Tan-2 Ultimate Build from a Tan-2 Main

[inner onyx]

I made this guide in video form as it's 13 mins long, goes over fundamentals, what you want etc etc.

[tall fossil]

Apparently the first artefact doesn’t work as it’s written to

[inner onyx]

Yeah, that's me falling for poor translation unfortunately. I'll probably drop an updated build once s1 drops and if it adds anything noteworthy, otherwise I've highlighted it in the comments

[inner onyx]

Please read through the pinned comment in addition to the guide. I may be updating the video if enough changes, but most is covered in that comment.

[stark pendant]

What you using over it now then mate? The ones the comment listed?

[tall fossil]

@inner onyx would you agree that Polaris isn’t worth it unless you can unlock the first catalyst?

[inner onyx]

Yeah I’d just use double god rolls if you’re unable to invest in exotics rn. Exos for Tan kinda piss

[tall fossil]

Yeah I’m still trying to god roll 40k and TL

[jolly haven]

Right now im using TL and borealis, is that decent? I finally got polaris last night, but i dont have all the resources to make it as strong as TL 🙁

[storm cave]

Polaris and 40k is better

[jolly haven]

I don't think i cant afford yo switch both

I kinda invested in borealis too 🙁 lots of resources into it

[inner onyx]

if you've already invested its not like doomed

a lot of these guides are super minmax absolute best case scenario

your account isnt scuffed cause you invested in borealis you're fine, in fact you're good against every shield type now

[young notch]

^^ thus is min max stuff and the damage difference won’t be something crazy

[paper current]

Do you know which rolls for 40k?

[tall fossil]

Firing Line and Searing Mark.

Fraternity isn’t working as it’s described, so when they fix it, it will be trash.

[tall fossil]

Ummm

Thank you RNGesus

I have the first catalyst ready to go

[paper current]

Lmk if it feels good

[tall fossil]

The rate of fire will take some getting used to compared to TL

But it is insane

[paper current]

Good dps?

Rate fire im ok with it I tested it character borrowed. I Want the Polaris for my umeko

[tall fossil]

Oh snap!

I probably would have preferred firing line, but you can’t always guarantee that you’ll be near two people all the time

So I like that tink is always giving 15%

[delicate anchor]

congrats!

hey, can you recommend what traits I should want on my TL btw? Since in the video it talks about Polaris Lance (but we all know most of us too poor for it lmfao 😭 )

[tall fossil]

If you can consistently hit precision shots, bullseye

Allocation vector is a must for the second slot

[delicate anchor]

thank you

[tall fossil]

If you get the allocation vector exotic mod

It ads a nice boost

[delicate anchor]

good to know

[tall fossil]

I have it, I just need a god roll TL to put it on

[delicate anchor]

I wish you luck to get it

[tall fossil]

LOL OMG Polaris is so goated

[tall fossil]

40k ain’t half bad either

Got a couple of self buffed 300K+ hits in strike

[copper igloo]

What do you think I should use ? Between izanagi / boréal / polaris with sy / tl / dl with eatch 3/3 mythic perls ?

[storm cave]

Polaris and 40k

[copper igloo]

Ok thanks

[twilit kite]

Total lockdown godroll with exotic mod perk synergy better than maxed Polaris

Fraternity+ allocation vector and one man team or just a really good one that doesn’t get killed

I’ve done dps tests and it genuinely does more than Polaris

Might not be for long tho cause I can’t see them letting a mythic do more dmg than an exotic

[young notch]

Is this Cat 3 Full upgrade Polaris?

[twilit kite]

Cat 3 locked

Max is cat 2

I forgot what the cat 3 upgrade is but Polaris might overtake when acclaim unlocked

[rich mortar]

I think Polaris should be taken into account that it has a spread shield breaker which when on a team would bring that utility so that everyone else including him does more dps. And it's just way faster for add clearing

Also the 40000 Sidereal Year sniper with Fraternity and Searing Mark does so much more damage than any exotic sniper. Especially with that last shot in the magazine doing 300% sniper damage

[crystal solar]

Is there any consensus on Tan's best artifacts?

