Talk:Atterax/@comment-1765404-20170203063130/@comment-1765404-20170215005000

Now that I've messed around with it and got all the relevent mods (except primed ones) I'ma answer my own question for the sake of others here.

As far as I can see, you can build it in two different ways, Crit-Combo and Status-Combo. I suppose there's the standard crit non-combo build, but I find it much less effective, and would opt for a different weapon. Reason being: the range of the weapon and good attackspeed makes combos work well with its crit chance or near-pure slash damage.

Mandatory for either combo build: (Primed)Pressure point, Primed Reach (regular reach does shit), and Buzzkill (is much more powerful then Elemental mod and increases crits/procs well on full build)

Crit build (more practical): Organ Shatter, Berserker, Body Count, Blood Rush, and Maiming Strike. This build is jam-packed with mandatory mods, so it's hard to have any wiggle room. Berserker gives an great attack speed boost, which makes combos easier to get, Maiming will melt a room with P. Reach and Organ Shatter gives more dps than True Steel, at the cost of harder Berzerker stacks without sliding. Any flexability in this build is solely gained by not having the required mods, which is reasonable given how many hard exlcusives are in it.

This build is powerful as long as you keep the combo counter up, and though it starts a little weak and doesn't ramp up fast, a few slide attacks will give you Berserker speed buffs to get into the 2.5x and beyond in a few minutes. Amazing crowd-control, burst and dps on slide attacks, and even basics.

Status build (for easier stacking and anti-Alloy): Weeping Wounds, Relentless Combination, and Drifting Contact. Situational: Jagged Edge, (Primed) Fury, Blood Rush, Body Count. By mixing the three mandatory mods, you get large status chance for your slash procs which further add to the combo counter. I messed around with this a bit and got to 4.5x multiplier after enough work. While it lacks a large portion of the base damage on-crit that the other build does (Especially if you don't add Blood Rush) and less attackspeed without Berserker, it gains multipliers much faster and shreds through defenses of Corpus and Grineer. Do NOT add elemental damage to this build, while it will add slightly more dps than Jagged Edge, it will completely throw off the Relentless Combination stacking. I had a lot of fun playing this build, but it's likely not as practical end game.