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Primarily through the decree, which gives a 90% chance for the next ability cast to not consume any energy. It normally is like this, though, due to diriga giving me an endless supply of orbs, Archon Stretch activation, and free ability casts

SP circuit has some buffs to its damage, but it should still nuke similarly with specific casting order and redline maxed.

Ah, awesome sauce. So, to get redline maxed I need to get it to 100% right? And how do I do energy regen quick as hefl?@@CollateralKaos

@BlimeyofLimey I started using synth deconstruct on diriga + Equilibrium instead of Streamline, haven't had any issues with energy

It's a bit odd, cause I've followed your build to the letter and my energy isn't quick to recharge. Ahah

Yup, full status evo, I used the arcane to get me 240% corrosive without needing to mod for it and then focused on status application and damage. You also choose stance for fastest attack speed rather than procs or damage Blood rush Gladiator Might Organ shatter Weeping wounds Primed reach Berserker Fury Primed Pressure Point Riven/Gladiator Vice. I also recently tried it with hydroid instead and made it into a melee influence build. Hydroid gives straight up corrosive for the stripping (and his passive gives you the full armor strip easier and faster) then mod a bit of electric in place of bloodrush, use wrathful advance to get reds, and then let it nuke rooms. Some of my highest KPS to date being just short of frames like Gyre and Gauss, and it absolutely *deleted* the acolytes. My problem with Bo incarnon prior to this was its +4m range was practically useless since it had neither the damage nor follow through to make use of it. This build just found a way to get around it, quite happy with it.

@@CollateralKaos You got me, now I want to try it. Huge thanks for the details. Hm.. I really like the idea of using corrosive arcane, if only we had 2 arcane slots in melee weapons.. And in this showcase you had a riven?

This is always an option, but I normally recommend duration shards. Efficiency gets stopped often enough to be annoying from your shields breaking, so I disliked using it myself. Reason for duration shards is you can drop a bit of the duration from the build to get back up to 100% strength, and then you also have extended duration (rather than uselessly higher than 100 strength) for the 4 focused build as well as keep the 100% strength on the range build. Doesn't really matter, though, as this will work, your stats should be well balanced for the sunder build even if they end up mildly janky for the duration build (which it's not like you need one in the first place).

I would also add you can replace fleeting expertise and constitution with just streamline and primed flow. Effective energy is higher and duration doesnt suffer. And final duration would be higher with the archon shards.

@miguelangelfernandez7702 I actually swapped to Streamline and kept Constitution, it's good enough energy economy I have found and gets my duration really high. Let me keep my shards for solving every other issue of 2 energy orb effectiveness, 2 energy max, and 1 casting speed

Ok so then you keep your redline duration in around 60 secs. Correct?

@miguelangelfernandez7702 Yes, it gets you a good firerate buff while you still keep the full effectiveness of the thermal sunder nuke

Not often as cold cast rarely if ever kills, I don't personally even slot Flow either so I don't see it as necessary. That said, if you are using Flow it IS just a direct upgrade

You do, which regulates it to 2/3rds uptime. However, you can use corrosive projection to fix this. You just need to use your 1 in between each heat cast, or you could just use the massive gun buffs you still get from his 4 to clear rooms while you wait for his 4 to charge (just make sure you aren't forgetting about the battery as many seem to do).

Close contagion mainly, but with all the perks to give bonus status types they can help immensely. The Corrosive and cold/toxin procs Viral would be fantastic

I have never had an issue with it, been playing the build for over a year now, ever since archon vitality, and without it or augmented before then for 3 years now. I never needed or went for 100% strength to kill enemies before it was out, sure as hell don't need it now, it's just free kinetic plating maxing. A lot of people have said otherwise, they either haven't tried it or aren't using cold sunder to protect themselves.

I did, it's the highest upvoted one under Gauss Prime, build performance hasn't changed at all in quite a while

Molt augmented brings it back up to 100%, it gives 60% total after 250 kills. You don't need the protection of plating until the levels where it would cap out, but needless to say you can easily replace a mod or 2 to get 100% strength without requiring kills.

