Harrow vs Styanax
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Harrow if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Harrow's vibe — Achieve redemption through vengeance.
- You'd rather build around Thurible than live in Styanax's Rally Point loop.
- You're buying into Harrow's passive — overshield capacity doubled.
Pick Styanax if…
- You're sold on Styanax's fantasy (Styanax never wonders how many enemies he will face, only where he can find them) more than another Support / Healer option.
- You'd rather build around Rally Point than live in Harrow's Thurible loop.
- You're buying into Styanax's passive — styanax's critical chance increases with his shields and doubles for spearguns.
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Harrow for Thurible and Thurible; lean Styanax for Rally Point and Rally Point. Mission Usefulness is where they split: speed clears (Excellent vs Situational — edge Harrow).
At a Glance
Harrow
Stat
Styanax
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Condemn
Kit Opener
Axios Javelin
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Harrow
Styanax
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Winner
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Harrow
- Thurible carries mid-mission casts; Covenant 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 Harrow's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Styanax
- Rally Point carries mid-mission casts; Final Stand 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 Styanax's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Mod Scaling Focus
Harrow
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 Harrow’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Harrow if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Harrow is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Styanax
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 Styanax’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Styanax if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Styanax is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Thurible into Covenant is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into Thurible than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Styanax frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Harrow properly.
- Harrow rates higher on speed clears (Excellent vs Situational) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Harrow jumps the line over another Styanax craft.
- Rally Point into Final Stand is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Styanax is the frame you trust for that job.
- Harrow can stay on the shelf; Styanax is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Even after Helminth, Tharros Strike and later abilities are still the reason Styanax earned potato.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Styanax before it shows another same-role experiment.