Void

Parting Gift — The Bombardiers (Void Hunter)

Dodge-bomb suppression and Stylish invis-chaining

Centerpiece: The Bombardiers (Legs) · Subclass: Nightstalker · Role: Dodge-bomb suppression and Stylish invis-chaining Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Updated 2026-07-03

Every dodge you throw drops a goodbye present. On a Void Super that present suppresses the whole pack — abilities off, Overloads stunned, the crowd frozen mid-cast while you blink invisible and reposition. One button leaves a bomb, makes you disappear, and refunds your melee; the dodge does everything at once.

The exotic

The Bombardiers (Leg Armor) — Parting Gift: Dodging leaves behind an explosive that detonates after a short delay, damaging targets around it and creating a secondary effect based on your Super's element: • [Arc] Blinds targets. • [Solar] Scorches targets. • [Void] Suppresses targets. • [Stasis] Slows targets. • [Strand] Severs targets.

The whole build is one verb: dodge to plant a bomb, and let your equipped Super's element decide what the blast does to the crowd. On Void it applies suppression — the debuff that switches enemy abilities off — so a single Gambler's Dodge turns a mob into a passive, tagged target pool. Clarity clocks the blast at 440 damage over a 7.5 m radius on a 1.5 s fuse, and the Void effect as a 9-second "Lite" Suppression (the in-game tooltip says "Suppresses"; the community database confirms it is the lighter variant with a few exclusions). Because the effect is element-keyed, the same legs quietly re-role: swap to an Arc Super and the bomb disorients rooms instead of suppressing them, no armour change needed.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Nightstalker (Void)	Void Super makes the bomb apply Suppress — the whole point of the pairing.
Super	Shadowshot: Deadfall	Void Super keys the bomb to suppression, and the tether stacks weaken + suppress on the same pack.
Class ability	Gambler's Dodge	The bomb delivery system — and it refunds melee energy near enemies in one press.
Movement	Triple Jump	Extra mid-air adjust to line the dodge up through a cluster before you plant.
Melee	Snare Bomb	Team-wide invis on the tripmine plus Void tagging for Stylish/weaken triggers.
Grenade	Vortex Grenade	A lingering weaken/volatile well that keeps the debuff economy fed between dodges.
Aspect 1	Stylish Executioner	Killing any elementally-debuffed target (i.e. anything the bomb suppressed) grants invisibility and Truesight.
Aspect 2	Vanishing Step	Dodging makes you invisible — the same dodge that drops the bomb.
Fragments	Undermining · Instability · Persistence · Cessation	Weaken on grenades, Volatile Rounds off grenade kills, longer invis, and a finisher volatile burst.
Exotic armour	The Bombardiers (Legs)	Turns every dodge into an element-keyed AoE bomb — Suppress on Void.
Weapons	Graviton Lance + Void kit	Void Primary with Destabilizing/Repulsor feeds Volatile and overshields off the debuffed crowd.

Fragments

Echo of Undermining Void grenades weaken targets
Echo of Instability grenade kills grant Volatile Rounds to Void weapons
Echo of Persistence Void buffs — Invisibility, Overshield, Devour — last longer
Echo of Cessation finisher final blows create a Void burst that makes nearby combatants volatile

Why it works (the mechanics)

Suppress is an ability-cancel button on a dodge. Suppressed enemies can't use abilities, which shuts off the most dangerous PvE behaviours — Subjugator pulls, Tormentor grabs, ability-based regen — and stuns Overload champions. Because the bomb rides Gambler's Dodge, that lockdown is on your shortest cooldown instead of a Super or a grenade.

The bomb is a Stylish engine because it applies a real elemental debuff. Stylish Executioner triggers on "a target affected by any elemental debuff," and suppression counts. So bombing a pack marks every one of them as a valid Stylish kill: the first finish grants invisibility and Truesight, letting you chain in and out of the crowd you just disabled.

One dodge, three outputs. A single Gambler's Dodge plants the bomb (suppress), turns you invisible via Vanishing Step, and — thrown near an enemy — refunds melee energy. That is the densest single input on any Hunter: crowd control, a defensive reset, and an ability refund off one button.

The Volatile loop keeps Void weapons doing free AoE. Echo of Instability converts grenade kills into Volatile Rounds; a Destabilizing/Repulsor Void primary spreads Volatile and hands you overshields off the debuffed targets; Echo of Persistence stretches those overshields and your Vanishing-Step invis so the defensive uptime rarely lapses.

Weaken stacks on top of suppress for damage. Echo of Undermining makes your Vortex Grenade weaken, and Deadfall's tether weakens and suppresses — so the same pack the bomb disabled also takes increased damage, turning the disruption window into a burst window for your fireteam.

Element-swap re-roles the legs without a rebuild. The intrinsic effect is keyed to your Super's element, so equipping an Arc Super makes the identical dodge disorient rooms instead of suppressing them — you pick anti-ability (Void) or anti-everything crowd control (Arc) per activity, same boots, same loop.

Stats & mods

Class 200 → Melee → Health. More Class means more dodges, and more dodges means more bombs — this is a Class-ability build first. Melee second keeps Snare Bomb and the Gambler's refund flowing; Health for survivability while you dance in the crowd. Archetype lean: Reaver (Class/Melee), with a Grenade splash if you lean on Vortex.

