Dual Toxocyst build
⚔ Sidearm · MR 11Secondary weapon — 3 mod tiers, from your first forma to the all-out build.
Info
| Category | Secondary weapon |
| Type | Pistol |
| Mastery required | MR 11 |
💡 Riven god roll per Pandaahh: multishot + crit damage + punch through — punch through is THE Dual Toxocyst riven specialty (it beats what mods provide, up to ~4 m) — plus a harmless negative (−zoom, −projectile speed). −magazine capacity is not a god roll. Since then, Pandaahh crowns them "the best secondary in the game": in Incarnon form the ricochets hit heads so often that the Frenzy passive and the Incarnon charge sustain themselves. His two favorite pairings: Cyte-09 (his 1 marks weak points through walls — charge the Incarnon without exposing yourself) and Harrow + Lasting Covenant (every headshot kill extends the 4's crit buff: near-permanent red crits). Add the Hot Shot arcane (+6% weapon crit chance per ability-inflicted Heat status, 50 stacks = +300%), kept stacked by a Heat-proccing Hound — demonstrated in Circulus survival (Lua) "up to level 10,000 without stuttering".
The 3 builds
🌱 Beginner
0–1 forma · early-planet mods
10/10Hornet Strike+220% Damage
10/10Convulsion+90% Electricity
5/5Heated Charge+90% Heat
10/10Pathogen Rounds+90% Toxin
10/10Deep Freeze+90% Cold
10/10Gunslinger+72% Fire Rate
5/5Quickdraw+48% Reload
5/5Slip Magazine+30% MagazineHornet Strike first (every rank counts), then 2 elements matched to the faction.
⚙️ Intermediate
2–3 formas + catalyst · syndicate 60/60s, common rares
10/10Hornet Strike+220% Damage
10/10Barrel Diffusion+120% Multishot
5/5Lethal Torrent+60% Fire Rate · +60% Multishot
5/5Pistol Gambit+120% Critical Chance
10/10Target Cracker+60% Critical Damage
3/3Pistol Pestilence+60% Toxin · +60% Status
3/3Jolt+60% Electricity · +60% Status10/10Convulsion+90% ElectricityBarrel Diffusion (multishot) + Lethal Torrent = the core of every sidearm. 60/60s (Pistol Pestilence/Jolt) via syndicates.
🔥 Expert
4–6 formas + catalyst · Galvanized (Arbitrations), Primed (Baro), Riven
10/10Hornet Strike+220% Damage
10/10Galvanized Diffusion+80% Multishot · +30% per kill (stacks ×5)
10/10Galvanized Shot+80% Status · on kill: bonus damage per active status5/5Lethal Torrent+60% Fire Rate · +60% Multishot10/10Primed Pistol Gambit+187% Critical Chance10/10Primed Target Cracker+110% Critical Damage3/3Pistol Pestilence+60% Toxin · +60% Status3/3Jolt+60% Electricity · +60% StatusGalvanized Diffusion/Shot from Arbitrations, Primed from Baro. Arcane: Secondary Merciless — or Secondary Encumber for status weapons.
Arcanes
⚠️ « Evergreen » builds generated per archetype — the meta evolves. Adjust to the mods, arcanes and shards you own. All 3 tiers only use real in-game mods.