thermite_cutter

This is Arclight's endgame support configuration, built to maximize both her SP generation and the strength of her Wildland Trekker buff. Thermite Cutter carries an ally-wide attack boost while the Frontiers set turns every SP recovery into a temporary team damage increase, and the Redeemer Seal off-piece pushes Intellect and Ultimate Gain so her Electric DMG buff scales higher and her Ultimate comes back faster. Because her damage happens mostly off-field, the goal is to keep the Electrification loop running so the Combo Skill keeps feeding SP to the rest of the team. Use this setup in Electric-centric compositions where at least one other operator can apply Electric Infliction.

The early game build keeps Arclight functional before endgame gear is farmed. She keeps the same Thermite Cutter, which is obtainable early through the New Horizons banner weapon selector, and wears full Mordvolt Insulation to pile on Intellect so her Wildland Trekker buff still contributes meaningfully. Her role is unchanged — an SP battery for Electric teams that also chips in damage — but the raw stat line is weaker than the endgame Frontiers setup. Once better pieces are available, transition the gear to Frontiers while keeping the weapon.

This endgame setup commits fully to Pogranichnik's support identity. Thermite Cutter turns his SP restoration into Attack for the whole party while padding his Will, and the Frontiers set adds Combo Skill cooldown reduction plus a team-wide DMG buff whenever he recovers SP. Using Bonekrusha Poncho T1 as an off-piece accelerates his Ultimate for more SP and adds Will and Agility. Together these pieces keep the Vulnerable-to-Breach-to-SP cycle running and amplify the damage his allies deal, which is exactly what a physical squad wants from him.

A budget-friendly starting point that keeps Pogranichnik's SP engine online without rare gear. The full Mordvolt Resistant set lifts his Will, which feeds his support scaling, and adds a Treatment Effect bonus when he drops below half HP. Thermite Cutter remains the top choice because it arrives on the New Horizons banner alongside him and still grants a party Attack buff after SP is restored, while Sundering Steel is the simpler damage-oriented alternative if the Weapon Selector was used elsewhere.

This endgame setup treats Akekuri purely as a support engine. Thermite Cutter converts her frequent SP recovery into a party ATK buff, stacking with the Frontiers bonus that also pays the team a damage bonus each time she restores SP and shortens her Combo Skill cooldown. The Redeemer Seal off-piece accelerates her Ultimate so that Link and the Rallying Flare SP refunds come online more often. Because her SP generation is the real payload, everything in the build funnels toward making those refunds more frequent and more valuable to the rest of the squad, while Intellect on her gear raises the SP she returns through her talent. She is placed in the flex slot of a damage-focused team, firing her combo skill off staggers and dropping the Ultimate whenever the team needs a refill.

The early game version of Akekuri leans on Catastrophe gear because it gives her a chunk of SP the moment a fight begins and speeds up how quickly her Ultimate becomes available. That matters because her Ultimate is the ability that refunds SP to the whole team and, once her talent is unlocked, hands out Link. Thermite Cutter carries over from the endgame build since it is obtained for free and its party-wide ATK bonus after SP recovery is useful even with modest investment. The overall plan is to keep her cheap while she does her job: apply Heat Infliction with the Battle Skill, punish staggers with the Combo Skill for SP, and fire the Ultimate as often as possible.

This late-game setup builds Alesh entirely around his SP battery identity. Thermite Cutter turns his frequent SP recovery into a team ATK boost, while the Frontiers set rewards the same trigger with an extra team damage buff and cuts his Combo Skill cooldown so the cycle comes back sooner. Redeemer Armor supplies Intellect plus Ultimate Gain Efficiency, the two Frontiers Extra O2 Tube kits raise his secondary attribute, and Frontiers Fiber Gloves T1 adds more Ultimate Gain Efficiency. Stack Intellect toward 600 so Veteran Angler reliably nets Rare Fins, then let the rest of the squad convert the SP and buffs into damage.