Favourite End Game Builds/Combos

[Xemplar]

What's your favourite combinations of ships, perks and legendaries/weapon perks? Looking for some fun synergies to try out in Ancient Rifts.

So far I have been enjoying using the Visions of Decay legendary sensor paired with the Corrosion Injector device with Mercy Kill mastery, along with the Play it Safe perk.

This combination gives some decent AoE DoTs that refresh on kill, whilst keeping up stacks of damage negation. Drawback is having to fight in close-quarters (680m) to get the Injector off. Wondering if this would pair well with Nexus Heart if fighting close-quarters?

My primary weapon setup has been pretty effective too: High Precision attribute (for increased crit rate) with a high fire rate primary paired with a secondary missile that has a 20% chance to launch a free missile on a crit. Currently using a Thermo gun to good effect.

I'll use the Critical Faculty perk alongside Symphony of Destruction perk to capitalise on a higher crit rate. I tried slotting a Webber missile in the secondary slot with the same free missile launch weapon perk alongside the perk of Exploitation to increase crit chance when attacking enemies that have impaired movement, but I think I prefer straight kinetic damage missiles to get fights over quicker.

I was thinking about trying the SH-8495 legendary shield with the Ulterior Motive perk paired with the Devotion legendary coil gun, anyone tried this? I was surprised when I ran a lunacy 500 rift with the SH without ever taking hull (red) damage (unless RNGsus was with me that day).

I'd love to hear of some more fun combinations and synergies you guys may have come across. Not aiming to discuss balance (or lack thereof) necessarily but feel free to weigh in on that if you feel it's appropriate.

[dna]

Omni Manus + Missile Defense ?^^

[Johnny Hazard]

If you pair "visions of decay" with "omni manus", you can go in, and don't even have to shoot. just keep pressing "target closest enemy"+corrosion, while the missile defense acts as the turret that the gunship didn't get.

I've been doing this on nightmare dificulty, and once I died because I was in a red HRA with enemies dropping mines on kill. XD
Forgot about that and went in for the brawl. IT WAS FUN!

[inotna2001]

I put BOB on every ship. BOB for the win!!

[Kaizza_42]

Just found BOB last night, he is awesome!!😆

I run vanguard, haven't tried anything else since reaching endgame. Saving up for another tier IV ship atm.

Vanguard has insane crit chance (expertise buffs this to 250%+) when up close behind an enemy. You really have to stay up close so it can get pretty hectic. But it's well worth the effort with Symphony of Destruction, especially when you get bigger enemies to explode.

I use the executioner and pulse/blaster maxed for energy dps. Take down shields, get in close on a big ship and blast their thrusters with the executioner. Big explosions follow!

Needless to say Nexus heart is likely what keeps me alive. That with Pango's armour is pretty powerful, just use the Fusion hook to get around or pull enemies towards you. Last night I started using BOB instead of Pango's and I will always have him equipped from now on😁 He is a great distraction and actually pretty powerful. I've only tested him at 350 lunacy so far so not sure how long he survives later on.

I use support devices:
Teleport with scury
Boost with damage mod
Nano transmitter for emergencies
Fusion hook with kunai - great for pulling an enemy out of the pack to munch on if you're low on health

Secondaries are usually emp and distabilizer with the auto fire attribute.

The ULT really helps in a pinch too, slowing everyone else gives you time to get behind them and clear out a bunch at once.

A really fun build if you're comfortable being in the thick of it. Took a little bit for me to get used to since I went from sniping with the scout through the whole game to vanguard around lvl 26 for the last mission or so just to try something different.