Atlas: Landslide beginner

Atlas: Landslide beginner

Intro
Atlas’s entire existence revolves around his Landslide ability, a source of both strength and frustration. While his rugged, stone-infused might offers satisfying gameplay, his kit suffers from clunky mechanics, poor scalability, and limited utility. Surviving high-level content, such as the Steel Path, requires careful build planning and creative synergies. Despite his flaws, there’s undeniable joy in smashing enemies with his signature stone fists.

Counters

Atlas struggles against:

  • Armored Enemies: His damage output falls off significantly without external armor stripping.
  • Crowded Rooms: While Petrify provides crowd control, it lacks the versatility to deal with high-damage enemies at range.
  • Team Interference: Rubble generation depends on last-hitting petrified enemies, which teammates can inadvertently steal.

Build Path

The Roaring Slide build revolves around enhancing Landslide and pairing it with Petrify for rubble generation. Landslide acts as a pseudo-exalted weapon, scaling with mods applied to a melee stat stick. This build aims to optimize damage, survivability, and quality of life.

Build

Abilities

  • Landslide: Main damage dealer, scaling with strength mods and stat stick bonuses.
  • Petrify: Generates rubble for survivability and synergizes with Landslide.
  • Helminth Replacement: Tectonics is replaced for better utility or damage amplification.

Core Mods

  • Umbral Mods:
    • Umbral Vitality, Umbral Fiber, Umbral Intensify for survivability and strength.
  • Stretch + Overextended: Provides effective range for Petrify to manage crowds efficiently.
  • Primed Flow: Supports Landslide’s energy-heavy gameplay, especially with Arcane Violet Shards.
  • Rubble Heap (Augment): Adds rubble bonuses for easier energy and survivability management

Flex Mods

  • Path of Statues (Augment): Provides extra crowd control by leaving a trail of petrification. Can be swapped out depending on playstyle.
  • Adaptation: Substitute for Umbral Fiber to mitigate status-heavy enemy damage.
  • Primed Continuity: Useful if you find Landslide’s buff duration too short

Alternative Mods

  • Steel Charge: As an aura mod, it boosts melee damage further, enhancing Landslide’s potency.
  • Armored Agility: Increases speed and armor, benefiting close-range engagements.

Helminth

  • Roar (Recommended): Amplifies Landslide’s damage and complements Atlas’s single-target focus. Ideal for players aiming for high-damage builds.
  • Alternative Options:
    • Nourish: Boosts energy efficiency and toxin damage.
    • Pillage: Provides survivability through shields and armor stripping.
    • Tharros Strike: Strips armor while healing, a good defensive option

Synergies

  • Arcanes:
    • Arcane Avenger: Increases Landslide’s critical chance.
    • Arcane Fury: Enhances melee damage.
  • Companions:
    • Moas with grouping tools to cluster enemies for Landslide.
    • Armor-stripping or status-applying companions, depending on mission requirements.
  • Stat Stick: A well-modded melee weapon (e.g., Ceramic Dagger Incarnon) ensures Landslide’s damage remains competitive.

Archon Shards

  • Amber: Two shards for increased casting speed, making Landslide smoother and more responsive.
  • Violet: One shard to boost max energy when paired with Primed Flow, enhancing energy economy.