Misbeglaiving (memeframe)
With the arrival of the new Protea/Dispensary Augment, I began to reconsider the viability of sentinels (in the face of vulpas and smeetas).
I almost immediately went to the high damage dealing Deconstructor Prime and Helios and thought it would be cool to do something with a glaive idea I had in mind prior to this.
1. Deconstructor Prime: Its 3 second reload (and the timing of such) aside, it can toss out three consecutive attacks; one doing impact, puncture then slash before modding. I put in base damage mods (Primed Pressure Point, Spoiled Strike), Condition Overload (for some lovely upcoming synergy), some Viral damage (to help buff its own and outside damage vs health), Electricity (to make it do AoE damage), Power Throw (to potentially score multiple hits without bouncing) and Healing Return (because of rumors that Helios can use it to heal himself). This setup is subject to change once I get a riven for it.
2. Cedo: The alt-fire (glaive #2) is going to be the lynchpin of this setup. It allows you to spread status all over the place and gives Deconstructor Prime's Condition Overload a lot to work with. It has built in Slash on hit and Blast on detonation and I added in Viral and Heat (with 2 dual stat mods so it could clear 100% status chance and proc everything it touches). That's +360% damage for each hit of Deconstructor's glaives. I also put in Hell's Chamber (to increase the number of Cedo glaives going out), Vicious Spread, Primed Point Blank and Blaze. (I currently have an open slot for a riven but Vigilante Armaments, Motus Setup or even Lingering Torment are good stand ins)
3. Your Choice of Glaive: Personally, I only own two; Pathocyst and Xoris. No matter which glaive you choose, build for crit and base damage; Cedo is already giving you all the status you need.
Condition Overload, Primed Pressure Point, Spoiled Strike, Gladiator Might, True Steel, Volatile Rebound and Healing Return is what I'm currently using but is subject to your choice of glaive and it's corresponding stats, rivens and any abilities coming from your frame.
All you really have to do with this is glaive-fire your Cedo, then follow up with a glaive toss; while Helios chills on the background and picks off stragglers (or steals kills) with its glaives.
4. Arcane Primary Charger and Arcane Blade Charger: Your Cedo kills potentially buff your glaive attacks while your glaive kills potentially buff your Cedo attacks (don't know how and if Deconstructor maths into this)
The above setup works independent of any frame which brings us to
5. Your Choice of Frame: This boils down what you feel would complement that kind (and your kind of playstyle the most:
Are you content with using the above for purely hack and slash purposes? Are you a glaive player that likes incorporating their secondary weapon into their combo scene? Are you a caster whose abilities can dramatically change how you mod up?
Nova/Nova Prime with Molecular Prime (for 100% more damage vulnerability)
Vex Armored Chroma/Chroma Prime
Damage Queen Saryn
Mob grouping Khora, Nidus, Zephyr or better yet, Mag
Many possibilities.
But if you reeeeeaally wanna memeframe it, go with Mirage (with Hall of Malevolence). She and her Wolfpack can throw up to 5 glaives (great for Pathocyst) and Cedo out up to 3 sets of multishotted glaives without breaking a sweat.
(but is it really a memeframe if it's a sustainable build and can get you through some of the tougher content?)
