Gyrfalcon’s Void Hunter Build

Gameplay Loop

Ability Breakdown

Super

• Shadowshot: Moebius Quiver
  •  Tether enemies to a Void anchor, Weakening and Suppressing them for your fireteam. While Weakened, targets receive 30% more damage from all sources AND share 50% of bodyshot damage taken from other enemies in the tether.

Abilities

• Gambler's Dodge - this dodge immediately refunds your Snare Bomb.
• Triple Jump - Triple jump is nice, but use whichever jump feels best to you.
• Snare Bomb - Can attach to surfaces and ping the enemy's radar. Weakens enemies when it detonates.
• Vortex Grenade - This grenade pulls targets inward and continually damages enemies trapped within the vortex. The fragment Echo of Undermining causes your grenade to Weaken enemies, applying a 15% debuff. This is a lower debuff value than your Super's Weaken, but it's still very useful. Check out our Elemental Mechanics Guide for more information.

Aspects

• Stylish Executioner - defeating a Weakened, Suppressed, or Volatile target gives you Invisibility and Truesight.
• Vanishing Step - dodge to go Invisible easily starting the gameplay loop for the Gyrfalcon Void Hunter build.

Fragments

• Echo of Vigilance - If you lose shields, defeat an enemy for a full Overshield.
• Echo of Undermining - your Void grenade Weakens targets to help activate your Invisibility.
• Echo of Starvation - picking up an Orb of Power or a Void Breach grants you Devour. With Devour, final blows restore health, grant grenade energy, and extend the duration of Devour.
• Echo of Persistence - any Void buffs applied to you have an extended duration. This extends the duration of Devour and Overshields by 50% and the duration of Invisibility by 40%. 

Gearing

Required Gear and Weapons

Gyrfalcon's Hauberk - When you emerge from Invisibility, your Void weapons gain Volatile rounds for 10 seconds.

How to acquire:

• Focusing exotic engrams at Rahool.
• This exotic is locked behind The Witch Queen DLC.
• Complete the Vex Strike Force Public Event on Neomuna.

Stat Priorities

• Resilience, then Mobility, and then Discipline.
• Resilience is the most crucial stat to focus on. Aim for 100 Resilience to maximize your damage resistance and shield capacity, ensuring better survivability in challenging encounters.
• Mobility is what reduces your dodge cooldown.
• Discipline decreases the cooldown on your grenade ability, allowing it to charge faster.

Armor Mods

• Optional Mods:
  • On your Chest, replace Harmonic Resistance with the appropriate resistance for the activity.

Artifact Perks

• Unstoppable Fusion
  • Gives your Fusion and Linear Fusion Rifles the ability to Stun Unstoppable Champions.
• Piercing Sidearms
  • Gives your Primary and Special Ammo Sidearms Anti Barrier capabilities, allowing them to break the invulnerable shields of Barrier Champions.
• Volatile Marksman
  • Scoring rapid precision hits or kills with Void Weapons grants them Volatile Rounds, additionally giving them Anti Barrier capabilities.
• Unraveling Orbs
  • Picking up an Orb of Power or a Tangle grants your Strand Weapons Unraveling Rounds, additionally giving them Anti Barrier capabilities.
• Dreadful Finisher
  • Finishing powerful combatants creates Special Ammo for you and your fireteam. More Ammo is generated when Finishing Subjugators, Tormentors, and Champions.
• Maligned Harvest
  • Rapid Volatile application readies a Weakening burst that procs when damaging enemies with a Void Weapon.
• Horde Shuttle
  • Unraveled enemies occasionally release Threadlings when they take Weapon damage.
• Particle Reconstruction
  • Dealing sustained damage to an enemy with Fusion or Linear Fusion Rifles partially reloads them and causes them to deal bonus damage to that enemy.
• Void Flux
  • Defeating Weakened enemies with a Void Weapon creates an explosion, enemies damaged by it become Volatile. Stronger enemies create a larger explosion.

Recommended Weapons

Kinetic Slot: The Call - This fresh take on the newly introduced rocket frame sidearm is a powerhouse in the Kinetic slot. With its high damage output and excellent ad clear, this is an easy choice for your special weapon. The Call is locked behind The Final Shape DLC. Alternatively, use any other Strand Special Ammo Weapon.

Energy Slot: Graviton Lance - This Pulse Rifle is excellent at clearing a room with its perk Cosmology. Kills with this weapon cause enemy targets to detonate and spawn Void projectiles that track targets. This damage can also trigger explosions from Volatile enemies.

Power Slot: Doomed Petitioner - with Reconstruction and Precision Instrument pair with this Episode's synergistic Artifact Perks to make an extremely versatile Boss dps Heavy Weapon. This Craftable Weapon drops from the Starcrossed Exotic Mission, requiring ownership of the Lightfall Expansion. If you can't get your hands on this, go for the Craftable World Drop Taipan-4fr with Field Prep and Focused Fury.

Variants

Summary

The Gyrfalcon's Void Hunter Build is accessible and effective, making it an excellent option for both New Light and veteran Guardians. This build combines the best elements of the Void subclass, including Volatile, Weaken, Invisibility, and Devour, making it highly effective at both clearing ads and debuffing enemies.

By utilizing Gyrfalcon's Hauberk, Void weapons gain Volatile rounds after emerging from Invisibility, triggering chain explosions with every Void weapon hit. This synergy enables massive damage output while keeping you safe with near-permanent Devour, which restores health with every kill. This build excels in fireteam activities and truly shines in solo content, offering a balanced mix of offense, survivability, and adaptability.

Credits

Written by: AbbyHour

Reviewed by: Chadly, Tenkiei