[tall fossil]

It increases blast damage by 75%

[twilit kite]

izanagis burden can be stacked w syncopation

ive hit up to 1m damage

[twilit kite]

does it break spread shinka?

ngl i think izanagis burden with syncopation fraternity del3 lassi might actually be better

if u have a ning fei who can ad clear tan can focus on absolute burst dps which would be good for phased bosses

depends on the team for eclipse but i think if u have a ning fei in the squad it could be a better alternative

[hoary moth]

No it doesn’t

[twilit kite]

it does

del3 lassi with syncopation

hit 3 with scout then switch to izzy

[tall fossil]

I just got searing mark exotic ammo mod

Hell yeah!

[paper current]

What is syncopation?

I'm still undecided if Polaris or Iza for my Umeko

[tall fossil]

Four parameters to go and I’ll unlock the second Polaris catalyst

[tall fossil]

I’m waiting until I have enough materials to go to the second izi catalyst

For now, Polaris/40k is working very well

[paper current]

I like the ads capiticy of polaris, but I wonder that stacking thingie

[twilit kite]

polaris generally better for tan-2, izanagi for umeko

[paper current]

Polaris gets damage buff based on debuffs, hence Umeko imho

How do you stack Izanagi with syncopation is the better question, if Izanagi has no perk rolls isn't it

[twilit kite]

how many debuffs does umeko have

[twilit kite]

u get synocpation on dell3 lassi scout

[paper current]

3 stacks

the perks stack on the other weapon? it shouldn't

[twilit kite]

could work

theres a video comparing them i believe

its izanagi vs polaris

[paper current]

ty checking

[twilit kite]

and he uses both umeko and tan-2 with the weapons

[paper current]

I think I got it. ty I'll check it ty

[young notch]

Chat is it worth using either or just wait and full send on Izzy

[storm cave]

What a lucky pull. How the f did you get 2

[tall fossil]

Catalyst Band 01 for Polaris is done

GG

[hoary moth]

did you try yourself because it didnt work anymore

[delicate anchor]

I dont see why not

Maxxing out a PL isnt easy, but rolling a god roll TL and using all those mods etc. etc. is probably harder or at least just as hard

I think it's about picking which path you wanna take, max out a PL or rolling a lot for a god roll on the TL. Either way youll get good results

[twilit kite]

It looks like it’s been patched

[twilit kite]

It’s been a grind and so far I’ve only got a fraternity exotic mod

I maxed Polaris much quicker

I just find I can’t hit Shinkas as hard without izanagi

God roll is easy but goddamn getting a matching exotic is so painful

[tall fossil]

Oooooof

I can’t wait until they patch fraternity and everyone has to hunt for the new god roll

[delicate anchor]

I didnt even think about the devs patching stuff. At this point just build whichever weapon you like, you cant go too wrong as long as you get the best stats for said weapon haha

[young notch]

Why are we parching fraternity

[young notch]

So between Borealis and Polaris we using Polaris?

Also it’s kinda sad that without Catty, the Exotics are higher power

I’m losing power using Polaris over mythics

[tall fossil]

Because it’s currently broken

It applies when you’re solo and when you’re the only person in your fireteam that’s alive

[tall fossil]

I saw a god rolled Total Lockdown yesterday that was at 10900

I’m only 1000 behind that with my Polaris. and I still have three catalyst boosts to go

It’s just easier to get to those numbers with a mythic

[young notch]

Yeah you can easily do Mythics + Mythic mods and have a high powered weapon

It’s just so much easier and there’s no limited resource needed to fully upgrade a mythic

Compared to the the cringed bottle necked resources of a Exptic

I guess I won’t build either Polaris or Borealis and just wait till Izzy

I have 2 Borealis actually

[twilit kite]

Makes sense tho that’s how it works

Except the second part

[tall fossil]

That’s not how it’s meant to work

It’s only meant to apply when you’re in a fireteam, and everyone is alive

[tall fossil]

Being solo is not being in a fireteam

[twilit kite]

u still in a fireteam tho

its just one person /6

with that logic anything but full raid fireteams would be ineligible

[tall fossil]

Anything higher than one, at max capacity, equates a fireteam

So 3 and 6

[twilit kite]

why do u even want it to get nerfed

theres no benefit for you to have this perk nerfed

[tall fossil]

It wouldn’t be a nerf, it would be a fix, and I hate that it’s the god rolled perk when it’s broken

So close!

