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Temple
The Backbeat
A backbeat-timed exalted flamethrower with a red-crit weapon buff
CONFIGURATION
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71 / 743 remainingRank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity
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TemplePASSIVE Play abilities in sync with the Backbeat metronome to invigorate ability effects while increasing Ability Efficiency by 50%.
Pyrotechnics
Blast targeted enemies with pillars of Heat Damage. Backbeat Timing: Ignite even more pillars. Increases the Duration and Heat Damage of Ripper's Wail when it deals damage.
Overdrive
Drive loudspeakers into epic distortion to create a damaging wave of Heat Damage while also increasing vulnerability to Critical Chance. Backbeat Timing: Doubles Critical Chance.
Ripper's Wail
Rip on the guitar to make Temple briefly invulnerable while healing them. Ally weapons in Affinity Range gain Heat Damage each time an ability is used on the Backbeat and hits enemies.
Exalted Solo
Once a charge has been built up on the Backbeat metronome, set Lizzie aflame and torch enemies with Heat. While aimed, Lizzie blasts enemies with thunderous elemental sound waves.
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Temple fights on rhythm. Tap 1 and 2 on the backbeat, the sweet spot on the pendulum, and you fuel Lizzie the exalted flamethrower, extend Ripper's Wail for up to 750% heat, and double Overdrive's flat crit chance. Tap 3 on a backbeat for invulnerability and a heat buff. Cast 4 on a backbeat for a free exalted. Miss the beats and the whole kit sputters.
How it works
Hitting a backbeat on 1 or 2 cuts that cast's energy cost by 50%, fuels Lizzie (which runs on fuel, not energy), extends and grows Ripper's Wail's heat bonus (capped at 750%), and doubles Overdrive's flat crit chance (175% at 350% Strength).
Strength acts as a +damage mod for Lizzie at 1.25x Strength, so ~350% Strength is roughly a 337% damage mod, additive with Serration and Merciless.
Playstyle
1.
Tap 1 and 2 on crowds, hitting backbeats as often as possible to fuel Lizzie.
2.
Tap 3 on a backbeat for ~7s invulnerability, a shield refill (2.5s gate), and a heat buff.
3.
Cast 4 on a backbeat (0 energy) to summon Lizzie, then shoot.
Duration, Efficiency, Range, Strength
Duration is minor: Ripper's Wail has a 30s base extended by backbeats, Exalted Solo ignores Duration, Overdrive is 20s base.
Efficiency is not needed because backbeat casts halve costs and 4 on-beat is free.
Range for 1 and 2 (~145 to 175 covers Lizzie's reach).
Strength is the priority, scaling 1, 2, 4 and the crit buff.
The mods
Blind Rage, Transient Fortitude are the Strength.
Stretch is Range.
Primed Flow, Equilibrium are the energy base.
Archon Continuity adds corrosive off a Blast-Toxin Lizzie.
Rank 0 Archon Vitality doubles Lizzie heat procs.
Rolling Guard is status cleanse for the 1-and-2 spam.
Corrosive Projection helps against armour.
Flexible slots
Archon Vitality drops if you do not use Lizzie.
Rolling Guard swaps for Catalyzing Shields (active gating off 1 and 2) or more Strength.
The exilus is open.
Survivability
Backbeat 3 gives ~7s invulnerability plus a 2.5s shield gate, backed by Rolling Guard and heat crowd control from 1.
Or health-tank with Adaptation, Health Conversion and a full-rank Archon Vitality for lower content.
Helminth
Pick one.
Subsume over 1 (Lizzie focus) or 4 (Pyrotechnics or non-Lizzie platform).
- Nourish for passive viral and energy without needing alt-fire.
- Silence for passive crowd control and Eximus and Acolyte lockout.
- Omamori for a lazy-gate layer.
- Resonator for passive area crowd control (fits the theme).
Arcanes
Arcane Hot Shot for 300% weapon crit chance, Arcane Impetus for 54% Strength and 27% Efficiency from Lizzie's status spread.
Arcane Acceleration for Lizzie fire rate, Molt Augmented for Strength, as swaps.
Focus
Any.
Madurai for Strength and cast speed on Ripper's Wail.
Weapon synergy
Lizzie builds: Blast-Toxin for general clear, pure Heat for single-target Disruption.
A heat-inherit primer (Epitaph, Kompressa, Cedo) multiplies Lizzie's heat procs.
A Wyrm Prime with Reinforced and Tenacious Bond buffs Lizzie's fire rate and crit.
Staying alive
On-beat 3 invulnerability plus the shield gate plus Rolling Guard plus heat crowd control.
It fails if you cannot hit backbeats to trigger 3, and to toxin.
Energy
Backbeat cost reduction plus Equilibrium plus Seismic Bond.
A non-issue if your rhythm is good.
Where it struggles
The entire kit depends on backbeat timing, which is a real skill barrier.
No native crowd control (subsume for it).
Bosses take Lizzie or the weapon.
Variants
A lazy-gating exalted DPS build with Silence, Omamori or Nourish.
A Mecha Roar Pyrotechnics nuke.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strong: a strong exalted flamethrower, a large flat crit and heat weapon buff, on-demand invulnerability, good energy economy.
Weak: timing-dependent to the point of frustration, no native crowd control, boss damage on the weapon.
Who runs this
Players who enjoy a rhythm mechanic and want an exalted platform that rewards hitting the beat.