Decrees that make the next ability free 90% of the time. In normal missions I still have little trouble though as I run 2 shards for energy orb effectiveness

@@CollateralKaos i was wondering would it be viable to exchange rolling guard with fleeting expertise? Build would lose on some duration but would gain some more efficiency

@@neroitR you can swap Streamline for it and get much more efficiency without having to lose survivability, then swap Augur Reach for a duration mod to make up the difference a bit I would still recommend finding other ways to solve energy though, zenurik + archon shards has done wonders for me

It already has 100% armor stripping before the heat damage is dealt as explained in the guide. It isn't affected by strength either, so it doesn't save me anything. Brief is there for the extra survivability, and I swapped molt efficiency for Aegis now, so it helps me get activations of it. Corrosive is entirely useless here, but you can really run any aura you want as none of them have very large effects for 90% of gameplay, especially for Gauss. Thanks for asking, though, rather than just going straight to just telling!

Why is a slide killing your momentum? And the extra space allows more focus on stronger procs rather than having to use slots for getting procs. And a clunky stance doesn't hurt anything, not to mention your slide attacks help momentum, they don't break it.

@@CollateralKaos RUclips keeps deleting my comment if I try to direct you to a clip, so, on the site called stream able, add eesux8 at the end, and then you'll see what it is a lot of other melees can do but scythes can't

Um, no. These aren't steel path heavies, these are manic bombards who have about 4x the health of even the Corrupted heavy gunners The multiplier is 3x due too archon vitality + damage of thermal sunder (takes the damage of existing heat procs, Doubles it because of archon vitality, adds all that too double its listed damage also due too archon vitality, and applies all of that on top of existing procs). And of course, priming them can work, but its gotta be a *good* heat proc. However, be aware of heat inherit properties. This ability has 12 seconds of status duration, if you apply a heat status prior you lose 6 of those seconds, so it has to have a substantially higher damage otherwise you WILL lose damage... but yeah, it multiplies existing procs. Lastly, I *have* outsourced a roar with my friend, and my lord its stupid. They used nidus and gave me a 400%, 2 or 3 casts was hitting millions and even billions... Roar sunder is ridiculously broken.

@@CollateralKaos I understand, the colors are different, for me, they are consider heavies, normal gunners for me is like nah, sorry if I did not mention it clearly. yeah about the proc duration, since now they give +90% (augur seeker now gives 90% status duration) instead of 30, i think it is def worth a try, as it is now guarantee 11 heat ticks. 400% roar? Real. that's like 5x per clap, with primer or torment twofold in duviri, you will get a 5 x 5 = 25x per clap, which is just mental, it ramps you base dmg, your per clap dmg , and all of that into the heat ticks that is buffed like crazy, thus the billions of blast dmg in just 2 or 3 claps... And yes, Roar sunder is ridiculously broken, been abusing this for months now lmao... (They did not know the infamous scaling lmao)

@amolistic_ it's a lot more even, the double status damage decree is goofy with thermal sunder because it is a 4x multiplier on sunder, since it doubles the procs that are already on them and then diubles the applied damage as well, and roar will double dip for even more ridiculous amounts... TS just works a little too perfectly with a lot of outside sources, like that roar buff was actually giving 2000% damage buff and getting multiplied just to put icing on the cake. Throw in the fact you can use it like expedite suffering to make heat weapons into one shot monsters and its a very universally applicable ability.

