
Stand United
Squad receives +25% Armor

Nidus Prime
Parasitic Vitality Tank
Parasitic Vitality Nidus - convert Mutation stacks into a massive health pool and outlast Steel Path under Arcane Persistence. Nidus Prime's extra polarities cut Forma versus base Nidus for the same polarity story.
Alternative builds
Build dossier · Vital Parasite
Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.

Stand United
Squad receives +25% Armor

Power Drift
+15% Ability Strength · +30% Chance to Resist Knockdown

Blind Rage
+99% Ability Strength · -55% Ability Efficiency

Transient Fortitude
+55% Ability Strength · -27.5% Ability Duration

Primed Continuity
+55% Ability Duration

Stretch
+82.5% Ability Range

Parasitic Vitality
Parasitic Link Augment: Nidus and any ally he's bound to gain 4% Max Health per Mutation during Parasitic Link.
Adaptation
When Damaged: · +10% Resistance to that Damage Type for 20s. Stacks up to 90%.

Umbral Vitality
+100% Health · +11% Tau Resistance

Umbral Intensify
+44% Ability Strength · +11% Tau Resistance
Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.
Parasitic Vitality — stack Mutation, convert to huge max health, Arcane Persistence / Grace outheals SP. Link companions for convenience.
No shields — Mutation stacks fuel everything. Undying spends stacks to cheat death. Parasitic Link can attach to companions; Parasitic Vitality turns stacks into a massive health pool. Arcane Persistence pairs well once armor is high enough.
Vitality conversion, Persistence armor gate, Adaptation.
Keep Parasitic Link. Flex Ravenous only if heal is solved.
Parasitic Vitality + Persistence / Grace turns Mutation stacks into an SP health fortress.
Link the point, never die.
Tank comfort; clear is secondary.
Not stealth.
Hard to kill.
Survives hunts.