Dante vs Temple
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Dante if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Dante's vibe — Seeker of knowledge.
- Temple's pitch (“Blazing with glamor and armed with an Infested guitar, Lizzie, Temple’s power chords light the…”) isn't what you're missing — Dark Verse is.
- Your builds lean status effects and Dante's passive extends that plan.
Pick Temple if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Temple's vibe — Blazing with glamor and armed with an Infested guitar, Lizzie, Temple’s power chords light the….
- You'd rather build around Ripper's Wail than live in Dante's Dark Verse loop.
- You're buying into Temple's passive — play abilities in sync with the Backbeat metronome to invigorate ability effects while….
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Dante for status-duration amplification and Dark Verse; lean Temple for Ripper's Wail and Ripper's Wail. Mission Usefulness is a wash — decide on kit feel and passive, not the rating table.
At a Glance
Dante
Stat
Temple
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
AnyAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Noctua
Kit Opener
Pyrotechnics
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Dante
Temple
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Dante
- Dark Verse carries mid-mission casts; Final Verse is the density payoff.
- Status-heavy weapons in hand — Dante's passive makes those procs earn their keep.
- Missions that reward committing to Dante's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Temple
- Ripper's Wail carries mid-mission casts; Exalted Solo is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Missions that reward committing to Temple's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Mod Scaling Focus
Dante
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Dante’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Dante if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Dante is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Temple
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Temple’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Temple if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Temple is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Status duration is how your weapons scale and Dante extends that plan for free.
- You'd rather specialize hard into status-duration amplification than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Temple frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Dante properly.
- Open-world and bounty pacing still feel good on Dante, not only endless survival tiles.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Dante jumps the line over another Temple craft.
- Ripper's Wail into Exalted Solo is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into Ripper's Wail than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Dante frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Temple properly.
- Open-world and bounty pacing still feel good on Temple, not only endless survival tiles.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Temple jumps the line over another Dante craft.