@@CollateralKaos that's basically the whole math behind thermal and roar moment

@amolistic_ yeah, anything multiplicative too it like those things is just asking for stupid numbers lol You got discord by chance? I usually like to add people who are well versed in the game such as yourself. Mine is actually listed on my overframe build

Well, there is, and there isn't. To put it as simply as possible: Heat applies a heat proc Recasting heat takes the damage of all existing heat procs, adds it too its own damage, and then applies that as a heat proc (essentially doubling all existing proc damage + its own). Archon vitality makes this triple per cast. Then casting cold removes all those heat procs and does all their damage at once. So the pattern will go like this, with each 1 being the total damage of a heat thermal sunder, and each new line being each cast. (Starts at 2 because archon vitality). 2 sunder 8 sunder 26 sunder 80 sunder Then you take that, multiply it by the proc duration (scales with ability duration) and it is all dealt after an armor strip. In my case, 12ish seconds. That's exponentially scaling damage, plus an armor strip, plus being multiplied at the end. This works easily up to level cap

@@CollateralKaos awesome explanation. I'm still trying to get archon vitality but even doubling i can see the potential - are you using gauss's 2 and 4 a lot during SP missions as well?

@Fungorrr you need the 4 up so you can retain thermal sunders 100% armor strip interaction (heat and cold will remove all armor, applies before the damage as well so it essentially makes your nuke ignore armor), and it's better to only do the casting when it is maxed anyway as the heat gains 100% extra damage and won't drain battery. His 2 is also useful for the extra layer of protection (using your cold sunder is your first and strongest layer of survivability in higher levels) as well as a good bit of energy. Just don't subsume anything onto him, it's actively making him worse, and even on builds focused on his 4 it's just making them more efficient at a weaker build... which is fine if you enjoy it, but know it's weaker than his 3.

@@CollateralKaos incredible explanation. thank you so much sir, i just need to work on how to keep his 4 up indefinitely and my energy topped off, i really want to main this one.

@@CollateralKaos if i am mostly heat-heat-heat-heat-cold(blast)ing, doesn't all that get messed up if i use cold to cc enemies? or do you cold-cold (freeze), then start spamming heat to build up to the blast?

Because of the way his 3rd ability works, I have a guide on Overframe that explains it... but on Gauss, it is FAR more than just double heat damage.

@@CollateralKaos can I ask where this information is? I read the post, must have missed it because I didn’t see where it said it scaled off of health or anything. Thanks for the build I’m gonna try it, just curious.

@blukey6499 have you read archon vitality? It doubles all heat procs applied, every time you get 1 heat proc it makes that 2, and the guide on the build should lay it out fully

@@CollateralKaos my mistake. I do not own the mod and it doesn’t state the heat procs portion on over frame. Thanks for your time.

This is just a meme build

my b bro @@CollateralKaos

Cedo to prime viral, blast and the 4 basic elements Catabolyst for corrosive

And ofcourse, all 3 weapons are named aptly for the vid…..neato

Good stuff

This is actually every single elemental status in the game, viral blast, and rad from cedo, corrosive magnetic, and gas from catabolyst, and then ofc all the basic ones from the cedo. Too bad you can't really get impact and Puncture from this (glaive from cedo gives slash). That said, this build is *ancient* as it was a meme I made 2 years ago that suddenly became viable

It can be for some, but I just recast redline every time it is down much like kinetic plating, I also enjoy zooming around with his 1 and use cold to CC enemies helping to stay alive so most of the time I charge it just off of how I play. This is a hyper focused build, though. You can water it down as much as you want to fit higher duration for comfort, and it's also a damage buff to have it higher. No need to copy mod for mod since all you need is archon vitality and acceptable range (and not negative duration). Adjust it to your preferences, but try out the general idea, and don't put your duration WAY too high else it takes too long to charge (low response time). 250 would be my recommendation for absolute highest.

I'm sorry I don't have money to make my videos up to your standards?

It's on the rest of my channel, though I recommend this as a guide to how it nukes so well here: overframe.gg/build/418280/

This killed me harder than TS killed these enemies.

@@CollateralKaos glad I killed you, where you bleeding out? So I can get you up

Yeah, it loses a lot on other frames, so that's what it gets restricted to. But people often see it used as such on other frames, so assume it's the same on him, gets shafted by that.

Same reason I was casting her 3 constantly, fractualize reset. 240% Reload speed upon casting an ability (only lasts a couple seconds). It's not actually worth using, just makes the demonstration that much more hilarious.