[hoary moth]

izzy >>>

[toxic blade]

Which exotic is best for tan2?? Polaris or izanagi or borealis?? I have two copies of all this 3 exotics but I can't decide which one to do catalyst 2 upgrade.(Btw I have godrolls on both exotic scout and sniper so either exotic is not a problem for me).

[twilit kite]

izanagi

for late-game content in raids, for early-game and solo content borealis is better

polaris is also a viable alternative for raids, izanagi is best for absolute DPS tan-2 whereas running polaris could mean you can do ad clear

if you want a dynamic tan-2 that can be used for pretty much every content run polaris

if you want the best possible tan-2 build in a team for eclipse/late-game raid content run izanagi

borealis just kinda sucks if u got other characters that can pop shields, don't run it if you have the choice

[crystal solar]

Is there a consensus on his best artifacts?

[tall fossil]

I’m running ring of abundance, ring of conversion, calming token, and bellicose planetesimal and it’s working really well

Never ending overshield from phosphorus, and massive shield on heal use

24% dmg boost from bellicose has crazy up time

[young notch]

I run abundence conversion calming and illuminated ground

28.8% weapon damage bonus thats perma

[twilit kite]

most top tier use the bulwark, conversion, calming , and bellicose or hawkeye so this probably the best

or close to as good as u can get

[tall fossil]

Yeah, I used to run the same but I’ve found that abundance helps provide a better shield than bulwark

[twilit kite]

probably does in raids, the person im talking about is best performing tan-2 in expanse

tbf bros also got an absolute godroll total lockdown as well and managed to get all three exotic mod perks matching

so idk if hes carried by that or not

when u have a 12k izanagi u dont really have to worry too much about clearing activities

[tall fossil]

Oh snap! I just got the perfect scope for my 40k

[tall fossil]

Yeah I’ve noticed most of them doing that and I still think it’s the wrong move.

Yeah abundance got nerfed, but it’ll constantly provide overshield where bulwark needs final blows

I wish Tinklieder had a mod perk

I’ll have to get god roll 40k to pass 10k

[twilit kite]

Main source of overshield is healing through conversion so unless u got t5 it’s not that great

T6 as well would make a huge difference

[twilit kite]

Bro I got a searing mark ammo but not a single allocation vector ever

Why can’t they let you choose the pork

Perk

[tall fossil]

I just got allocation vector

I wish there was trading, cause I’m not using a TL any time soon

Hello god roll

Pity I don’t have fraternity mod

[twilit kite]

Fraternity perk is genuinely insane

Flat +20 handling if your solo

And reload

[inner onyx]

Fraternity is disgustingly good

[tall fossil]

Broken IMHO, but good

[tall fossil]

It’s a pity annihilation isn’t the best for slot 1 because then I’d have every mod perk activated on TL

[keen sable]

@inner onyx This channel is meant for guides and not a place to just link your youtube videos. We have #videos-and-streams for that purpose. Please post your guides in text and image format moving forward.

[inner onyx]

It’s the highest quality guide and this has served as a place for discussion and answering questions, as well as fostering new ideas and no other guide thread coming close 👍 but like my other guides i’ll accompany them with a text form in future

[keen sable]

Thank you for understanding!

[inner onyx]

Hey I’ve dmed you something sensitive, please do respond if you get a moment !

[inner onyx]

#videos-and-streams message Video edition here. Text version coming soon, for now I've added screenshots of artis from the video below

Slot 1 is your choice, inverted guard no longer a good option

[tall fossil]

All perks unlocked from mods, she’s a thing of beauty.

