Talk:Chromatic Blade/@comment-46.21.150.108-20190802190943

The minimum Power Strength to have 100% Status Chance must be rectified, as it was changed not long ago. It used to be only 180, but now it is somewhere around 201-202. 200 Power Strength gives you only 99%, while 205 gives you around 102%

With the new mods that came with Excalibur Umbra, you can do the same efficient built done before for an optimal EB and gaining 5% Power Strength (achieving 205% Power Strength), acheiving 1070 Health (Vs. 740 with Vitality or 300 w/o Health) and 877.5/[less for regular] Armor (Vs. 300/225 without Armor mods) if use all 3 Umbra mods, while sacrificing the bonus knockdown recovery speed.

For those who doesn't know the build I'm talking about, here is the new version (the one you do with the 3 umbra mods):

Primed continuity maxed, Augur Secrets maxed, Power Drift maxed, Streamline r4, Fleeting Expertise r4, Chromatic Blade maxed, Steel Charge aura, and all 3 Umbra mods. It gives: 205 str, 175 eff, 100 rng, 105 dur. With those stats your EB is: 6.25 casting cost, 0.63 drain/sec (the lowest you can go, and nothing will make it lower as of today), above 500 total base dmg (plus whatever nastines you add to the blade itself plus Steel Charge bonus... plus Excal's passive), 102% Status Chance (so above the max), and 5m radius for not-so-free blind that still last only 6.33 sec.

Ye olde build had Transient Fortitude, Constitution, and Intensify in place of Augur Secrets, Umbral Fiber, and Umbral Intensify to have the same stats except only 200 Power Strength (for a 99% status as of now), and 40% faster knockdown recovery (from Constitution). It used to be perfect when 180 Power Strength was enough to get 100% status and yet you had more base damage.

The casting cost and drain/sec does marvels because you can make EB work with low energy, even on missions with low energy and also when you have energy leech (unless the leeching goes raunchy). If you prefer to go for damage, you can sacrifice some efficiency, duration, and armor; but is suggested to take precautions regarding survivability like GIT GUD (not everyone is good enough to play pure melee mode and rely on cheesiness... and die w/o it). With the new mods and frame you are acceptably resisting for high level content--not tanky--and still pack a great punch as such levels.