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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)
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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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
The Moving Storm
Pure Splinter Storm: stack a moving damage field and run into things
CONFIGURATION
Customize to edit modsMOD CAPACITY
73 / 741 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. Splinter Storm is a field that moves with you, cuts your damage taken by 90%, and has no damage ceiling. Cast Mass Vitrify, shatter it with Shattered Lash, and every point of that damage banks into the field. Repeat the wall-and- shatter loop and the field grows until you kill level-cap enemies by walking past them. Arcane Circumvent strips as you roll through.
How it works
Splinter Storm banks a portion of Shattered Lash's damage and holds it with no cap, so the wall-and-shatter loop grows it indefinitely.
High Duration keeps the stacks from lapsing; high Range lets the ~7m field reach without hugging enemies.
Arcane Sculptor locks 175% Efficiency off casts of 3 or 4, so Blind Rage runs at 45% arsenal Efficiency.
Since July 2024, corrosive plus heat (no strip shards) is enough for the field to kill level cap after a few stacks.
Playstyle
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Cast Splinter Storm (2) on yourself (not aimed at anything) and on your sentinel.
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Cast 3 for the buff.
3.
Cast Mass Vitrify (4), press 4 again to stop the expansion.
4.
Shatter the wall with Shattered Lash (1).
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Repeat 4 and 1 constantly to stack, refreshing Splinter Storm before it lapses.
The mods
Blind Rage, Umbral Intensify are the Strength for Shattered Lash, covered by Arcane Sculptor.
Narrow Minded, Primed Continuity are the Duration.
Overextended, Augur Reach, Archon Stretch set the Range, with Archon Stretch feeding passive energy off electric Shattered Lash.
Primed Flow is the pool.
Brief Respite aura feeds the gate.
Flexible slots
Adaptation for a ~300k shield-EHP casual tank.
Rolling Guard for status cleanse.
Narrow Minded flexes for Augur Message.
The aura and exilus are open.
Helminth
Pick one.
Subsume over Spectrorage (3).
- Roar for a multiplicative Shattered Lash boost (fastest stacking).
- Nourish for viral (additive, weaker than Roar) plus energy.
- Silence to stop Violence dispelling your stacked field.
Arcanes
Arcane Sculptor for the Efficiency lock, Arcane Circumvent for a roll-strip that pairs with the moving field.
Molt Augmented or Arcane Blade Charger as swaps.
Focus
Any.
Vazarin Sling for i-frames.
Madurai for Strength and cast speed.
Weapon synergy
Use a sentinel, not a moving pet, and keep Splinter Storm on it for a second overlapping damage source (double damage per tick).
Diriga for priming, Helios Prime with Vicious Bond for passive strip, Nautilus for grouping.
Staying alive
Splinter Storm's 90% DR plus shield gating off 1 plus Arcane Circumvent's roll-strip-and-steal.
It fails in the cold-start window before the field has stacks, and to toxin.
Energy
Arcane Sculptor's lock.
A non-issue.
Where it struggles
A cold start before Splinter Storm ramps.
Losing the field to Violence resets minutes of stacking (bring Silence).
Bosses.
Very open tiles where Mass Vitrify cannot corral.
Variants
The Shattered Reflections build is the hybrid Shattered Lash and Splinter Storm build.
A pure Shattered Lash spam build.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strong: a passive damage field with no ceiling that also tanks, strong area denial, comfortable once ramped.
Weak: cold-start ramp, Violence-vulnerable, boss-blind, tile-sensitive.
Who runs this
Players who want a Gara that kills level-cap enemies by walking near them.
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.