@@CollateralKaos basically pocket Garuda blood forge omfg

Do you have archon vitality? Redline maxed out when you use it? Are you using it on eximus? The first makes it triple rather than double per cast, so you get a lot faster scaling, the second gives it armor strip and over double the damage. The last... overguard prevents it from interacting correctly, so you need a gun to pop their protection first. Luckily, he gives huge gun buffs even with half assed duration like this, so that's not an issue.

@@CollateralKaos I'll try again. Thanks

I'm going through this right now, copying 1 for 1 and in similacrum It doesn't nuke properly. Went to a few different missions/enemy types and it was fine lol idk

Because when it's full screen in any sort, I can't switch tabs correctly. It messes around and gets annoying with how much I swap tabs. My normal recording software also doesn't usually include the border so I just didn't think about it.

There are a load of factors to consider. In this video, molt augmented was used already maxed out, duration can also be a separate multiplier for the final damage. Archon vitality, redline being maxed out, and cast order are all more obvious but possible items

@@CollateralKaos I also maxed out Molt Augmented, and I have higher duration than the one in your build (archon shard moment). Archon Vitality, and max redline were also there. I can only 1-shot 155 SP gokstad officers when I use 3 heat casts instead of the 2 you do

@Thundah090 gokstad gunners are stronger than these guys, this is also before steel path modifier, but steel path enemies are always only 1 more cast than their normal counterparts. That's probably why

@@CollateralKaos I have applied the changes and I now 1-shot them. Thank you for the help! I'm going to have to forma my gauss a couple times to make everything fit (or just wait for his inevtiable prime). The one thing I wished Gauss had was a nuke, and now here it is. I have no clue how they could possibly make a frame more fun and versatile as this guy

@Thundah090 agreed in full... to my knowledge, the only frame even close to Gauss is Xaku, just a passive nuke with armor strip rather than literally everything. Mag is also near the power and has everything other than buffs and speed. But seriously, name one thing he *doesn't* do at top tier levels... Nuking Gun buffs Speed Armor strip Survivability Tons of CC (cold sunder providing a harsher one and slow on eximus) Grouping (light with blast, heavy with his 1 augment) Knockdown immunity Energy income Really can't think of an item (at the very least any important ones) missing from that kit, lol.

You are probably not charging it right, you have to *VERY* actively hold it to the top of the bar, if you do it will charge within 1/3 of whatever your full ability duration is. There are also some Flex slots that you can change to get longer duration if you feel like it's too many recharges, but your uptime will be the same, just longer segments of charging and full battery. Check out the build link for the guide (has tips and examples for both things I listed).

Yeah, it's unfortunately stuck in a lot of people's brains that Gauss is nothing but a speed and buff frame. It's just not true anymore, especially since archon vitality got added. Regardless, that's one of the best parts about him, tons of really powerful builds to use as you see fit and a lot of fun to be had from all of them. Doesn't make him any less underestimated though.

There is a lot more going on here than just that, I recommend looking at the build guide linked. It goes over the other half of the nuke too Also the armor strip has zero stat requirement, it's based on the battery rather than strength.

This actually came out before that video and/or was figured out by me long before it. But it was fun to see another video on the same thing

Not really considering this is the only stopping you do, and you can move while you cast if you want. Considering the power it offers as well, allowing runs to level cap if you want, it's quite great to have on hand for difficult missions such as SP endurance as well as SP circuit.

@@CollateralKaos moving around means i cant proc them both at the same time though since the area will keep changing

@@johnkouger6295 only if you are using your 1 to move around, with max range you will miss a maximum of 1/3 of your range. That's not really that bad considering the huge area it covers.

@@CollateralKaos at that point isnt it more reliable to other frames than gauss?

@johnkouger6295 You pick Gauss because A: SP circuit is random which frames you get, B: you want the addition of weapon buffs and the e tremely active playstyle, C: Disruption is his home turf because thermal sunder works specifically well on demolysts, or D: you enjoy the frame. As such, that simply does not apply.