[young notch]

If you wanna check if you don’t believe me , Fraternity only gives 14% damage buff in solo content at least

The % is a flat out lie lol

[tall fossil]

That just makes Tinklieder even better

Solo that is, from a dmg boost perspective

[twilit kite]

how do u know

may depend on the perk lvl

[tall fossil]

OMFG I finally broke 64000

[twilit kite]

finally

it's beautiful

now i just need acclaim 25

to make it perfected

[tall fossil]

@twilit kite that’s awesome man

I’m two mods away from the same

[twilit kite]

it's worth it

i just went from 11;50 to 8;50 in expanse with allocation vector upgrade

it's so op

better than polaris if u can hit shots

[tall fossil]

Ill be taking a closer look at those two weapons

I find Polaris quite good post activating Band 01

Explosions everywhere, shields dropping, and overshield for days

[hoary moth]

TL and izanagi is just the perfect combo

[steel moss]

Finally

[twilit kite]

yeah idk why people say polaris, every leaderboard tan uses these two

although some people disagree on fraternity

i personally think it's better cause it works very well in experienced raid teams, higher ceiling on performance

[tall fossil]

That doesn’t necessarily mean anything though.

There are people in the top 10 of numerous leaderboards using absolutely absurd weapon combos

[twilit kite]

it does

especially in expanse

and those people i imagine would be in pvp or pvpve

in pve (onslaught and expanse) all tan-2s are using the same combo

though they use different lockdown traits

some characters like ning fei and jolder have different but equally useful exotics

[tall fossil]

Not all, clearly

[twilit kite]

show

i havent checked in a while might be wrong

[tall fossil]

I’m all for using the best combo, but the community is still quite divided

[twilit kite]

i've mainly been running expanse and all those guys using izzy

whos using polaris in leaderboards? i wanna see their setup

i imagine would be searing mark on the 40k

[tall fossil]

I can see the rankings atm

It’s saying server error

[twilit kite]

lemme check

ill use my emulator and post it here if it works

[tall fossil]

There was a tan in the top ten last night using Polaris and magochi

[twilit kite]

magochi? nah wth

[tall fossil]

Yep

[twilit kite]

gotta pvp

cant see but theres no guys on cal ops, gauntlet or expanse using the combo

past top 10

lol

i didnt realise but i think i became number 4 on power rankings

they exposing my whaling

perhaps i like tan-2 a bit much

my gwynn still at 55k and shes c5

i know alias and he prefers polaris

but he mostly just runs pvp and shifting gates now

i think it's probably up to you but i would definetly say that izanagi is best if you are going to run raids more than other activities

and expanse

polaris is more dynamic for all types of activities, though

[tall fossil]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an izi hater

I’m farming for it now

I just don’t think it’s worth using until you can band 01 at the very least along with a few of the catalyst bonuses

The gap between it and 40k is enough for min maxers to chase

[young notch]

By testing in the range

Equip a double mythic fraternity vs non frat

It’s not conditional at all so fraternity should always be up

[loud marsh]

which artifact do you recommend for slot 1?

[tall fossil]

Ring of abundance paired with ring of conversion

[jolly berry]

Which artifacts do you use? Bc I know there are 2 builds (1 with Iza that I don't have and 1 with Polaris) and I still don't know which artifacts are food for Tan

[tall fossil]

I use ring of abundance, ring of conversion, calming token, and inverted vengeance

I’ll be swapping calming for inverted fury as soon as I get an exotic one

[tall fossil]

Oh yeah baby!

[tall fossil]

As soon as I finish off the last band catalyst I’ll be at 70k

[tall fossil]

@pallid cedar what’s your t6 rotation?

[pallid cedar]

Still working on it since I got T6 very recently

Yoo T6 tan-2 gang

[tall fossil]

Yeah I’m playing with bellicose in third slot again

[tall fossil]

Skin acquired, now she is complete

[pallid cedar]

Same one I am using lol

[wild coral]

Nice

[tall fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/himym-neil-patrick-harris-gif-4571383

[tall fossil]

@pallid cedar I don’t think t6 is working

I tried both, and then got the corresponding flare maxed

The ability stayed on cooldown

A log out and in fixed it wtf 😂

[pallid cedar]

Lol

[tall fossil]

Awww man

5 seconds off 8 min expanse 30

[tall fossil]

I’m thinking of running illuminated ground

Abundance, Conversion, Calming or Inverted (still testing differences), Illuminated

[pallid cedar]

The last 2 slots are what?

