shattered Lash.
Primed Continuity holds Splinter Storm duration.
Primed Flow is the pool.
Catalyzing Shields is the shield-gate lock.
Brief Respite aura feeds the gate.
Shattered Storm and Spectrosiphon are both optional augments.
Flexible slots
Shattered Storm can become Narrow Minded for long Splinter Storm uptime, or an Augur mod.
Spectrosiphon becomes Equilibrium if you subsume Spectrorage.
Mending Splinters for a support role.
Rolling Guard for high-level status cleanse.
The aura and exilus are open.
Helminth
Pick one.
Subsume over Spectrorage, and swap Spectrosiphon for Equilibrium.
- Roar boosts Shattered Lash raw damage for Splinter Storm, double-dips its status, triple-dips influence.
- Nourish adds viral to Shattered Lash and an energy multiplier.
- Pillage strips armor and shields and refills your shields.
Arcanes
Arcane Sculptor for the Efficiency lock, Molt Augmented for 60% Strength in longer missions.
Arcane Blade Charger or Arcane Fury to boost the Mass Vitrify explosion.
Arcane Circumvent for a roll-strip.
Focus
Any.
Vazarin Sling is the strongest survival option.
Madurai for the Strength and cast speed.
Companion
Use a sentinel, not a moving pet, so you can keep Splinter Storm on it permanently for a second overlapping damage source.
Diriga with Arc Coil for priming, Helios Prime with Vicious Bond for passive armor strip, Nautilus for grouping.
Equip Seismic Bond for free Efficiency during Mass Vitrify.
Staying alive
Shield gating plus Splinter Storm's 90% DR.
It fails in the gap if you cannot generate shields (no enemies to hit with 1), and against toxin.
Energy
Arcane Sculptor's Efficiency lock plus Spectrosiphon or Equilibrium.
Where it struggles
A cold start before Splinter Storm has stacks.
Very open tiles where Mass Vitrify cannot corral enemies.
Bosses.
Variants
A pure Shattered Lash spam build.
A pure Splinter Storm build.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strong: one-button map nuke, a passive damage field that also tanks, strong objective defense, squad energy support.
Weak: ramp-up time, tile-sensitive, boss-blind, exalted Shattered Lash needs its own mods.
Who runs this
Players who want a defense and survival frame that clears maps by holding one button and stops taking damage.
Curated build2 Forma · guide
Shattered Lash Prime
The Glass Whip
Gara's exalted lash as a low-forma electric influence nuke
BUILD PERFORMANCE
Imported guide figures
Weapon figures land near 0% base crit chance and 2x crit damage, with Blood Rush climbing crit as combo builds.
CONFIGURATION
8 equipped modsSLOT 1 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Shocking Touch
Polarized slotSLOT 2 · RANK 3
Voltaic Strike
Unpolarized slotSLOT 3 · RANK 10
Galvanized Elementalist
Unpolarized slotSLOT 4 · RANK 10
Galvanized Steel
Unpolarized slotSLOT 5 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Primed Smite Grineer
Polarized slotSLOT 6 · RANK 5
Weeping Wounds
Unpolarized slotSLOT 7 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Blood Rush
Polarized slotSLOT 8 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Condition Overload
Polarized slotARCANES
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Shattered Lash sweeps a wide arc of glass. Modded electric with Melee Influence, one lash through a primed crowd chains the status kill outward.
The mods
Galvanized Elementalist plus Shocking Touch plus Voltaic Strike build electric for influence; Blood Rush plus Weeping Wounds scale with combo; Condition Overload multiplies per status.
Primed Smite Grineer is flexible for Primed Pressure Point, Drifting Contact, Gladiator Might or Focus Energy.
Where it struggles
Gara-locked.
Influence wants a primed crowd.
Variants
The One-Button Sweep (#101) is the Shattered Lash frame build; a raw Shattered Lash (#352) exists for Splinter Storm stacking.
Who runs this
Gara players who want the exalted lash to nuke.
Curated build1 Forma · guide
Shattered Lash Prime
The Splinter Stick
A raw-damage statstick for stacking Gara's Splinter Storm
BUILD PERFORMANCE
Imported guide figures
Weapon figures land near 0% crit chance and 2x crit damage; the build ignores crit and status by design.
CONFIGURATION
8 equipped modsSLOT 1 · RANK 5
Shocking Touch
Unpolarized slotSLOT 2 · RANK 5
North Wind
Unpolarized slotSLOT 3 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Primed Fever Strike
Polarized slotSLOT 4 · RANK 5
Jugulus Barbs
Unpolarized slotSLOT 5 · RANK 5
Sundering Strike
Unpolarized slotSLOT 6 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Auger Strike
Polarized slotSLOT 7 · RANK 3
Spoiled Strike
Unpolarized slotSLOT 8 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Primed Pressure Point
Polarized slotARCANES
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Splinter Storm's damage and stacking read only raw physical and elemental damage on the equipped melee, ignoring crit and status entirely. So this Shattered Lash build is pure damage mods and a puncture tap.
The mods
All raw damage: Primed Pressure Point, Primed Fever Strike, North Wind, plus puncture mods (Jugulus Barbs, Sundering Strike, Auger Strike).
Use default controls so tapping the first ability is a 100% puncture attack that puncture mods scale; it is one-handed and does not ground you.
Melee Exposure in the arcane slot.
Where it struggles
Gara-locked.
It does not clear anything itself.
Variants
The Glass Whip (#334) is the influence-nuke Shattered Lash.
Who runs this
Gara players maximising Splinter Storm damage.