For the longest time I shied away from what I believed to be one of the most useless and hideous Exotics in the game, that being [i]Eternal Warrior[/i]. The reworks it underwent during [i]Season 27 [/i]made it a salivating (yet still hideous) Exotic to build around. Enter the now. After returning to this franchise ("quit at the end of [i]Heresy[/i]) in December, I learned we can now equip ANY ornament we own on [b]ANY[/b] Exotic. What has been a long overdue change has led to experimentation with a variety of formally sidelined Exotics, as any good D2er knows that fashion is the [i]true[/i] Endgame of [i]Destiny 2[/i], and [b]hideous Exotics = Bad Builds[/b]. So after a quick ornament swap to HJÖRÞRIMUL (that I might embody Thor the god of Thunder) I plugged away at a build that I found incredibly fun, effective and flexible! This is the outline, followed by how to appropriately flex the build: [b][i][u]ETERNAL WARRIOR[/u][/i] [/b] [b]Aspects:[/b] [i]Storm’s Keep Touch of Thunder[/i] [b]Fragments:[/b] [i]Spark of Discharge Spark of Recharge Spark of Ions [b]Flex:[/b] Spark of Beacons (if running Arc Special) [b]Flex:[/b] Spark of Shock (if running Arc Primary)[/i] [b][u]Armor & Mods[/u][/b] Flex 4 Pieces from these sets: [i]Last Discipline Thriving Survivor Wayward Psyche[/i] [b]Head: [/b] [i]Harmonic Siphon x3 or Harmonic Siphon x2+Power Preservation[/i] [b]Arms:[/b] [i]Bolstering Detonation; Firepower; Grenade Kickstart[/i] [b]Chest:[/b] [i] Arc Ammo Generation x2; Resist[/i] [b]Legs:[/b] [i]Absolution x2; Recup[/i] [b]Mark:[/b] [i]Utility Kickstart; Powerful Attraction; Reaper[/i] [b]Kinetic:[/b] [i]Supremacy; Praedyth's Revenge; Mountain Top[/i] [b]Energy:[/b] [i]Delicate Tomb; Trinity Ghoul; Cloudstrike; Undercurrent (Demo+Voltshot); Psychopomp (Rolling Storm+Synergy); Vantage Point (Stats for All+Jolting Feedback+Synergy)[/i] [b]Power:[/b] [i]Crux Termination (Slideshot+Explosive Light); Watchful Eye (Jolting Feedback+Synergy); Thunderlord; DARCI; Anarchy[/i] [b][u]How It All Comes Together[/u][/b] To understand how it comes together, it's important to understand what [i]Eternal Warrior[/i] [b]DOES DO[/b] versus what it [b]DOES NOT DO[/b]. This was the most critical piece of information I had to research, so I'm happy to shorten anyone's search for this explanation: [i]Eternal Warrior[/i] does [b]NOT[/b] stack with any [i]Weapon Surges[/i]. In fact, if you equip Surges in your legs, the game will only register the highest buff. It does [b]NOT[/b] shorten the timeline of achieving x4 Surges by having a few equipped already. It does [b]NOT[/b] stack with [i]Elemental Time Dilation[/i] and extend Surge timers. So in terms of Buildcrafting Theory, what [i]Eternal Warrior[/i] [b]DOES[/b] do is frees your build from Surge mods. This means you don't have to pick between [i]Kickstart Mods[/i] and [i]Surge Mods[/i], or run both, never really utilizing either to their fullest potential. And this is how [i]Eternal Warrior[/i] becomes the King of the Casuals. By utilizing Siphons+Kickstart Mods+Absolution one can harvest immense amounts of Ability Energy back through orbs of power. To further enhance Ability Energy returns, one can equip the [i]Synergy Mod[/i] in [b]ANY[/b] Arc Legendary they have equipped. I'd honestly argue this is a demand, even alongside of the offerings of the [i]Artifact[/i], [i]Spark of Discharge[/i] and [i]Spark of Ions[/i]. The end result is endless [i]Ionic Traces[/i] to gap abilities where your Orb generators fall short. The build is driven by gunplay and Surge uptime, yet maintains an obnoxious level of Ability Spam to boot. By tripling down on [i]Siphon Mods[/i], one can harvest 4.4% of their [i]Super[/i] per orb, an easy feat with any of the aforementioned Arc Weapons. Another option is [i]x2 Siphons[/i] with a[i] Power Preservation[/i] Mod to feed allies their [i]Supers[/i], which then refeeds you yours. The rapid super generation plays into the other part of [i]Eternal Warrior[/i], that being constant [i]Fists of Havoc[/i]. After it ends, you're given 30 seconds of x4 ArcSurge (+25% DPS), which then refreshes on kills. So in theory, in an ad dense activity, once [i]Fists of Havoc[/i] ends, one can usually maintain the x4 Surge until a transition phase. The end result? Enhanced and incentivized gunplay, married to endless Ability Spam. No sacrifices demanded for either. A very casual playstyle without crazy positioning or aggression required. Balances Gunplay and Ability Spam.