What do they do?

[tall fossil]

Inverted is 24% weapon damage while shielded

Illuminated is x% weapon damage for 6 seconds on ability use while standing still

[pallid cedar]

Hmm

Calming?

[tall fossil]

Doing strikes for the 1% chance of an exotic engram is killing my soul

[tall fossil]

I can either pinnacle a bunch of strikes or wait until next legendary campaign to reset

[pallid cedar]

@tall fossil what TT on jolder and Ning fei?

[tall fossil]

What?

[pallid cedar]

Like how many dupes

[thorn mesa]

Is this where the Tan-2s went?

what's the consensus for the other sniper the one that begins with M

[tall fossil]

3 for jolder, maybe one for Ning

[tall fossil]

Only one YouTuber really rates it

I’ve been chasing a god rolled one just to check it out

[thorn mesa]

Apparently it’s super good. This one guy was saying I wasted my time building a god rolled 40k 😂

But having a T6 tan the high fire rate just feels better for dps

[tall fossil]

That’s a bit over the top lol

[thorn mesa]

Apparently there’s a spreadsheet with all tested damages and rolls

For real he was talking as if he was one of the tans testing it lol but based all of his assumptions on this spreadsheet

Who knows bro

[tall fossil]

This YouTuber swear by it

I’ve been looking in to

[tall fossil]

@thorn mesa there we go

[thorn mesa]

Is that triple tap and forth times?

[tall fossil]

Triple and pranayama

[pallid cedar]

But does he have a T6 tan-2?

[thorn mesa]

He doesn’t

[pallid cedar]

That explains it

[thorn mesa]

The rapid fire sniper is beautiful on T6

[pallid cedar]

Yep, that's why 40k is suggested if you have him on T6

Cause not only you can spam more times his abilities enchanted, but also if you don't really have to focus on dps, you can still spam heals

[thorn mesa]

Btw I haven’t tested this

But does bellicose work for his phase shift ability?

[pallid cedar]

No point to use 40k on tan-2 if you can't benefit from the rapid fire. Kinda opposite case of Estela which she gets a lot of help from the start due to how her kit has built in benefit from high RPM

[thorn mesa]

Do you get that damage boost on swapping from dusk and dawn?

[pallid cedar]

Tbh I am not testing much around artifacts for now, especially since I am not minmaxing him in terms of artifact and mostly focusing to have him with maxed loadout

[thorn mesa]

I should have him around 75k next week when I get the final Polaris

[pallid cedar]

Damn

I have him at 68k, but also cause I was mostly focusing on acclaim leveling

And kinda got unlucky with polaris, since it was my last exotic

Btw polaris is BiS only for now on tan-2. If they did make his T2 or T3 explosive bullet be buffed if you shoot with polaris after enhanced sunset, then it will be kinda meta

Otherwise the real BiS of Tan-2 will be something like whisper of the worm which should shoot a little faster than borealis and also have the advantage of taking back bullets or smth like that

Izanagi is not looking like optimal for him simply cause izanagi is single shot burst dmg type, which kinda make you not use the potential of T6 tan-2

[thorn mesa]

whipser

🤤

and the whispers breath alongside standing still and precision shots, OD for t6

[tall fossil]

I’ve god rolled four weapons today on my first go

Zero PL though

Thanks RNGesus

[pallid cedar]

Lol

[craggy kettle]

whats the best weapon combo if you have every weapon available?

[tall fossil]

Polaris Lance and 40k.

Total Lockdown for when you need to stun rapid fire shinkas, and izi for Calamity.

