Stasis

Cold Shoulder — Mask of Bakris (Stasis Hunter · PvP)

Shift-juke duelist — Crucible & Trials

Centerpiece: Mask of Bakris (Helmet) · Subclass: Revenant · Role: Shift-juke duelist — Crucible & Trials Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Updated 2026-06-29

The Arc "Shiftrunner" build treats Bakris as a PvE weapon-DPS rotation. This is the other half of the helmet. In Crucible the gun buff is gravy — what wins fights is the Shift itself: a 10 m teleport that makes you invisible and invulnerable for the whole animation, eating the shot that should have killed you and dropping you off the enemy's crosshair. Run it on Stasis and the dodge does a second job — Winter's Shroud slows everyone you Shift past, stamping the Stasis-debuff that hands your gun another +10%. Juke the peek, slow the dueller, delete with a buffed Stasis primary.

The exotic

Mask of Bakris (Helmet) — Light Shift: "While you have a Stasis or Arc Super equipped, your Dodge becomes a longer range, faster moving shift that partially cloaks you during use. After shifting, your Stasis and Arc weapons gain a stacking damage bonus for a short time. Final blows with this bonus active refund class ability energy." (manifest, `exotics.md`)

Clarity — Light Shift: "Replaces Dodge with Shift if you have a Stasis or Arc Super equipped. (Does not work with Acrobat's Dodge.) Shift effectively acts as a fast horizontal teleport and has a travel distance of 10 meters. Shift renders you completely invisible (except for a trail) and invulnerable for the duration of the animation. Casting Shift grants one stack of 'Light Shift' for 11 seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. Light Shift grants 10%|21%|33% increased Arc, Stasis, and Lord of Wolves Weapon Damage at 1|2|3 Stacks. Light Shift additionally grants 10% increased Weapon Damage against Stasis-debuffed enemies. Passive Class Ability regeneration is disabled for the duration of Light Shift. Instead, Weapon Kills grant 50?% Class Ability Energy while Light Shift is active." (`clarity_build_numbers.md`)

In PvP the headline 33% gun buff is the least of it. Bakris converts your Dodge into a Shift — a 10 m horizontal teleport during which you are completely invisible (bar a trail) and invulnerable for the whole animation. That is a reactive iframe on a class-ability cooldown: the instant a sniper centres you or a shotgunner apes in, you Shift sideways, their shot whiffs, and you reappear off their crosshair. Every Shift also stacks Light Shift (+10% / +21% / +33% Arc and Stasis weapon damage, 11 s, max 3), and a separate +10% lands on any target that is Stasis-debuffed — which, on a Stasis kit, is almost always live. While the buff is up, passive class-ability regen switches off and weapon kills refund ~50% class energy instead, so winning the duel pays for the next juke. The helmet is a juke button that also sharpens your gun, not a damage rotation.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Revenant (Stasis Hunter)	Stasis is the identity: it keeps Bakris's Shift legal (Stasis Super) and feeds the +10%-vs-debuffed line that does the real PvP damage.
Super	Silence and Squall	A Stasis Super keeps Shift online; Squall's roaming storm is a Trials zoning/freeze tool and Silence freezes a clustered push.
Class ability (= Shift)	Marksman's Dodge	Becomes Light Shift; Marksman's reloads, so you teleport out of danger with your buffed gun topped and ready to peek. Bakris does not work with Acrobat's Dodge.
Movement	Triple Jump	Vertical air-control vectors compound with the horizontal Shift — together the reposition is unreadable.
Melee	Withering Blade	A ricocheting Stasis shuriken that slows/freezes at range — your reach tool for stamping the Stasis-debuff before a duel begins.
Grenade	Duskfield Grenade	A thrown slow-zone: pre-debuff a lane or corner so anything inside eats your +10%, and a get-off-me against a push.
Aspect 1	Winter's Shroud	The keystone — "Dodging slows nearby targets." Every Shift slows nearby enemies, so they are Stasis-debuffed for the +10% and their aim/strafe degrade mid-duel. (2 Fragment slots.)
Aspect 2	Touch of Winter	Enhances your Duskfield — bigger slow-field plus a Stasis crystal on impact — a more reliable debuff applicator and stronger Trials zoning. (1 Fragment slot.) Swap to Grim Harvest for the Frost Armor survivability variant.
Fragments	Durance · Hedrons · Refraction	Longer slows, post-freeze handling/health, and class-ability refund on slowed/frozen kills — they stretch the debuff and keep the Shift engine turning.
Exotic armour	Mask of Bakris (Helmet)	The centrepiece: the invuln Shift iframe + the stacking Arc/Stasis buff + the +10%-vs-debuffed line.
Weapons	Stasis primary (140 HC / sidearm) · Chill Clip Stasis fusion (e.g. Riptide) · Heavy	A Stasis primary rides the 33% and keeps the slow/debuff identity that powers the +10%; a Chill Clip fusion self-applies the debuff and covers the close trade the HC can't.

