Zeus Bolt — Gathering Storm (Arc Hunter)
Hurl the javelin into a boss, walk away, watch the health bar dissolve. Gathering Storm is the Hunter's fire-and-forget DPS super — overcharged through Star-Eater Scales it leads damage rotations while you keep shooting.
The exotic
Star-Eater Scales — Feast of Light (Leg Armor, verbatim):
You gain additional Super energy from Orbs of Power you pick up. While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, causing you to gain a burst of healing when cast and a bonus to your Super damage. At maximum overcharge, you also gain an overshield.
Star-Eater is the default leg exotic for any one-cast DPS super. The overcharge is a separate multiplier from the Super stat's own damage bonus, so a 200-Super, fully-overcharged Gathering Storm stacks both into the same javelin. You spend the add phase collecting Orbs (Ionic Traces, weapon multikills) to overfill the Super, then cash the whole thing into the boss with a healing burst and an overshield to cover the cast. (Alt: 
Gifted Conviction — tankier, less Super damage.)
Loadout
| Slot | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Subclass |  Arcstrider (Arc) | Native home of Gathering Storm; jolt verbs feed the javelin's chain damage. |
| Super |  Gathering Storm | Javelin embeds, erupts, jolts and DoTs everything nearby for ~10s — a parallel damage stream. |
| Class ability |  Marksman's Dodge | Weapon-rotation friendly; auto-reloads the DPS weapon mid-phase. |
| Movement |  Triple Jump | Air control to reposition for the javelin throw line. |
| Melee |  Disorienting Blow / Combination Blow | Flex: survivability blind, or a ramping punch for add phases. |
| Grenade |  Pulse Grenade | Sustained jolt damage to stack on the javelin's eruption. |
| Aspect 1 |  Ascension | Airborne Arc burst: Amplified + jolt; 9.7.0 counts as class ability + scales with Class >100. |
| Aspect 2 |  Lethal Current / Flow State | Jolt uptime between casts. |
| Fragments | Ions / Discharge / Shock / Resistance | Ionic Trace generation (orb economy) + grenade jolt + survivability. |
| Exotic armour |  Star-Eater Scales (Legs) | Overcharges the Super off Orbs for a separate damage multiplier + healing/overshield on cast. |
| Weapons | Linear Fusion / Rocket + Arc Voltshot primary | Boss-DPS kit that stacks with the javelin; Voltshot primary for add jolt. |
Spark of Ions
Spark of Discharge
Spark of Shock
Spark of Resistance
Why it works (the mechanics)
- The javelin is a parallel damage stream. Once thrown it ticks on its own while you empty your weapons — unlike roaming Supers, it adds DPS without costing weapon uptime. That's why it survives every meta.
- Star-Eater's overcharge is a separate multiplier from the Super stat's damage bonus (different systems), so 200 Super + an overcharged cast both stack into the same javelin.
- Its jolt re-procs from everyone's damage. The eruption jolts the boss, and every fireteam hit triggers chain damage — part of the javelin's value never shows up in your own damage numbers.
- Thunderous Retort is cast-condition damage. +25% Arc Super damage if you cast while Amplified — and Ascension grants Amplified on demand, making the bonus a guaranteed part of the rotation, not a lucky proc.
- Orb economy overfills the Super between phases. Spark of Ions/Discharge mint Ionic Traces on Arc kills; those plus weapon multikill orbs are what Star-Eater converts into overcharge before the next damage window.
Stats & mods
Super 200 (hard requirement) → Weapons → Health. 200 Super is the floor for one-cast DPS; Weapons feeds the kit that fires alongside the javelin; Health for survivability on the cast. Archetypes: 
Colossus (Super/Health), 
Powerhouse (Weapons/Super), Paragon.
Mods:
- Boots: Ammo Scavenger + reserves for the heavy DPS weapon.
- Arms: Loader for your Linear Fusion / Rocket (fast re-fire in the phase).
- Chest: resist mods to survive the cast animation.
- Class item: Bomber + Reaper (dodge → Orb) for the Super economy.
- Surge: Arc Weapon Surge (matches Voltshot primary + the Arc half of the kit).
- Ashes to Assets ×2 / Hands-On: Super energy from grenade/melee and final blows.
Artifact — Tablet of Ruin
Picks (2/3/2): Dielectric + Elemental Siphon — Flashover + Harsh Refraction + Gold From Lead — Particle Reconstruction + Defibrillating Blast
Particle Reconstruction — its 9.7.0 form debuffs the target to take more damage from everything, boosting both your Fusion/LFR and the javelin if you run them.
Dielectric + 
Flashover — the Bolt Charge package: extra Arc burst woven through the add phase.
Elemental Siphon — mints Arc Elemental pickups (Ionic Traces) on Arc/Kinetic kills — the orb/Super energy that overfills Star-Eater between damage phases.
Harsh Refraction + 
Gold From Lead + 
Defibrillating Blast — round out the Arc/Bolt-Charge economy and ability sustain through the phase.- Damage-max alternative:
NPA Repulsion Regulator for 
Thunderous Retort (+25% Arc Super damage when cast while Amplified) — pop Ascension, then throw the javelin. Trades the orb economy for one big multiplier on the cast itself.
Where it shines
- Boss DPS phases: the javelin is free extra DPS that ticks while you fire your weapon rotation — best in any encounter with a long, stationary damage window.
- Add-dense rooms before a phase: Ascension + jolt clears the pack and mints the Orbs that overcharge the next cast.
- Champion coverage: jolt stuns Overload intrinsically. Cover Barrier with Precision/Adaptive frames and Unstoppable with Aggressive/High-Impact across your kit.
Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)
| Piece | Mod · cost | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Helmet (9/10) | Hands-On 3e | Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills. |
| Hands-On 3e | Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills. | |
| Ashes to Assets 3e | Gain bonus Super energy on grenade kills. | |
| Arms (6/10) | Utility Kickstart 3e fill | When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used. |
| Momentum Transfer 2e fill | Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown. | |
| Fastball 1e fill | Increases grenade throw distance. | |
| Chest (5/10) | Arc Resistance 1e fill | Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants. |
| Concussive Dampener 3e fill | Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants. | |
| Sniper Damage Resistance 1e fill | Reduces incoming damage from combatants that are at long range. | |
| Legs (3/10) | Arc Weapon Surge 1e | Your Arc weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time. |
| Arc Weapon Surge 1e | Your Arc weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time. | |
| Arc Weapon Surge 1e fill | Your Arc weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time. | |
| Class Item (3/10) | Reaper 1e | Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power. |
| Reaper 1e | Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power. | |
| Bomber 1e | Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability. |
All 15 sockets used, 10 energy per masterworked piece; costs from the manifest. Core mods are the build's engine; fill mods are strong defaults — swap freely (chest resists should match the activity's damage types). Flex/loadout-dependent: final blows.