I haven’t been able to make this (Glaive Prime) SP viable since I suck at modding, what to do?
I haven’t been able to make this (Glaive Prime) SP viable since I suck at modding, what to do?
I’m guessing that the build I found is outdated, how should I build a glaive?
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As you've mentioned, you're building for slash, so you'll want to drop certain mods that don't fill into the slash formula. The really simple version is: Base Damage Mods Count Faction Damage Mods Count
Running elemental mods will do nothing for you. You've got Viral which is a good thought, as viral will multiply slash tick damage, but you're doing all your damage on a single big hit with very little status chance. You can actually drop your elemental mods and pick up a faction mod (primed if you have it, it makes a big difference) and run both critical damage mods. Or you can keep it a little versatile and add in a toxin mod to deal with corpus without having to switch your loadout.
Smite (aka Bane/Faction) mods are important because the actual formula for slash ticks is: 0.35 x "Modded Base Damage" x (1+ Faction bonus) x any additional multipliers. But "Modded Base Damage" also gets multiplied your faction bonus, so base damage mods like pressure point only apply once, but things like smite grineer apply twice, and are multiplicative to base damage.
Here's a build I use when I feel like having my glaive prime out, I usually just bring it on builds where I mostly have it handled with other weapons or abilities but keep it as a backup.
You can also combine this with an external viral source to magnify your bleed damage. Epitaph is the gold standard for glaives since it helps you blanket an area, but a lot of stuff works. These days Nourish is a fantastic option for passive viral priming because it adds viral stacks to everything around you when you take damage.
This build here but personally, swap in amalgam organ shatter and primed fury over the smite. Faction mods are inconvenient and don't do bonus damage to thrax or acolytes, but you can throw almost twice as often when adding both these mods. There's really no justification not to use amalgam organ shatter tbh.
I personally don't notice a difference between primed fury and quickening, or adding another attack speed mod on top of p fury. However, the difference just having one attack speed mod just feels amazing and gets you in a natarak like rhythm.
Yeah, this is an old build but Tadiken is right about Amalgam Organ Shatter. Miniscule critical damage loss for a lot of comfort. 3.8x multiplier down to just 3.7. I'm pretty sure attack speed mods like Quickening/Fury don't apply to glaive throws, but they do obviously matter if you want to use it as a hybrid light/thrown weapon.