Lavos vs Temple
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Lavos if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Lavos's vibe — The serpents of Lavos encourage him as he transmutes the battlefield.
- 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 — Transmutation Probe is.
- You value Lavos's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
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 Lavos's Transmutation Probe 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 Lavos for orb economy and Transmutation Probe; lean Temple for Ripper's Wail and Ripper's Wail. Mission Usefulness is where they split: Steel Path (Strong vs Excellent — edge Temple).
At a Glance
Lavos
Stat
Temple
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Ophidian Bite
Kit Opener
Pyrotechnics
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Lavos
Temple
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
Lavos
- Transmutation Probe carries mid-mission casts; Catalyze is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Lavos's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Missions that reward committing to Lavos'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
Lavos
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 Lavos’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Lavos if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Lavos 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?
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Lavos gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Lavos is the frame you trust for that job.
- Temple can stay on the shelf; Lavos is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Even after Helminth, Vial Rush and later abilities are still the reason Lavos earned potato.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Lavos before it shows another same-role experiment.
- 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 Lavos frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Temple properly.
- Temple rates higher on Steel Path holds (Excellent vs Strong) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Temple jumps the line over another Lavos craft.