[tall fossil]

16 exotic parameters away from maxing Polaris Lance

[tall fossil]

This game is giving me every exotic from strike on a 1% chance except for the Polaris Lance

[tall fossil]

I bet I’ll get enough random exotics to make an engram for my last PL, and then the first strike I do will give me a PL

[twilit kite]

I wanna try Polaris but I feel like cause it’s not dps oriented I wouldn’t be able to use it much

Goddamn game has to make it easier to invest in more exotics

Genuinely such a pain to max out even one

How u ever gonna try them all

[tall fossil]

@twilit kite Polaris is amazing

Tap tap boom

Everything is dead

If expanse didn’t have rapid fires in this cycle I would have finished under 8 min so much easier.

[twilit kite]

Yeah but I alr maxed Izzy

[twilit kite]

also i hate hitting consistent headshots on the ads

but maybe its cause i use total lockdown and it's an auto

[tall fossil]

Fair

I hope they address izi

It should be our exotic

[pallid cedar]

Rip

[twilit kite]

lowkey tho i shred with it

max solar and weapon

u do 2m damage

wouldve been like 6m in alpha

rip

[tall fossil]

A few people in main chat earlier were saying that the borealis is the best sniper for tan, and wouldn’t listen to reason.

[twilit kite]

lol

there is no 'bad' tan exotic

they are all equally useful

in an ideal world everyone could max all of them out

but the devs limit resources

[tall fossil]

I think Borealis is only worth investing in if you’re more casual, someone not likely to min/max perks mods etc.

I used it while levelling for breaking shields, but once I was became aware of the content, gear, mods etc, it was replaced by a 40k pretty quick.

[tall fossil]

Another god roll to hold on to just in case it’s useful

That perk combo is certainly interesting

[twilit kite]

izzy and polaris are obviously best for tan

but borealis is still useful, just not a BiS

it means u can take on mismatch

[tall fossil]

Whhhhhhhhhyyyyyy!!!!!!

[twilit kite]

this wouldnt be optimal anyway dw

damage bonus boost is a waste stat , u want super boost

[tall fossil]

Constantly getting garbage ones

I got four last night, all ruined

[tall fossil]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjh

Seriously?

[tall fossil]

Anything other than void and it would have been useable

[pallid cedar]

Lol

[young notch]

Inverted Fury + Izi = 2M per shot

[pallid cedar]

Meh

[tall fossil]

Still not wowed

They need to tune izi so its actually more useful

[pallid cedar]

@tall fossil u online rn?

What's your ig

Need u to show me how it looks for a ikora with catalyzed exotic launcher with T6 shooting with neuron rebirth x6

[tall fossil]

I was not 😂

[tall fossil]

That’ll be interesting

I still need to get her relic upgraded

[young notch]

How much does your Izi do?

[tall fossil]

My izi sits in my inventory in pieces not being c3

If hellhest is meh, I’ll build izi for the hell of it

[hoary moth]

2M against what ?

[young notch]

Issaki

I cant post links here wtf..

[somber sail]

What’s the pvp set up for tan 2

[somber sail]

Even for pvp?

[tall fossil]

PL can work on pvp but it’s very punishing if you miss

[somber sail]

Do yk which sniper has a one shot head shot?

[tall fossil]

40k shoots fast, so if you don’t one tap them, the second shot kills them before they can react

Heavy ammo is usually pretty scarce in Shifting

I only use my sniper when the situation really calls for it.

Iron is different because you can restock

[hoary moth]

Ah yes because he takes 2x damage

[pallid cedar]

But isn't that for all sources of dmg?

[young notch]

I mean yeah, thats for anyone. I'm just wondering if anyone has hit Issaki for more

[hoary moth]

yes I think

Since my solo I think I can reach 2.4M if I play with Hawkeye Token but I prefer Bellicose

[pallid cedar]

Overall dps? I think T6 with 40k loadout can reach higher amounts. Single shot dmg? Izzi can't be beaten

[pallid cedar]

@tall fossil what's the numbers you got on practice range with tan-2 and umeko?

[hoary moth]

No izanagi is better than 40k

[pallid cedar]

Do you have Tan-2 T6?