Fragments

Whisper of Durance · Whisper of Hedrons · Whisper of Refraction Grim Harvest variant adds Whisper of Rime as a 4th

Why it works (the mechanics)

The Shift is a reactive iframe. A 10 m teleport that renders you invisible (bar a trail) and invulnerable for the whole animation — so it eats the sniper round, the shotgun blast, or the incoming burst and drops you 10 m off the enemy's crosshair. In Crucible this is the build's primary value; the gun buff is a bonus.
Two damage lines stack on the same gun. Light Shift grants 10% / 21% / 33% to Arc and Stasis weapons at x1 / x2 / x3 (11 s, max 3), and a separate +10% lands on Stasis-debuffed enemies. In most duels you fire at x1 (10%) or x2 (21%) and let the +10%-vs-debuffed — which your own slow keeps live — carry the rest; the headline 33% is for pre-stacked set-piece peeks.
Winter's Shroud makes movement the debuff. "Dodging slows nearby targets" — every Shift past a dueller slows them, so they are now Stasis-debuffed for your +10% and their strafe and aim go sluggish. You are faster, they are slower, your gun hits harder; the duel is decided before the gunplay.
The kit keeps the +10% almost always live. Withering Blade thrown to range, a Touch of Winter Duskfield on the corner, and Squall on a push all stamp the Stasis-debuff, so the +10% is up the moment you commit — not something you have to set up mid-fight.
Winning refunds the juke. During Light Shift passive class regen is off; instead weapon kills grant ~50% class energy, and Whisper of Refraction adds class energy on every slowed/frozen kill. So it chains: Shift → slow → kill → Shift again, with high base Class governing the cooldown between buff windows.
The survivability variant trades the debuff applicator for DR. Run Grim Harvest over Touch of Winter and add Whisper of Rime ("Frost Armor has increased duration and maximum stack count") for a real damage-resistance net between duels — Stasis-shard pickups stack Frost Armor, papering over the lack of a Devour/overshield layer.

Stats & mods

Class 200 → Weapons → Health. PvP relevance is not the PvE spread: Shift is the exotic, so Class is the single most important stat (more Class = more Shifts, more jukes, more slows, more iframes). Weapons stacks universal handling/ready/reload on the gun that finishes fights; Health buys trade forgiveness in a fast TTK without over-investing, since your real defence is the iframe plus the slow. Melee and Grenade take a light nudge to keep Withering Blade and Duskfield online; Super is the dump. Archetype lean: Specialist (Class) and Gunner (Weapons) lead, with Reaver (Class + Melee) topping up Withering Blade.