Absolutely not, flow is useless on a build casting less than an entire energy bar, and arcane energize is a waste for so little casting. Brief respite would require a forma and I am not wasting more on a frame I don't use, much less one that I can already use effectively in SP which is the highest I take the build. Molt is also my Rolling guard, it's a get out of jail free card for most situations and can fill the role similarly enough. I prefer the health tanking build as it is working well due too the shards on it and the fact I am not using it at high levels.

​@@CollateralKaosok 🤓

@@sneakoretardedfans I responded to what you said... did you want me to just take your build because you said so?

@@CollateralKaos do you realize that you can just say no thanks instead of replying a whole essay to a random stranger online

@@sneakoretardedfans that took me 1 min, do you realize you could just not respond? Don't make assumptions on how I spend my time.

Even when considering all the people I have met who say he is A tier, lol. Easy S tier frame, and debatably the best.

@@CollateralKaos it's hilarious how xaku and gauss can literally be vaporizing the entire tileset but since you need to do math for like 5 minutes to make a proper build people think they are bad frames, maybe because they got the frame and went to level it up in ESO and since they are meh when unmodded they just threw them to the bin

@@AdrianOkay or do similar things with the abilities, subsuming off Gauss' 3rd ability because it doesn't say anything good

Meanwhile chinese people:

No, once Redline's counter hits 100%, it prevents your battery from going down. You should consistently be hitting 100% within the first 3rd of Redline's duration. If you aren't, then you are not charging the ability correctly

Indeed it is, its surprisingly strong for an ability that seems so basic. I went over some alternatives on overframe to drop arcanes, though if you don't have a maxed out molt augmented its pretty easy to farm and probably the most used arcane I got. hell if you are on PC I might have a couple extra laying around lol.

@@CollateralKaos i dont have the arcane and i am in PC but i dont have plats to buy them from you nor do i know how to farm for them so unfortunately i cant get them off your hands yet. Thank you for the offer though

@johnkouger6295 they are from cavalero on the zariman, you unlock it once you complete the new war quest and if I got extra, you can just have them. I don't need anything from zariman anymore, so there is no need for the standing.

​@@CollateralKaoscould i have your discord by anychance?

Sad fact: no one asked

100% agree. I did abandon range to an extent, but I find 160% to be enough for me, but the build runs no matter the range investment, just makes it more efficient. I love that you can do both or go hardcore into one or the other, very flexible frame because of that. And thank you! I tried to make the guide about helping people understand HOW it works and what it absolutely needs to work, not about why my build is best. I would rather you figure out your own ratios while trying it out rather than just follow some cookie cutter build. That's truly the fun that I got out of the build, tbh. I got enough duration for me, but while recommending it, I know others can tweak it to their preferences.

Consider this then Your only down time is 1/3 no matter the length of Redline. The charge time gets shorter with duration. Mine is about 49 seconds with this build on purpose because it charges fast enough to be ready with acolytes. Next, what do you mean lose charge? A: cold sunder freezes enemies solid, B: your 1 knocks everything over, C: the large buffs from your 4 let you kill stuff very quick even during down time (not to mention all these fill the negligible losses in battery) why is that a down side? Redline locks in your charge once you hit 100%, too. Lastly, your damage has exponential scaling. Nothing else has that along with the kind of buffs you see out of redline and the potential for moving around and nuking as quickly as you see on here. Gyre, for instance, doesn't scale, so it starts to take time, not to mention she has zero sources of survivability. Octavia has to wait for enemies to come into range, which works but is slower, and god awful boring. Xaku works faster, though your survivability is RNG based, and your armor strip doesn't work on acolytes. Not the biggest down sides, but they matter a lot in survivals. Mag is just outright better, but that's 1, and she is even more heavy casting wise, which some people hate. So tell me... what are these examples you have? And are there enough of them to always get one in circuit? Because this build is buffed to multiply by 6 each cast, there, and even more on groups. And with circuit you want flexible frames, not many can keep up with him much less work perfectly there.

