Lenz build
⚔ Rifle · MR 8Primary weapon — 3 mod tiers, from your first forma to the all-out build.
Info
| Category | Primary weapon |
| Type | Bow |
| Mastery required | MR 8 |
Bow: favour crit (Point Strike/Vital Sense) — charged shots crit hard.
💡 Pandaahh's favorite curiosity under a Mirage buff: ~150% crit chance from Critical Delay alone, and a quirk only the Incarnon Okina share — one single Toxin mod and the weapon outputs toxin, viral, cold and blast (its Cold bubble and its explosion stay separate instances). Cold raises crit damage on frozen targets, and Hunter Munitions finishes whatever survives with Slash. "Very comfortable, very powerful."
The 3 builds
🌱 Beginner
0–1 forma · early-planet mods
10/10Serration+165% Damage
10/10Point Strike+150% Critical Chance
10/10Hellfire+90% Heat
10/10Stormbringer+90% Electricity
5/5Cryo Rounds+90% Cold
10/10Infected Clip+90% Toxin
5/5Fast Hands+30% Reload Speed
10/10Rupture+90% ImpactBase damage + 2 elements matched to the faction (Corrosive = Electricity+Toxin against Grineer, Magnetic = Cold+Electricity against Corpus shields…).
⚙️ Intermediate
2–3 formas + catalyst · syndicate 60/60s, common rares
10/10Serration+165% Damage
10/10Split Chamber+90% Multishot10/10Point Strike+150% Critical Chance
10/10Vital Sense+120% Critical Damage
3/3Malignant Force+60% Toxin · +60% Status
3/3Rime Rounds+60% Cold · +60% Status
5/5Hunter Munitions30% chance of Slash proc on critical hit
5/5Vile Acceleration+90% Fire Rate / −15% DamageSplit Chamber (multishot) changes everything. The 60/60s (events/syndicates) raise status without sacrificing damage; Hunter Munitions (Ostron bounties) adds Slash procs on crits.
🔥 Expert
4–6 formas + catalyst · Galvanized (Arbitrations), Primed (Baro), Riven
10/10Serration+165% Damage
10/10Galvanized Chamber+80% Multishot · +30% per kill (stacks ×5)
10/10Galvanized Aptitude+80% Status · on kill: bonus damage per active status
10/10Galvanized Scope+120% Crit while aiming · headshot-kill bonus10/10Vital Sense+120% Critical Damage5/5Hunter Munitions30% chance of Slash proc on critical hit10/10Primed Cryo Rounds+165% Cold
10/10Heavy Caliber+165% Damage / reduced accuracyGalvanized mods (Arbitrations) that ramp up on kills + Primed from Baro. Weapon arcane: Primary Merciless (or Deadhead if you aim for heads). A good Riven replaces Heavy Caliber.
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.