Mods:

Boots: Utility Kickstart ×2 — refunds class-ability energy from your reserves when you dodge on empty, so bombs come back faster.
Arms: Momentum Transfer — melee hits chip grenade energy back, keeping Vortex online between dodges.
Chest: Void resist / Concussive Dampener — you fight inside the pack you just bombed.
Class item: Bomber + Reaper — dodge cuts grenade cooldown and spawns an Orb on your next weapon kill after dodging.
Surge: Void Weapon Surge — matches the Graviton/Void kit.
Anti-Champion: none needed for Overload (suppress stuns it); bring anti-Barrier / anti-Unstoppable via the artifact or a champion weapon.

Artifact — Tablet of Ruin

Picks (2/3/2):

Tier 1: Volatile Marksman · Photonic Flare
Tier 2: Maligned Harvest · Vile Weave · Harsh Refraction
Tier 3: Void Flux · Elemental Supercharger

Volatile Marksman grants Volatile Rounds on rapid Void precision hits and final blows, and Volatile detonations return class-ability energy — the engine for the whole debuff loop and, crucially, faster dodges (more bombs).
Photonic Flare is the Arc-flex insurance: on an Arc Super, defeating a severed/exhausted target releases a blinding burst, doubling down on the dodge's crowd-control role when you swap elements.
Maligned Harvest turns rapidly-applied Volatile into a weakening burst and hands you a Void overshield on Weaken — it converts the Volatile you're already spreading into stacked weaken + survivability.
Vile Weave severs targets hit by your Tangles, adding a second debuff verb that feeds Stylish Executioner and Cessation's follow-up.
Harsh Refraction makes a Void Trace Rifle (e.g. Ruinous Effigy) hit harder into the Volatile/Weakened/Suppressed pack this kit permanently debuffs.
Void Flux closes the Volatile loop: defeating a weakened target with a Void weapon spreads Volatile to nearby targets, chaining the debuff across the crowd.
Elemental Supercharger feeds Super energy on severed/exhausted finals matching your Super — faster tethers to reset the whole loop.

Where it shines

Add-dense PvE (Nightfalls, dungeons, GM lead-ins): dodging through a pack and suppressing the whole cluster is disruption on a short cooldown, and Stylish chains keep you invisible between rooms.
Ability-heavy encounters: any fight full of casters, pullers, or self-healing elites — suppression is a hard off-switch for the mechanics that kill you.
Flex content via element-swap: carry the same legs from Void suppress content into Arc disorient content without touching your armour.
Champion coverage: breaks Overload intrinsically via suppression from the bomb (and the tether). Barrier and Unstoppable are not covered by the kit — bring anti-Barrier / anti-Unstoppable through a champion weapon or an artifact anti-champ perk.

Verify notes

The Bombardiers is a Leg Armor exotic; intrinsic "Parting Gift" quoted verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md` (line 63). Aspect text (Stylish Executioner, Vanishing Step) and fragment text from `docs/encyclopedia/aspects.md` and `fragments.md`.
Number correction (flag): the old build claimed a "10-second Void Suppress" and an "Arc Blind buffed to 10 s." `docs/encyclopedia/clarity_build_numbers.md` (lines 1971–1984) instead gives Void = 'Lite' Suppression for 9 s and Arc = Disorient (not Blind) for 7 s, with the bomb dealing 440 [120] over 7.5 m on a 1.5 s fuse. I've written the sourced Clarity numbers; treat the in-game tooltip wording ("Blinds"/"Suppresses") as the display text, not the mechanical reality.
Lite Suppression caveats (Clarity): it does NOT disorient PvE combatants, does NOT suppress players/Lightbearers who are Transcending or in Super, and does NOT proc Echo of Domineering or Loose Change.
Champion claim to verify in-game: standard suppression stuns Overload, but Clarity flags this as the "Lite" variant and does not explicitly confirm Overload-stun — confirm live before relying on it in GM content.
Fragment correction: the old build called Echo of Cessation a "suppress burst." Per `fragments.md`, Cessation's finisher burst makes nearby combatants volatile, not suppressed — corrected in prose.
Weapon facts (`data/weapon_facts.json`): Graviton Lance = Void Pulse Rifle, Primary, 300 RPM, no intrinsic champion; Ruinous Effigy = Void Trace Rifle, Special, 1000 RPM. Destabilizing Rounds / Repulsor Brace text from `perks.md`.
Artifact: Tablet of Ruin 2/3/2 picks all verified against `docs/encyclopedia/artifacts_structured.md` (Tier 1/2/3 pools, lines 263–297).

Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)

Piece	Mod · cost	What it does
Helmet (7/10)	Void Siphon 3e fill	Rapid Void weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
	Ashes to Assets 3e fill	Gain bonus Super energy on grenade kills.
	Heavy Ammo Finder 1e fill	Increases the effect of all contributions towards the Heavy ammo meter.
Arms (6/10)	Momentum Transfer 2e	Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown.
	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.
	Fastball 1e fill	Increases grenade throw distance.
Chest (5/10)	Concussive Dampener 3e	Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.
	Void Resistance 1e fill	Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.
	Sniper Damage Resistance 1e fill	Reduces incoming damage from combatants that are at long range.
Legs (7/10)	Void Weapon Surge 3e	Your Void weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
	Void Weapon Surge 3e fill	Your Void weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
	Recuperation 1e fill	Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
Class Item (7/10)	Utility Kickstart 3e	When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used.
	Utility Kickstart 3e	When your class ability energy is fully expended, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain class ability energy for each Armor Charge used.
	Reaper 1e	Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.

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).