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Steel Charge
Squad receives +60% Melee Damage
Baruuk Prime
Soft Refrain
Lull Restraint Engine
- Frame
- Baruuk Prime
- Forma
- 2
- Playstyle
- Helminth
- Keep 2 · Endless Lullaby
Endless Lullaby Baruuk — extended sleeps erode Restraint while Hands tank and Serene Storm finishes. Baruuk Prime’s extra polarities cut Forma versus base Baruuk for the same polarity story.
Alternative builds
Build dossier · Soft Refrain
Loadout
Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.
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Blind Rage
+99% Ability Strength · -55% Ability Efficiency
16
Transient Fortitude
+55% Ability Strength · -27.5% Ability Duration
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Primed Continuity
+55% Ability Duration
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Stretch
+82.5% Ability Range
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Primed Flow
+185% Energy Max
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Endless Lullaby
Lull Augment: Performing a finisher on or killing a sleeping enemy will retrigger Lull for 100% of the remaining duration. · Passive: +50% Lull Duration.
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Reactive Storm
Serene Storm Augment: Desert Wind is granted +250% Status Chance and changes its damage type to match enemy weaknesses.
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Intensify
+30% Ability Strength
Arcanes
Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.
Arsenal
Primary
Flex / primer — exalted or fists carry.
Melee
Stat stick / movement when not using exalted fists.
Playstyle
Endless Lullaby extends sleep on kills so Restraint melts while Hands tank. Still ends in Serene Storm.
Passive abilities
Restraint erodes as you cast abilities. Empty Restraint unlocks Serene Storm’s Desert Wind exalted fists and stacks damage reduction with Desolate Hands daggers (aim for 9+ for the 90% DR breakpoint).
Active abilities
- 1 Elude — Dodge stance that avoids most fire while Restraint erodes. Elusive Retribution rewards successful dodges.
- 2 Lull — Sleep CC and fast Restraint erosion — spam with lower Duration.
- 3 Desolate Hands — Orbiting daggers for DR and disarm. Keep 9+ up.
- 4 Serene Storm — Desert Wind exalted fists. Reactive Storm is the modern damage augment.
- Augment: Endless Lullaby on Lull + Reactive Storm.
Mod breakdown
Strength / Range
Strength for fists; Range for Lull coverage.
Aura / Exilus
- AuraSteel ChargeSquad receives +60% Melee DamageDefault
- Endless LullabyLull Augment: Performing a finisher on or killing a sleeping enemy will retrigger Lull for 100% of the remaining duration. · Passive: +50% Lull Duration.Required
- Reactive StormSerene Storm Augment: Desert Wind is granted +250% Status Chance and changes its damage type to match enemy weaknesses.Fist damage
Helminth
Keep Lull for the augment loop.
Mission Usefulness
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Serene Storm deletes dense packs once Restraint is empty and daggers are topped.
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Hold the point under Desolate Hands DR while fists clear waves.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Fast once Restraint is eroded; slower on the first rooms of a mission.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Lull helps quiet tiles, but fists are still a combat kit.
Open World / Bounties
Camp stages reward Desert Wind; travel stretches lean on Operator.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
Exalted fists want melee range, not Amp hunts.