Year 8 meta

Loadouts

Current PvE, PvP, raid, and skill kits. Clone any of them into the workshop.

dpsStriker

Striker Overdogs

Year 8 PvE DPS staple. Four-piece Striker with Equalizer chest and Overdogs gloves. St. Elmo's Engine chains shock while stacks ramp weapon damage.

pve · legendary · farming
dpsStriker

Red Striker Memento

All-red Striker with Memento backpack. Trophy scavenging pays armor, skill tiers, and weapon damage — the best solo legendary farming loop.

pve · legendary
hybridStriker

Blue Striker Memento

Blue-core Striker with Palisade chest (Obliterate) and Memento. Trades peak DPS for legendary survivability without giving up stack scaling.

pve · legendary
dpsTipping Scales

Tipping Scales LMG

Tipping Scales backpack/holster/knees with Tinkerer mask and Contractor's Gloves. LMG Frenzy loops with armor-damage pressure for Escalation and raids.

pve · raid
dpsTipping Scales

Tipping Pestilence

Pestilence DoT engine on Tipping Scales. The plague cloud does the heavy lifting while you keep stacks and armor damage rolling.

pve · legendary
dpsHeartbreaker

Heartbreaker Flatline

Heartbreaker stacks on marked targets. Technician laser + Flatline Lexington/ACS-12. Comfortable Countdown and mission DPS.

pve · farming
dpsNegotiator's Dilemma

Negotiator Pestilence

Negotiator's Dilemma shares crits across marked enemies while Pestilence DoT ticks. Elite rooms melt once two targets are marked.

pve · legendary
skillRefactor

Refactor Force Multiplier

Skill DPS. Four-piece Refactor, Force Multiplier backpack, Glass Cannon Wyvern chest. Capacitor scales with skill tiers from Technician.

pve · legendary
skillHard Wired

Hard Wired Seekers

Infinite cluster seekers. Hard Wired plus China Light Glass Cannon and BTSU Datagloves. Demolitionist charges the loop.

pve · legendary
dpsHunter's Fury

Hunter's Fury CQB

Close-quarters farming machine. Hunter's Fury with Ouroboros or Vector. Armor on kill plus smash damage. Control points and Summit floors.

pve · farming
dpsUmbra Initiative

Umbra Initiative

Cover-to-cover DPS. Umbra rewards sliding between cover with haste and damage. Excellent for missions where you cannot sit in the open.

pve
tankFoundry Bulwark

Foundry Bulwark Tank

Legendary and raid off-tank. Foundry Bulwark with Tardigrade chest. Hold aggro, body-block, and keep the squad shooting.

pve · legendary · raid · support
healerFuture Initiative

Future Initiative Medic

Raid/incursion healer. Future Initiative backpack bonus heals the squad when you repair. BTSU gloves plus Restorer Hive and Chem Launcher.

raid · support · legendary
skillEclipse Protocol

Eclipse Protocol

Status-effect crowd control. Eclipse spreads burn/bleed/shock through the room. Legendary add-clear and countdown support.

pve · support · farming
dpsStriker

Striker PvP Elmo

Dark Zone and Conflict. Mixed red/blue Striker, Ceska/Grupo chest with Unbreakable or Adrenaline Rush. St. Elmo's plus M870 for close fights.

pvp
dpsStriker

Striker PvP Ouroboros

SMG Striker for Conflict lanes and DZ hallways. Ouroboros invis frames plus mixed cores. Same Unbreakable/Adrenaline package.

pvp
hybridBrand hybrid

Ninja Capacitor Hybrid

NinjaBike backpack hybrid for Dark Zone. Walker mask, Equalizer chest, Fox's Prayer, Contractor's. Capacitor plus jammer for rogue hunts.

pvp · pve