Theorylytics

Gara Prime

Glass Tempest

Mass Vitrify Smash

Forma
3
Playstyle
Helminth
Keep 1+4 · Vitrify Smash

Mass Vitrify Gara - expand the glass ring, smash with Shattered Lash, and feed infinite Splinter Storm damage across Steel Path rooms. Gara Prime's extra polarities cut Forma versus base Gara for the same polarity story.

Build dossier · Glass Tempest

3 Forma

Loadout

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

Arsenal

Playstyle

Splinter Storm on yourself (and companion), cast Mass Vitrify, smash with Shattered Lash, repeat. Spectrorage for CC / energy. Range is the big scaler.

Passive abilities

Melee wall attacks grant a chance for glass damage. Splinter Storm hits 90% DR around 134% Strength. Smash Mass Vitrify with Shattered Lash to feed infinite Splinter Storm damage.

Active abilities

  • 1 Shattered LashGlass melee wave / hold arc. Smashes Mass Vitrify walls and scales with melee mods. Shattered Storm spreads on smash.
  • 2 Splinter StormDR cloud + scaling damage. Cast on yourself, allies, companions, and objectives.
  • 3 SpectrorageMirror carousel CC. Spectrosiphon drops energy orbs on deaths inside.
  • 4 Mass VitrifyExpanding glass ring that crystallizes, then hardens into a wall — smash with Lash to nuke and stack Storm.
  • Optional Shattered Storm on Lash. Spectrosiphon if you keep Spectrorage.

Mod breakdown

Range

Primary investment — Lash reach and Vitrify explosion radius.

Strength / Duration

~134%+ Strength for 90% Storm DR; Duration for Storm uptime between refreshes.

Archon shards

  • Range
  • Casting Speed
  • Strength / Duration flex

Helminth

Keep Lash + Storm + Vitrify. Flex Spectrorage for Nourish / Eclipse / Pillage.

Mission Usefulness

  • Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

    Excellent

    Mass Vitrify smash into Splinter Storm scales forever on dense SP packs.

  • Mobile Defense / Excavation

    Excellent

    Vitrify the point, Lash smash, Splinter Storm holds the objective.

  • Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

    Excellent

    High-range Lash / Vitrify deletes tiles.

  • Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

    Weak

    Loud glass kit — not stealth.

  • Open World / Bounties

    Strong

    Camp clumps stack Splinter Storm fast.

  • Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

    Weak

    Glass storm wants mid-range packs.