Grendel vs Inaros
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Grendel if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Grendel's vibe — Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.
- Inaros's pitch (“Inaros commands the fearsome desert”) isn't what you're missing — Pulverize is.
- You're buying into Grendel's passive — each enemy consumed grants bonus bonus armor.
Pick Inaros if…
- Inaros commands the fearsome desert — that's the Inaros pitch you want on the roster.
- You'd rather build around Scarab Shell than live in Grendel's Pulverize loop.
- You're buying into Inaros's passive — when Inaros takes lethal damage, he entombs himself in a sarcophagus and incarnates as sand to….
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Grendel for Pulverize and Pulverize; lean Inaros for Scarab Shell and Scarab Shell. Mission Usefulness is a wash — decide on kit feel and passive, not the rating table.
At a Glance
Grendel
Stat
Inaros
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Feast
Kit Opener
Desiccation
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Grendel
Inaros
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
Grendel
- Pulverize carries mid-mission casts; Regurgitate 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.
- Grendel shines on tile clears where ability damage — not just weapons — carries the pack.
Inaros
- Scarab Shell carries mid-mission casts; Scarab Swarm 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.
- Inaros shines on tile clears where ability damage — not just weapons — carries the pack.
Mod Scaling Focus
Grendel
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 Grendel’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Grendel if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Grendel is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Inaros
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 Inaros’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Inaros if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Inaros is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Pulverize into Regurgitate is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into Pulverize than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Inaros frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Grendel properly.
- Open-world and bounty pacing still feel good on Grendel, not only endless survival tiles.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Grendel jumps the line over another Inaros craft.
- Scarab Shell into Scarab Swarm is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Desiccation and ends on Scarab Swarm — Inaros is built for that arc.
- Grendel's Pulverize loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Naramon on the aura slot matches the school you're already building weapons around.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Inaros's name on it.