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Piercing Line

  • Line Clear
  • Pierce
  • Basic Attack
  • Dash

A TierSpeed farming · Mid

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Overview

Overview

Every arrow crosses the whole room: stacked pierce, long range and a triple fan after every dash.

Good for: Late campaign, Reverberated and Echoes T1–T9 — long rooms and corridors.

Strengths

  • Excellent clear in a line
  • Damage from range
  • Little reliance on epics

Weaknesses

  • Enemies spread out vertically get away
  • Fragile
  • You have to dash in rhythm

Loadout

What the build carries

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Inheritance
  • Split PathAstral Archer

Relics8

Core

  • Long Needle
  • Taut String
  • Trained Hand

Optional

  • Wedge
  • Loose Step

Progression

Progression trees

Explore the progression trees used in this build. Lit nodes are the ones it takes; the rest of each tree stays dimmed behind them.

Iris Fragments: 733

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Body

  • Hardened Bark6/8+60% health (max +80%)
  • Restoring Sap1/5+8% healing received
  • Extra Flasks1/3+1 flask(s)

Power

  • Sharp Gaze6/8+36% damage (max +48%)
  • Steady Rhythm5/5+35% on basic attacks

Focus

  • Reservoir3/5+30% maximum resource
  • Serene Flow3/566% of natural flow
  • Measured Haste2/4-10% cooldown (max -20%)

Fortune

  • Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
  • Deep Pocket3/4+3 relic slot

In practice

How to play

  1. Open with a dash and the triple fan.

  2. Keep your distance and the dash → shot rhythm.

  3. Against packs, line them up: every arrow hits them all.

  4. Against bosses, nonstop basic combo.

  5. Watch out for enemies above/below your line — aim diagonally (↑/↓).

To keep

The build card

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Measured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8

Build card for Piercing Line (Astral Archer)

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