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Molt Augmented
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Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityRANK 5/5Shocking Touch+90% ElectricityEffects shown at max rank · 11 base drain
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Berserker FuryOn Melee Kill:
+35% Attack Speed for 10s. Stacks up to 2x.RANK 5/5Berserker FuryOn Melee Kill:
+35% Attack Speed for 10s. Stacks up to 2x.Effects shown at max rank · 9 base drain
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Healing ReturnRestores 11 Health per Status Type affecting the targetRANK 10/10Healing ReturnRestores 11 Health per Status Type affecting the targetEffects shown at max rank · 16 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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Galvanized Steel+110% Critical Chance (x2 for Heavy Attacks)
On Melee Kill:
+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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Galvanized Elementalist+80% Status Damage
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+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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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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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 Influence
Curated build
3 Forma · layout
Excalibur
The Comfortable Edge
An electric-influence Exalted Blade and Slash Dash nuke, behind passive shield gating
CONFIGURATION
Customize to edit modsMOD CAPACITY
73 / 741 remainingRank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity
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ExcaliburPASSIVE Excalibur deals 10% increased damage and attacks 10% faster when wielding swords.
Slash Dash
Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. The powerful Exalted Blade's slashes inflict Slash Status.
Radial Blind
Emit a bright flash of light, blinding all nearby enemies. Blinded enemies are vulnerable to melee finishers and susceptible to stealth damage bonus.
Radial Javelin
Radial javelins impale nearby enemies, inflicting Slash Status and pinning them to walls.
Exalted Blade
Summon a sword of pure light and immense power. Wield Excalibur Exalted Blade for devastating melee attacks with extended reach.
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Since the rework, Exalted Blade takes acolyte mods and the Melee Influence arcane, and Slash Dash uses its stats too. Chromatic Blade makes the blade electric and gives it huge status chance, so influence procs chain through a room. Catalyzing Shields plus Fast Deflection plus Vigilante Vigor plus Arcane Aegis passively re-gates you so you never watch your shields. Radial Blind for the gaps.
How it works
Chromatic Blade (mandatory, blue emissive) turns Exalted Blade electric with high status for Melee Influence.
Strength double-dips influence DPS (Chromatic Blade's status chance and Exalted Blade's base damage), so add Blind Rage or Transient Fortitude if you want more.
The passive-gate stack means any shield regenerated gives the full 1.33s gate, and the recharge delay is ~1s, so you re-gate as long as you avoid one second of hits.
Playstyle
Enter Exalted Blade, spam light attacks and Slash Dash; cast Radial Blind for the vulnerable moments.
Press 1 (Slash Dash) for invulnerability while dashing.
The mods
Precision Intensify is the Strength.
Streamline cuts the Exalted Blade channel cost.
Fast Deflection, Vigilante Vigor, Catalyzing Shields are the passive-gate package.
Chromatic Blade is the influence enabler.
Primed Flow, Equilibrium are the energy base.
Corrosive Projection is a damage lift.
Helminth
Pick one.
Subsume over 2 or 3.
- Roar for the highest influence DPS (double-dips single-target status, triple-dips spread procs).
- Wrathful Advance for flat crit on Slash Dash's raw single-target hit.
- Nourish for energy plus free viral.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented for Strength, Arcane Aegis for the passive-gate immortality.
Arcane Fury or Strike as swaps.
Focus
Naramon for combo.
Madurai for Strength.
Weapon synergy
A Diriga or Hound to prime Condition Overload and feed Equilibrium.
Staying alive
The passive gate plus Slash Dash invulnerability plus Radial Blind.
A Grimoire with Fass Canticle makes you fully immortal for 15s per proc.
It fails to toxin.
Where it struggles
Weapon-light for bosses.
Ranged targets need a Slash Dash in.
Variants
An active-gating variant frees slots for better stats.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strong: strong exalted influence clear, effortless survival, cheap.
Weak: boss-slow, melee range.
Who runs this
Players who want a comfortable exalted-blade Excalibur that clears rooms and never checks its shields.
Curated build8 Forma · guide
Exalted Umbra Blade
The Umbral Edge
Excalibur Umbra's exalted blade as an electric influence nuke with self-heal
BUILD PERFORMANCE
Imported guide figures
Weapon figures land near 32% base crit chance and 2x crit damage, climbing with Blood Rush as combo builds.
CONFIGURATION
8 equipped modsSLOT 1 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Shocking Touch
Polarized slotSLOT 2 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Berserker Fury
Polarized slotSLOT 3 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Healing Return
Polarized slotSLOT 4 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Blood Rush
Polarized slotSLOT 5 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Galvanized Steel
Polarized slotSLOT 6 · RANK 10 Polarized slot
Galvanized Elementalist
Polarized slotSLOT 7 · RANK 3
Voltaic Strike
Polarity unspecifiedSLOT 8 · RANK 5 Polarized slot
Condition Overload
Polarized slotARCANES
CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE
How to play this build.
Tenno. Exalted Blade fires energy waves and hits wide. Modded electric with Melee Influence, it clears rooms, and Healing Return keeps Umbra topped off. Use the blue emissive for electric.
The mods
Galvanized Elementalist plus Shocking Touch plus Voltaic Strike build electric for influence; Blood Rush is crit; Condition Overload multiplies per status; Berserker Fury is attack speed.
Healing Return is flexible for Life Strike, which heals far more but needs a Tennokai heavy.
Where it struggles
Umbra-locked.
Influence wants a primed crowd.
Heavy forma cost.
Who runs this
Excalibur Umbra players who want the exalted blade to nuke and heal.