Reload all weapons and gain MAXIMUM bonuses to handling and increased agility.
It’s new perk of allowing indefinite rift duration with continual damage is sadly, no longer a top-tier choice for Lion users. This allowed for some very fun Duck Hunt shenanigans. Before the 2.8.0 patch, Sanguine Alchemy used to mark all targets in 30 meters if you stood in a rift.Sunbracers are top tier for PvE, because with an airborne playstyle with Lion, you’re constantly refilling your grenades and melees.Don’t activate in the middle of the open of Bannerfall’s courtyard.ĭisclaimer: the visual effect while active makes you stick out massively, so beware if enemies are watching the skies! All that said, you can do some very cool plays such as holding above door frames and choke points. Use top tree Dawnblade and Strafe glide to expand your maneuverability when not holding in air. Use the hold perk sparingly and with a hip-fire weapon as possible. But, you are incredibly exposed while this happens, so it has a very high risk component. Aiming down sights holds you in place in mind-air and gives you incoming 15% damage reduction.There’s still testing to be done, but the timing and damage boosts seem lackluster in Crucible. Throw a grenade to refresh your teammate’s grenade recharge rate. Energy weapon kills give up to 3x stacks. Sadly, they now only give an increase to reload speed. Lunafaction rifts used to allow Lion users to become Siege Tanks and shell the blam! out of enemy targets. If you want to play a more Rift centric style, then use The Stag. That means a direct hit will do 172+26, or 198, enough to kill all resiliencies.
Empowering Rifts give a 20% damage buff, and as of patch 2.8.0, it buffs direct hit damage as well.In today’s crucible, a charged Axion Bolt grenade can prime enemies for a quick Lion cleanup. Contraverse lets you get your grenades back faster and gives you a shield. Sadly the Handheld Supernova is nerfed, but it’s still a strong ranged melee for clean-up.NB: Arc buddies will proc Thin the Herd’s autoreload on your Lion. It lasts for 20 seconds and makes it excellent for helping with clean-up. Consuming your grenade creates a turret that fires out five (5) burst that do 11 damage each.NB: Abyssal Extractors only activates for 2 seconds for a single grenade (even on multi-kills) if the user doesn’t have AE currently active it can stack properly on multikills from single grenades while Abyssal Extractors is active. For comparison, Eye of another World is a flat 30 second cooldown reduction. For Grenades, a void kill, such as from the Lion, reduces 7 seconds from your cool down. Void kills increase ability regeneration. The pinnacle of Lion exotics for PvE, this exotic synergizes with Lion’s void nature.Can help with Top Tree Dawnblade’s Celestial Fire melee (33 damage x 3) or middle tree Stormcaller’s Ball Lightning (70 splash + 31 direct hit damage). This benefit is an incredibly strong choice for Trials/Survival where you need to quickly re-engage and don’t always have the time for Lion’s long reload. Lion has a ~ 2.5 second reload animation, so this is already a savings. Sprint faster, after sprinting for 2 seconds, your currently equipped weapon is reloaded.Don’t forget about the extended melee range!
That inherent reload speed buff is approximately 50% of the Fighting Lion’s reload cap. Giving +30 reload and strong handling bonuses, they’re a natural fit for Lion’s blint play style. If you prefer a strong neutral game, then Ophidians are for you.Ophidian Aspects Melee Reloading/Dexterity Utility, like damage buffs or other exotic perks (like Nezarec’s Sin using Lion’s void damage)ĭisclaimer I’m a warlock main.Mobility, but especially vertical play (like St0mp-335).Synergies with melees or grenades (Like Titan overshields).Reloading and/or Dexterity (for Weapon Swaps) (like Transversive Steps or Dragon’s Shadow).Exotic choices will favor one of three things: