ARMOR STRIP
Armor is often the most annoying enemy stat in Steel Path, it increases a lot there (SP boost + level scaling).
Having armor strip (means to remove armor) is very useful. It is not mandatory to remove armor completely today and this since the Jade patch.
Sources
Common Sources
- corrosive status:
- without archon shard: up to 80% strip on non-boss
- with archon shard: up to 100% with 2 green non-tau shards. 1 tau shard allows 13 corrosive stacks and strip to 98%, more than enough today.
- heat status: removes up to 50% armor
- helminth skills:
- Pillage (Hildryn, + shield strip from enemies + gives shield to frame + cleanses status)
- Terrify (Nekros, + low power demand + instant application + no Line of Sight)
- Tharros Strike (Styanax, + shield strip + instant application, - blocked by walls)
- Ophanim Eyes (Jade, + slow)
- aura Corrosive Projection
Niche Sources
- amalgam Argonak mod + Daggers
- mod Shattering Impact, used on:
- melee projectile weapons (Vastilok) for boss armor strip (Eidolons)
- anti-acolyte stick (ex: Praedos crit build + Shattering Impact)
- other frames have their own non-helminth armor strip
- companions:
- mechanical (Diriga, Hound of Parvos)> priming AoE: Contagious Bond + Manifold Bond + Arc Coil (Diriga) / Synergized Prospectus + Repo Audit + Corro/Heat on companion weapon
- animals: Vicious Bond + Swipe (Kavat)