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Ajax

Ajax

Tier SSeason 3 E2

Overview

Ajax is the go-to frontline: he stabilizes runs by preventing wipes, controlling space with forcefields, and scaling into absurd durability when built correctly.

Best For

Hard content survivability, team protection, and reliable frontline play. Best when you want a durable anchor that can also enable team damage via debuffs/buffs and safe uptime windows.

Best For

  • Hard-mode survivability (solo or co-op)
  • Frontline tanking and team protection
  • Boss progression where deaths are the main failure point
  • Co-op support/debuffer play
  • Safe mobbing with barrier-driven uptime

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Exceptional survivability and DEF scaling
  • Strong team value via barriers and uptime protection
  • Can run a support/debuffer configuration that boosts team performance
  • Very stable in hard encounters where positioning and survivability matter
  • Multiple viable archetypes (support/debuffer vs weapon/mobbing fortress loop)

Weaknesses

  • Lower raw clear speed than top farmers in open-world loops
  • Damage output is build-dependent (support vs mobbing vs bossing pivots)
  • If you don't stack DEF/HP correctly, you lose what makes Ajax special
  • Barrier gameplay rewards timing/placement; sloppy casts reduce value

Best-in-Slot Modules

Primary Build

Battering Ram

Slot: Trigger

mandatory

Matrix Recomputation

Slot: Skill

mandatory

Increased DEF

Slot: Main

mandatory

Arche Concretion

Slot: Main

mandatory

Guardian's Resolution

Slot: Main

mandatory

MP Conversion

Slot: Main

mandatory

Spear and Shield

Slot: Main

recommended

Mid-Air Maneuvering

Slot: Sub

recommended

Alternatives

Mobile Fortress

Mobbing/weapon-uptime pivot: swap to the fortress-driven setup to enable sustained weapon spam and faster pack clears (different playstyle than support/debuffer).

Shield Conversion (DEF)

Common survivability pivot in fortress-style configs; increases effective toughness while staying DEF-centric.

Build Variants by Progression

Low-investment tank baseline: get durable first, then improve uptime and utility as capacity increases.

Focus
DEF firstMax HP / Shield stabilityCooldown comfort (as available)Barrier uptime fundamentals
Modules
  • Increased DEF
  • MP Conversion
  • Guardian's Resolution

Stat Priority & Reactor Guidance

Stat Priority

Primary

  • • DEF
  • • Max HP
  • • Shield / Shield Recovery (as needed for your comfort)

Secondary

  • • Skill Cooldown Reduction
  • • Skill Effect Range
  • • MP sustain (only as needed to keep skills online)

Avoid

  • ✗ Weapon crit/weakpoint investment as your primary scaling axis (unless you are explicitly running a weapon-centric fortress build)
  • ✗ Over-indexing on pure damage at the expense of DEF/HP floor

Reactor Guidance

Preferred Type:

Non-Attribute

Preferred Skill:

Singular

Best Stats:

• Skill Cooldown

• Skill Range

• DEF-friendly survivability rolls (as available)

A common approach is prioritizing cooldown + range to increase barrier/control uptime and coverage, then optimizing survivability stats through components.

Rotation & Playstyle

Rotation

  1. 1.Open by establishing barrier space where your team will fight
  2. 2.Maintain barrier uptime to prevent chip damage and stabilize positioning
  3. 3.Reapply key debuff/buff actions on cooldown (support build) to maximize team throughput
  4. 4.Use mobility (jump/grapple) to reposition and keep protection on the team's current lane

Tips

  • 💡 Ajax wins by preventing failures: prioritize a DEF/HP floor over greedy damage.
  • 💡 Barrier placement matters more than button spam — cast where the fight will be, not where it was.
  • 💡 If your team is safe, they deal more damage. Your KPI is uptime + stability, not personal DPS.
  • 💡 When you need faster clearing, pivot to the fortress-style mobbing configuration instead of forcing the support setup into a role it doesn't excel at.

Farming Plan

Goals

  • Survivability modules (DEF/HP/shield stabilization)
  • Cooldown/range comfort modules
  • External components with DEF/HP core stats
  • Reactor rolls that improve uptime (cooldown/range)

Recommended Activities

  • Hard-mode activities where survivability modules and components progress naturally
  • Targeted farming for fortress/support modules you are missing
  • Reactor farming once your DEF/HP floor is stable

Priority Targets

  • Module sources that complete your core (DEF + uptime pieces)
  • External component sets that raise DEF/HP substantially
  • Reactor rolls with cooldown/range to improve barrier consistency

Last Updated: 2025-12-29

Patch Version: Season 3 E2

Author: DescendantForge

Confidence: high

Scaling Notes

Ajax scales disproportionately well as you increase DEF/HP and improve uptime: once you cross a survivability threshold, you convert that stability into more consistent clears and safer boss attempts.

Team Synergy

Pairs best with high-output DPS who need stable uptime and supports who can amplify damage while you prevent deaths.

Known Issues

If you ignore DEF/HP floor and chase damage too early, Ajax feels mediocre. Build the tank foundation first.