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Grendel Prime

The Passive Gut

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A passive shield-gate weapon platform, low forma

Weapon platform, shield-gate tankSteel PathSteel Path endurance
Grendel Prime
CURATED LOADOUT

CONFIGURATION

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MOD CAPACITY

69 / 745 remaining

Rank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity

AURA 1naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR5
EXILUSvazarin polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
Arcane AegisArcane Aegis
Molt AugmentedMolt Augmented
1UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
2UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
3vazarin polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR3
4madurai polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
5UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR3
6madurai polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
7vazarin polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
8naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10

ABILITIES

Grendel Prime

PASSIVE Each enemy consumed grants 250 bonus armor.

1

Feast

Feast

Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Hold to vomit out stored enemies, covering them in toxic bile.

2

Nourish

Nourish

Regenerate health as Grendel absorbs nourishment from enemies in his gut. While he digests, enemies that attack or are attacked by Grendel suffer Viral Damage and energy sources provide more energy. These buffs extend to squad mates.

3

Pulverize

Pulverize

Grendel curls into a ball. He heals over time as he rolls, knocking over anyone in his path. Jumping slams Grendel into the ground and generates a damaging shockwave.

4

Regurgitate

Regurgitate

Violently puke out a bile soaked enemy from Grendel's gut, turning the consumed into a toxic projectile. Nearby enemies are slowed and have their armor dissolved by the bile.

CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE

How to play this build.

Tenno. The cheap version of the Grendel gun stand: Catalyzing Shields plus Fast Deflection and Vigilante Vigor rebuild a passive gate while you focus the weapon. Nourish covers viral and energy.

How it works

Fast Deflection plus Vigilante Vigor and Arcane Aegis restore shields fast enough that the 1.33-second gate is almost always ready without active casting.

Nourish (Helminth) gives viral on the weapon plus an energy return, and Hearty Nourishment adds a health cushion.

Helminth

Nourish over Regurgitate.

Where it struggles

No ability damage.

Slower gate recovery than an active build.

Variants

The Iron Gut (#180) is the Persistence tank; The Gut Surge (#179) is the Breach Surge nuke; The Devouring Maw (#053) is the Pulverize DPS Grendel.

Who runs this

Players who want the lowest-effort Grendel gun platform.