If you don't have him to T6, then it makes no sense to use 40k since you don't benefit from reloading the flare bar faster, while you do benefit from a faster sniper rifle which is 40k to spam his T2 which deals lots of dmg and can be spammed with T6

[hoary moth]

Yes

Btw iza x4 give more flare since yesterday

1 shot = 75% flare now

[pallid cedar]

Still too slow

But if you have izanagi maxed, why not use it on him lol

The point is that you can still use either, dps is not that much different

You get more dps if you just use a maxed 40k by rotating properly spamming T2 and T6

[hoary moth]

Need to see a gameplay with 40k to compare, with izanagi I can kill Issakis in 10 sec solo

[pallid cedar]

Tbh, dps boss phase with a boss that takes double the dmg from all sources and overpowered is not a great measure of value

Anyway, I do believe that his best setup is not still available, we need a better sniper rifle that shoots as fast as 40k but can deal good dmg, smth like the golden gun sniper from final shape would be pretty insane on him

[hoary moth]

Issakis or servitor in firing range

[pallid cedar]

Servitor non shinka

[hoary moth]

Ahah it would be so OP

[hoary moth]

Ofc

[pallid cedar]

Otherwise if not that sniper, I think any scout rifle they might introduce that shoots multiple bullets, smth like the new one from D2

[hoary moth]

Hum idk, total lockdown is so good

[pallid cedar]

Polaris lance is basically like Izanagi for tan-2. They are there, they are good, but they are slow for a T6. Future exotics will be more beneficial

[pallid cedar]

That's my point lol. Just like 40k with izanagi

Total lockdown is pretty good and shoot fast enough to build up flare energy even without heavy ammo

If I could, I would straight up avoid using exotics and only use the mythicals, cause they are faster to build up rpm.

But unfortunately for more power you need to max out an exotic and equip it

It is a matter of taste, my point is that Izanagi is not that worth it compared to a 40k cause T6 benefits on faster RPM since Izanagi is shooting slower and also the whole supercharging thing is not automatic and instantaneous

Before T6, no point to invest on 40k cause yeah, good damage, but you do not benefit from faster RPM

[pallid cedar]

Tbf, Tan-2 is eating good anyway and he can only get better. Still can't believe that he is a standard unit lmao.
He can do rapid fire even with Polaris lance cause he can tank if you over power requirements and use heals

[flat veldt]

New light here, climbing power levels, currently 45k. Have a lockdown and borealis, trying to get a lance and 40k. What artifacts should i be focusing on for “high level” content?

[pallid cedar]

Tbh I am using abudance, conversion, calming token and hawkeye token

[flat veldt]

Worth a shot I guess. Thanks

[tall fossil]

Not for Tan-2 isn’t, especially if you’re T6

[hoary moth]

show me why then 😎

[tall fossil]

With T6 you’re able to sunset very rapidly, it’s a lot of damage, so in a 15 second dmg phase, T6 40k tan will do 10-11mil

You can’t do that rotation with Izi due to the speed of sunset being ready and reload times

So you end up doing significantly less damage

Without T6, the damage between the two rifles is closer, which means there’s little point to doing the huge investment to Izi when making a exotic modded god roll 40k the better investment

The main content izi is good for on tan is calamity

And right now tan is king in calamity

[hoary moth]

Yes ok but I need a video because I can tell you I’m doing 20m in 10 sec with izanagi :/

[hoary moth]

Tan always king in calamity btw

If played right

[tall fossil]

With an izi, technically, but no one was taking tan into calamity last cycle if they wanted to get anywhere

[hoary moth]

Right but anyway the last cycle was full of oob and glitch with fast movement, so many players skip this cycle

[pallid cedar]

Tbh, the main reason people fight for which weapon loadout is the best is simply because it is too heavy investment to max out an exotic

If they could make exotic less grindy to max out, people would simply swap exotics with no issue

[tall fossil]

I’d like the devs to make resetting the exotics refunding some of exotic materials

[pallid cedar]

Ye

[tall fossil]

I started investing in maha for Rossi, and even though that’s a beast weapon, I think trinity is actually better functionally

I now regret the 60 exotic parts I put into maha

[pallid cedar]

Lol

I think maha is good on ning fei cause somehow the arc chainin can hit too much and even without seeing the enemy

[tall fossil]

Man I was doing calamity on tan earlier.

