Grendel vs Uriel
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.
- Uriel's pitch (“To fight as the Heretic of Xata is to have demons at your back”) isn't what you're missing — Pulverize is.
- You're buying into Grendel's passive — each enemy consumed grants bonus bonus armor.
Pick Uriel if…
- You're sold on Uriel's fantasy (To fight as the Heretic of Xata is to have demons at your back) more than another Support / Healer option.
- You'd rather build around Demonium than live in Grendel's Pulverize loop.
- You're buying into Uriel's passive — uriel commands, empowers, and protects three unique demons.
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Grendel for Pulverize and Pulverize; lean Uriel for Demonium and Demonium. Mission Usefulness is a wash — decide on kit feel and passive, not the rating table.
At a Glance
Grendel
Stat
Uriel
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
MaduraiMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Feast
Kit Opener
Infernalis
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Grendel
Uriel
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.
Uriel
- Demonium carries mid-mission casts; Brimstone is the density payoff.
- Fights where Heat stays painted on packs so Uriel's Affinity-Range Strength passive stacks.
- Dense spawns where Uriel's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
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.
Uriel
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 Uriel’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Uriel if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Uriel 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 Uriel 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 Uriel craft.
- Demonium into Brimstone is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Infernalis and ends on Brimstone — Uriel is built for that arc.
- Grendel's Pulverize loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Madurai on the aura slot matches the school you're already building weapons around.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Uriel's name on it.