Why Use This Build?

• This build is mainly for easily soloing Steel Path missions including Interception, any kind of Defense or Mobile Defense, Excavation, Kuva Survival, Void Armageddon, and Resource Farming. Generally, this build is very reliable and does not rely on any one source of survivability. The [Whipclaw] build herein uses Melee Influence with a high chance of occurrence which allows very high kpm.

How to Use This Build

• Gameplay Loop: This varies depending on the mission. Generally you will cast Dispensary and then set up a Strangledome. Use Ensnare or Epitaph to stun enemies to charge up Incarnons.
• Vazarin and Rolling Guard can be used in a pinch.
• In Interception, Strangledome prevents enemies from capturing and blocking the capture of a point. This build has plenty of range so you can cast Strangledome on a point to cap it, then do the same to another point. Break all Eximus Overguard shields and kill any Arbitration Drones then kill all leftover enemies not in a dome or use Ensnare on the other two capture points. Eventually, all the enemies will be stuck in the two Strangledomes or Ensnared so you can hop back and forth to recast while no other enemies spawn.
• Enemies will target other enemies that are stuck in the Strangledome. This is the primary method of protecting objectives. Radiation status from the Epitaph can also work.
• Ensnare works on Steel Path Acolytes making them a non-threat if you're quick.

Abilities

• Passive - Venari gives Khora a 15% speed boost affected by Ability Strength which works out to 6% on this build.
• (1) Whipclaw - This is your main way to kill groups of enemies. The attack will damage all enemies in the Strangledome if it hits one enemy affected by the Strangledome.
• (2) Ensnare - Excellent for grouping enemies together to charge Incarnons or incapacitate Steel Path Acolytes.
• (3) Dispensary - This makes solo Interception missions very easy and allows you to recast abilities all you want because of Equilibium. This also helps stack up Arcane Blessing. This ability is replacing Venari, which locks Venari into the Attack Posture where she will occasionally ensnare enemies.
• (4) Strangledome - With [Pilfering Strangledome], [Khora] becomes one of the best resource farmers available and is able to get two Kuva Catalysts or Power Cells from one enemy and more air in survival. Enemies with Overguard will still shoot at enemies stuck in the Strangledome.

Mods

• Aura - [Khora]'s abilities don't give any damage bonuses which makes Corrosive Projection good. I use Swift Momentum for the Combo Duration. Physique is decent and doesn't require a Forma.
• Primed Sure Footed - Required for using Epitaph
• Primed Continuity - Duration is really only for Strangledome.
• Primed Flow - Helps take advantage of Dispensary and Equilibrium. This also gets you above the 500 Energy threshold for the Violet Archon Shards for Melee Critical Damage.
• Equilibrium - Equilibrium is needed for Dispensary to be useful.
• Archon Stretch - Range and some Energy
• Overextended - Range
• Pilfering Strangledome - This allows additional loot to drop from enemies within range of Strangledome.
• Accumulating Whipclaw - This allows Whipclaw to scale very well without Ability Strength.
• Rolling Guard - [Vitality] is a decent choice here too but only gives 465 Health compared to 1200 from Arcane Blessing, but I prefer this for the status cleanse.

Whipclaw Mods

• Primed Pressure Point - Damage
• Galvanized Steel - Critical Chance & Critical Damage
• Blood Rush - Critical Chance
• Organ Shatter - Critical Damage
• Weeping Wounds - Status Chance
• Galvanized Elementalist - Status Chance & Status Damage
• Voltaic Strike - Status Chance & Electric Damage
• Shocking Touch - Electric Damage
• I do not recommend using [Buzz Kill] or any other elements including abilities that add elemental damage like Nourish because it will reduce your chance to proc Melee Influence. This build gives you a 50% chance to proc Influence if you hit 3 enemies at full combo and about 80% if you hit 7 enemies. This is extremely good. If you are farming and want to avoid killing enemies before they [Reach] your Strangledome or [Hydroid]'s Tentacles, you can add Buzz Kill over Shocking Touch for a bit more single target damage and fewer Influence procs.

Arcanes

• Molt Efficiency - Your shields should usually be up and Ability Duration is hard to get elsewhere.
• Arcane Blessing - This works well with Dispensary and [Pilfering Strangledome] giving lots of Health Orbs. This will often save you from going down in one hit and provides extra protection against status effects. Arcane Fury is better for damage, but I prefer the extra health.
• Magus Elevate - Healing
• Magus Lockdown - Provides good survivability and can hold targets in place.

Archon Shards

• 1 Tau Parkour Velocity
• 1 Tau Casting Speed
• 3 Tau Melee Critical Damage. This gives 225% additional Melee Critical Damage for Whipclaw.

Focus Schools

• Vazarin is used most of the time for added survivability with [Guardian] Break and Protective Sling, but the real strength of Vazarin is the instant revives and for healing various objectives.
• Naramon is mediocre because this build already uses [Tandem Bond] on [Venari], Secondary Dexterity, and Swift Momentum. Combo also builds quickly gaining 20 combo with each ability cast that hits an enemy.

Weapons

• I prefer [Latron] Incarnon as high single target damage that doesn't rely on status effects so much. It is great for Acolytes and most things with damage attenuation.
• I use this Epitaph build because it is hands-down the best weapon for this build. Radiation makes enemies fight each other which includes enemies with Overguard fighting enemies with a Radiation status effect. Cold status effects slow enemies. The inclusion of [Augur Seeker] keeps these effects on longer and gives you minor shield gating benefits. This is an excellent tool for staying alive. Viral allows an increase in damage against health and synergizes with Whipclaw's Slash Status. This is also a good weapon to use Secondary Dexterity because you won't be using this to deal damage.
• I use this Praedos build with Melee Influence and high Attack Speed for utility and to be able to quickly kill some tougher targets.

Companions

• I use this Panzer Vulpaphyla build which provides a lot of utility.
• I use this Venari Prime build which allows some additional utility.

Appendix

• Whipclaw will not activate Dexterity Arcanes.
• Lycanth's [Hunt] or Fractured Blast aren't bad options over Dispensary but they don't make any missions substantially easier like Dispensary does with Interception.
• [Venari] passively disarms enemies on [Protect] posture, snares enemies on Attack posture, and heals allies and objectives on Heal posture. You can command [Venari] to do these by activating the ability when that posture is active. Enemies must not be in the reticle when Heal posture is activated for [Venari] to heal [Khora] on command and will passively heal [Khora] when nearby. You can mark [Venari] with a waypoint on Heal posture to make Venari stay still. This can be useful to keep Venari protected in a Strangledome.
• [Venari Bodyguard] is 100% useless. It used to be an option because you would use a Smeeta for loot, but now you can use a Vulpaphyla's [Martyr Symbiosis] and Resourceful Retriever and you get some extra stuff like Viral Quills which can activate Archon Stretch if you include Shocking Claws.
• The duration of Venari Bodyguard is not affected by Ability Duration.
• Tek Assault will save Venari normally, but not if Venari Bodyguard is activated.
• Only 2 Strangledomes can be active at once but they can be placed on top of each other to hold more enemies (26 each); this can be useful in interception or some types of defense objective.
• The total Combo Duration of this build is +5s by default, +6s from Aura, and +7.5s from Secondary Dexterity for a total of 18.5 seconds. This is plenty to maintain 12x Combo and applies to all melee weapons and [Whipclaw].