Had this insane match make.

We were all 70k plus, we were easily going to break past 300k

And the arc lmg using Estella went afk

[pallid cedar]

I still remember being killed by a ning fei with that weapon while we weren't able to see each other cause I curved and the arc lightnings were curving too .-.

[pallid cedar]

I still have to do calamity. I am still at spe 2 lol

[tall fossil]

I could sunset all the shields away, but the guy was 74k

He was a beast

Had to settle for 295k

Gutted

I wish I had a dedicated team, but my wife would kill me if I started playing any more than I already do

[pallid cedar]

Lol

[dreamy pecan]

which Attributes Are BiS for Slot 3&4 as a T6 Tan with 40k
Solar
Sig or ability ?
Weapon
Running mythic artifacts for 3&4

[tall fossil]

Leave solar for when you get an exotic and run weapon, ability, and dmg bonus

[dreamy pecan]

What is damage Bonus for ? I thought it only extends the Supers duration

Thanks for the Reply though !

[tall fossil]

It does, so more dmg

I’m forever searching for decent 3rd and 4th slots

It’s a pain

[pallid cedar]

If I am not wrong dmg bonus improves buffs?

[hoary moth]

anyone got a youtube video with a solo issakis with 40k ?

[tall fossil]

I need to try soloing that fight, wouldn’t be overly hard to do.

[young notch]

Never

I’ve only ever seen Izi solos

Mostly ES9 posting LMAO

[hoary moth]

very easy, you can kill him in 9-10 sec but not with the 40k btw 😏

[pallid cedar]

How many shots do they take to kill it in one phase?

[hoary moth]

5 but 4 is possible

[young notch]

Yeah usually 5

Izi is doing 2M+ per shot on Issaki

[steep anchor]

I have all three exotics for tan-2. Is the best build with Polaris lance/siderail or lockdown/Izzy?

[tall fossil]

Polaris/40k for everything except Calamity, that’s Lockdown/Izi.

lockdown is also useful for rapid fire skinks on expanse.

If you’re not T6 with Tan you can get away with Lockdown/Izi for everything according to some.

[hoary moth]

lockdown izzy is very powerful everywhere and better when you izanagi is maxed (better total damage, better dps)

[carmine spruce]

Anyone been using Tan-2 for the recent Arc Expanse in a good time? If so, what's the setup?

I cleared it fine at the 68k power needed but timing is a bit slower for the bonuses. I don't have Boreal maxed, but I'm thinking the third cata would probably help a lot here.

[tall fossil]

Not if you’re T6.

[hoary moth]

Yep, I did it in 5 min with Total Lockdown and Izanagi

[carmine spruce]

Ohh ty!

[earnest nimbus]

Can you send screenshots of your build? I’m struggling to get the last key

[tall fossil]

Best one I’ve managed in over a week of farming

[pallid cedar]

Tbf, the best exotic for T6 Tan-2 is not yet there

Izanagi feels nice to play anyway, but Polaris also feels nice when heavy ammo is a problem.

[tall fossil]

It’s the best from what we have for the majority of content.

I’d like to see another exotic scout that has a higher rate of fire

[pallid cedar]

More like a better sniper exotic

Imagine cayde retribution

[tropic heron]

Signature instead of super for bis no ?

[tall fossil]

Yep

[tropic heron]

Rng 😞

[tall fossil]

Perfect one for the overshield build once I convert it to solar

[meager tundra]

Sooo final build is what weapons combo? Only mythics? What is the best possible weapon choice?

[spiral cloak]

^
Haven''t played in a while and curious what's the current meta for Tan's weps

[tall fossil]

Nothing has changed

[gaunt axle]

I think I play tan-2 a little bit more often than other characters