Theorylytics

Banshee

Quake Ring

Resonating Quake Nuke

Frame
Banshee
Forma
4
Playstyle
Helminth
Keep 4 · Resonating Quake

Resonating Quake Banshee — Range/Strength shockwaves that ignore LoS for soft-to-mid content, with strip or surge help when armor shows up.

Build dossier · Quake Ring

4 Forma

Loadout

Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.

Arsenal

Playstyle

Resonating Quake turns 4 into a LoS-ignoring shockwave. Stack Range and Strength, dump Duration, and strip or Breach Surge when armor appears. Best as a tile nuke, not a level-cap generalist.

Passive abilities

All of Banshee’s weapons are silent. Pair that with Silence’s hearing shutoff for quiet routes, or lean on Sonar weak spots so the squad’s guns delete Steel Path packs.

Active abilities

  • 1 Sonic BoomCone ragdoll. Sonic Fracture adds armor strip when you keep the ability.
  • 2 SonarPaints huge damage multipliers on body parts. Resonance spreads leftover sonar on kill. Rarely subsumed.
  • 3 SilenceStun aura + special-ability lockdown. Savage Silence amps finishers if you melee.
  • 4 Sound QuakeChanneled quake, or Resonating Quake single shockwave nuke. Common Helminth slot on gun builds.
  • Augment: Resonating Quake on Sound Quake. Optional Sonic Fracture for strip.

Mod breakdown

Range / Strength

Range is the nuke radius. Strength is damage. Blind Rage + Overextended is a common pair.

Duration / Efficiency

Duration is dumpable on Resonating Quake. Fleeting Expertise helps cast tax.

Archon shards

  • Range — shockwave size
  • Strength — epicenter damage
  • Energy Max — cast spam

Helminth

Keep Quake. Import Pillage / Breach Surge / Fire Blast over Sonic Boom when you need strip or surge chaining.

Mission Usefulness

  • Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

    Strong

    Hold a lane and pulse Resonating Quake; bring strip or surge help when armor shows up.

  • Mobile Defense / Excavation

    Strong

    Quake from the point clears soft waves; struggles on heavy armor without Fracture / Pillage.

  • Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

    Excellent

    Resonating Quake deletes soft tilesets when enemies die to the shockwave.

  • Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

    Weak

    Loud nuke — wrong tool for quiet vaults.

  • Open World / Bounties

    Situational

    Camp clumps can Quake; open travel wastes the kit.

  • Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

    Weak

    Shockwave wants packed enemies at mid range, not Eidolon sightlines.