Inaros vs Oberon
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Inaros if…
- Inaros commands the fearsome desert — that's the Inaros pitch you want on the roster.
- This slot should feel like Desiccation, Sandstorm, and Scarab Swarm, not a reskin of Oberon's Smite, Hallowed Ground, and Reckoning.
- You're buying into Inaros's passive — when Inaros takes lethal damage, he entombs himself in a sarcophagus and incarnates as sand to….
Pick Oberon if…
- You're sold on Oberon's fantasy (Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding) more than another Support / Healer option.
- This slot should feel like Smite, Hallowed Ground, and Reckoning, not a reskin of Inaros's Desiccation, Sandstorm, and Scarab Swarm.
- You value Oberon's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Inaros for Scarab Shell and Scarab Shell; lean Oberon for orb economy and Renewal. Mission Usefulness is where they split: Steel Path (Strong vs Excellent — edge Oberon).
At a Glance
Inaros
Stat
Oberon
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
MaduraiMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Desiccation
Kit Opener
Smite
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Inaros
Oberon
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Winner
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
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.
Oberon
- Renewal carries mid-mission casts; Reckoning is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Oberon's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Dense spawns where Oberon's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
Mod Scaling Focus
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.
Oberon
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 Oberon’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Oberon if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Oberon is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- 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.
- Oberon's Renewal 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.
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Oberon gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Smite and ends on Reckoning — Oberon is built for that arc.
- Inaros's Scarab Shell loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Oberon rates higher on Steel Path holds (Excellent vs Strong) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Oberon's name on it.