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Brief Respite
Squad converts 150% of Energy spent to Shields while Overshields are inactive
Garuda Prime
Dread Bastion
Dread Ward Survive
- Frame
- Garuda Prime
- Forma
- 2
- Playstyle
- Helminth
- Keep 1 · Dread Ward
Dread Ward Garuda - Mirror kills grant unkillable windows while Talons slash-debuff and Bloodletting cleanses and fuels. Garuda Prime's extra polarities cut Forma versus base Garuda for the same polarity story.
Alternative builds
Build dossier · Dread Bastion
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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Dread Ward
Dread Mirror Augment: Become unkillable for 8s when Dread Mirror kills a target by ripping its life force.
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Blending Talons
Seeking Talons Augment: Tap to perform a 9m AoE around Garuda. Garuda's Talons gain 100% additional Combo Count Chance when hitting targets affected by Slash Status.
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Adaptation
When Damaged: · +10% Resistance to that Damage Type for 20s. Stacks up to 90%.
Arcanes
Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.
Arsenal
Primary
Flex / primer — talons or abilities carry.
Melee
Garuda Talons exalted / movement stick.
Playstyle
Dread Mirror absorb frontally, Dread Ward for unkillable windows on Mirror kills, charge Dread Heart into Talon-debuffed packs.
Passive abilities
Deaths near Garuda raise her damage. Bloodletting converts health to energy and cleanses status — pair with a heal source (Altar, Gloom, Nourish/Molt Reconstruct, Operator) so the engine never stalls.
Active abilities
- 1 Dread Mirror — Life-steal shield that absorbs damage into a chargeable Dread Heart. Dread Ward grants brief unkillable on Mirror kills.
- 2 Blood Altar — Impale heal station. Most common Helminth slot (Nourish / Gloom / Pillage).
- 3 Bloodletting — Health for energy + status cleanse. Blood Forge reloads weapons. Core of every modern loop.
- 4 Seeking Talons — Slash force-procs + slash vulnerability debuff. Blending Talons adds tap AoE and Talon combo.
- Augment: Dread Ward on Dread Mirror. Blending Talons still recommended.
Mod breakdown
Strength / Duration
Strength for Mirror / Heart / Talons; Duration for Dread Ward windows.
Aura / Exilus
- AuraBrief RespiteSquad converts 150% of Energy spent to Shields while Overshields are inactiveShield-gate
- Dread WardDread Mirror Augment: Become unkillable for 8s when Dread Mirror kills a target by ripping its life force.Required
- Blending TalonsSeeking Talons Augment: Tap to perform a 9m AoE around Garuda. Garuda's Talons gain 100% additional Combo Count Chance when hitting targets affected by Slash Status.Slash amp
- ExilusPower Drift+15% Ability Strength · +30% Chance to Resist KnockdownStrength
Helminth
Keep Dread Mirror. Nourish / Gloom over Altar.
Mission Usefulness
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Dread Mirror absorb + Dread Ward unkillable windows carry SP mistakes.
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Mirror on the point, charge Dread Heart for deletes.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Survivable clear; more setup than pure Talons spam.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Not stealth.
Open World / Bounties
Mirror comfort on camps.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
Survivable hunts; still not Amp-focused.