​@@CollateralKaos Thank you for the fast response. I tried several variations of this build, and I always had significant downtime for 100% battery. Between the build-up period, taking hits and losing battery, and just not noticing the Redline buff had expired it felt like a constant struggle. Gyre scales beautifully through all relevant content (which L9999 Survival isn't) especially with the Pillage variant (which fixes that survivability issue you mentioned). Equinox + Terror has plentiful damage in a bigger range than Gauss. Saryn, as it always has, obliterates everything. And the list goes on. Most of these and others have fewer things to keep track of and pretty much 100% uptime, too. I almost always get a frame with a solid build for Circuit. Most frames have a build that works just fine through 10 rounds or so (which is as far as I ever go because I'm so done with losing progress from host migration or other bugs).

@Drew Boivie I think you are overstating your problems with Gauss or simply misusing him as I have never had a problem with hits taking away battery, just cast your 3 and 1 to completely nullify that problem. Equinox needs to store damage before nuking, saryn has severe scaling or energy issues depending on how you build her, regardless of how much you invest you will have one or the other, especially in steel path. Gyre does terribly in low level missions due too her nuke requiring high kpm to sustain it, and pillage is very much a counter to her survivability issues, yes, but its not enough in higher levels sometimes. All 3 of these have issues, just the same as Gauss, yet none of them have the substantial weapons buffs to go alone side it nor the flexibility in build options. Speed, Buffs, CC, Survivability, and most of all, Nuking (though based off your issues playing the build, I doubt you are able to see all the power it has). That's all things Gauss has to offer, which significantly help his KPS, usability, and general flexibility. That's why I push this nuke, not because it is, overall, just much better than every other nuke.

@@CollateralKaos I think Gauss is amazing in other builds (weapons platform, melee, etc). I'd like to see your build in a map like Selkie, Sedna. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious. Doing it in the simulacrum doesn't tell the story. Equinox needing to store damage is fine IMO. I don't need to blow up a 50m radius every 2 seconds. Saryn is a tightrope for sure, but at about neutral efficiency, it works for me. Again, I don't really go much past L200 steel path because there is no incentive to do so yet. As for Gyre, I think I feel about what you are saying...is pretty close to how you probably feel about what I'm saying about this Gauss build. Pillage Gyre to me feels crazy strong and comfy.

@Drew Boivie I have a run of circuit where I was up against level 4k enemies on my channel and have now taken my Gauss build against level cap. It works wonders. I also have brought gyre in and her nuke was doing *fine* but even with plenty of time into playing her prior and tons of great buffs I found it to be unsustainable on excavations, voidflood, and somewhat frantic on defense. Also hard to survive occasionally at high levels. Also, in simulacrum, it shows numbers, which is the only story I am trying to tell: that it can nuke steel path and even level cap enemies. The main point I try to make with this nuke is that it has way more kick than other nukes, it may not be 100% up time like saryn, basically a passive like gyre, nor have quite as much range as equinox, but it is ridiculously strong. In fact, with the way it works it even helps you a LOT with single targets that aren't acolytes. It's not for everyone, that's for sure, but it sure as hell shows why people dumping off thermal sunder is a terrible waste. The thing has got some of the most power of anything in the game, and I sure as hell want people to see that.

In SP circuit, you can actually make this thing multiply in damage by 6 each cast with the double status effect damage, which is simply ludicrous.

She is amazing at nuking already. What do you mean by that?

@@CollateralKaos I didn't know you could do that with her, thanks for the video!!!

@WashingtonMoraes her bubbles do a ton of damage when they pop and with her 3 ability to deal tons of damage to the enemies inside the bubble as well as your 4 to strip armor, you can nuke entire rooms as you please. She is one of the best frames at nuking high-level content alongside Gauss and Octavia. Use bubble, deal a ton if damage in it, then use 4 and pop it soon afterward with the augment to delete everything