Builds

Builds: which Prototypes, Upgrade Protocols, Powers and Weapons work well together. A strong build has one main way of dealing damage and one or two powers that feed it.

UPs: Destruction = weapon damage · Resistance = max cohesion (health) · Evasion = movement speed and fire rate · Gravity = throw damage. Collecting 3 and 6 of one type gives a bonus power.

Pain Engine

Pain Engine

Defensive. Getting hit is your damage.

Ship: Juggernaut / Brute  ·  UPs: Resistance  ·  Weapon: Void Ring

CORE POWERS

Raging Bull Berserk Frenzy Battle Scars Uno Reverse Card System Shock Fiery Wrath

ALSO GOOD

Cohesion Boost Quick Fix Last Hope Cohesion Collector

Why it works: Resistance UPs (Juggernaut scales them best) and Brute's +20 max HP give you a big health pool. Every hit you take then triggers damage boosts, shockwaves, stuns and fire.

Watch out: Skip powers that switch off when you get hit (Fickle Frenzy, Perfect Payout).

Gravity Thrower

Gravity Thrower

Your Grav Gun is the main weapon.

Ship: Glitch  ·  UPs: Gravity  ·  Weapon: Void Dagger

CORE POWERS

Fireball Dark Maelstrom Lightning Charge Crunchy Targets Alley-oop

ALSO GOOD

Grav Shocker Missile Morph Mayhem Multiplier Grav Shield

Why it works: Gravity UPs raise throw damage, and their bonus power lets you grab bigger objects. Void Dagger hits hard without upgrades, so your Glitch Tokens go into throw powers.

Watch out: Fireball, Grav Shocker and Missile Morph exclude each other: pick one. No Void Ring: its aura breaks the objects you want to throw.

Backstab Runner

Backstab Runner

Fast, behind the enemy, huge hits.

Ship: Ravager / Shadow  ·  UPs: Evasion  ·  Weapon: Void Dagger

CORE POWERS

Backstabber Side Stabber Quick evasion Kill Streak

ALSO GOOD

Throw Backstab Stunning Entrance Soft Spotter

Why it works: Evasion UPs make you fast enough to get behind enemies. Ravager and Void Dagger both add backstab damage.

Watch out: Large enemies and some bosses take no backstab damage. Add a second damage source: throws, dodge powers, boost powers, missiles or minions. Throw Backstab needs Powerful Grav Gun (3 Gravity UPs).

Dodge Dancer

Dodge Dancer

Every dodge is an attack.

Ship: Frostbite  ·  UPs: Evasion  ·  Weapon: Phasic Shotgun

CORE POWERS

Hurricane Dash Slash Vortex Dodge Poison Dodge Charged Shot Instant Transmission

ALSO GOOD

Long Dodge Wrestling Strike Raging Bull Uno Reverse Card Battle Scars

Why it works: Evasion's bonus power gives you a second and then a third dodge, so the dodge triggers come more often. Frostbite slows enemies around you on every dodge, and Charged Shot makes the next shotgun blast hit much harder. Combo: dodging into fights gets you hit, so damage-taken powers from Pain Engine fit well.

Ram Boost

Ram Boost

Boosting is your attack.

Ship: Spike  ·  UPs: Evasion  ·  Weapon: any, the powers do the damage

CORE POWERS

Ramming Speed Sonic Boom Boost Bomb Lines of Mines Bullet Ballet Shockingly Close

ALSO GOOD

Hardened Hull Booster Burnout

Why it works: Spike damages and stuns what it boosts into. These powers add hits, shockwaves, mines and bullets to every boost, and Hardened Hull cuts collision damage (up to 90%).

Drone Commander

Drone Commander

Your drones do the work.

Ship: Carrier  ·  UPs: Resistance  ·  Weapon: any, the powers do the damage

CORE POWERS

Carrier Command Bullet Storm Railgun Minion Juggernaut Junior Minion Master Minion Multiplication

ALSO GOOD

Shield Guardian Shield Overload Target Acquired Helping Hand Systems Override

Why it works: Carrier revives wrecked minions, and Minion Multiplication spawns a copy each time one is revived (6 s, 12 s at Glitched). Minion Master makes minions fire faster and tougher. Resistance UPs keep you alive while they fight.

Watch out: Missile powers don't help your drones; keep them for a missile build.

Missile Storm

Missile Storm

Fill the room with missiles.

Ship: Juggernaut  ·  UPs: Evasion  ·  Weapon: any, the powers do the damage

CORE POWERS

Missile Spray Evasive Fire Missile Factory Missile Multiplication Reprogram Missiles Missile Morph

ALSO GOOD

Explosiveproof

Why it works: Missiles come from new enemy waves, dodges, grabbed missiles and turned enemy missiles. Evasion's extra dodges trigger Evasive Fire and Missile Factory more often. Juggernaut and Explosiveproof cut the explosion damage you take.

Unstoppable Bruiser

Unstoppable Bruiser

Combo: tank plus boost.

Ship: Juggernaut  ·  UPs: Resistance + Evasion  ·  Weapon: Void Ring

CORE POWERS

Raging Bull Uno Reverse Card Leaky Cohesion Ramming Speed Shockingly Close Hardened Hull

ALSO GOOD

Instable Cohesion Sonic Boom

Why it works: Boosting into fights means you get hit more often. The damage-taken powers turn those hits into damage, while Juggernaut and Hardened Hull cut the collision damage.

See Also

• Powers
• Prototypes
• Weapons
• UPs