Mods:

Boots: Stasis Holster (stowed Stasis primary passively reloads, so every post-Shift peek starts topped) + Recuperation (heal on Orb pickup between duels).
Arms: Stasis Loader + Stasis Dexterity (faster Hand Cannon reload and faster ready/stow — the snap peek out of a Shift fires first and reloads behind cover).
Chest: Unflinching Stasis Aim (hold the reticle through incoming flinch as you peek-fire — the one combat mod that genuinely helps a Crucible gunfight; the elemental/Sniper/Concussive resistance mods are combatant-only and do nothing against enemy Guardians).
Class item: Utility Kickstart (claw Shift's class-ability energy back faster between buff windows — manifest-dump text discrepancy flagged in Verify).
Surge: Stasis Weapon Surge (a small Stasis weapon damage bonus while you hold Armor Charge — stacks on top of Bakris's buff and the +10%-vs-debuffed; note Armor Charge then decays over time).
Anti-Champion: None — Crucible has no Champions, so this slot is free for a second utility/targeting mod. If you take the kit into matchmade PvE, bring the breaker the seasonal artifact provides for your loadout.

Artifact — Slayer Baron Apothecary Satchel

Picks (2/3/2): Wind Chill + Crystalline Converter / Frost Renewal + Hail The Storm + Retinal Burn / Brain Freeze + Served Cold

Wind Chill (T1) — rapid Stasis weapon hits grant Frost Armor, and hits on slowed/frozen targets also create a Stasis Shard. In a duel against a slowed enemy that means a DR layer and a Shard the moment you open fire.
Crystalline Converter (T1) — after your class ability, your next Stasis weapon final blow creates a Stasis Shard. Every Shift primes a Shard on your next kill, feeding the engine perk below.
Served Cold (T3) — picking up a Stasis Shard grants class-ability energy. With Wind Chill and Crystalline Converter making the Shards, this directly refunds your Shift — the build's whole loop in one mod.
Brain Freeze (T3) — frozen combatants release chilling fog that slows others, widening the pool of Stasis-debuffed targets for your +10% off a single Withering Blade or Squall freeze.
Frost Renewal (T2) — taking critical damage while you have Frost Armor freezes nearby enemies and refreshes Frost Armor: a panic get-off-me when a trade goes bad.
Hail The Storm + Retinal Burn (T2) round out the tier — Hail the Storm shatters the Stasis crystals your Duskfield/Withering Blade leave behind, and Retinal Burn is live if you run the Arc-primary variant. (Champions are irrelevant in Crucible; this artifact line is for the PvE-flavoured overflow, not the duel.)

Where it shines

6v6 (Control/Clash/Iron Banner): chaos favours the kit — Winter's Shroud slows multiple bodies per Shift, so more targets are debuffed for your +10%, and the Shift is a clean escape when a lane collapses. The seasonal artifact is live here, so the Stasis-Shard → Served Cold loop keeps Shift cooldown short. Play aggressive: there is always another body to slow.
Trials / Comp: no artifact, so tighten the stats (push Class and Weapons harder) and treat the Shift as a disengage first — the iframe to survive a coordinated trade — and an aggression tool second. Coordinate Duskfield + Squall zoning for revive denial; mind the 11 s buff clock and re-Shift before a planned push so the gun is hot when you peek.
1vX: Shift to break line-of-sight (invis trail, 10 m of distance), drop a Duskfield or Withering Blade behind you to slow the chasers, and reset the angle — then re-peek into slowed, Stasis-debuffed targets your +10% rewards.
Champion coverage: none needed — Crucible has no Champions and the build breaks nothing intrinsically. For matchmade PvE, it carries no innate breaker; slot the anti-Champion mods the seasonal artifact provides for your kit.

Verify notes

Exotic intrinsic quoted verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md`; intrinsic catalogued in `exotic_intrinsics.md` (Bakris → Light Shift → Dodge/class ability). All Light-Shift numbers (10 m Shift, invis + invuln animation, 10/21/33% at x1/2/3, 11 s, max 3 stacks, +10% vs Stasis-debuffed, stacks with all other buff sources) from `docs/encyclopedia/clarity_build_numbers.md`.
Class-energy-on-kill (~50%) is shown as `50?%` in the Clarity database — treat as approximate, not a hard figure.
+10%-vs-Stasis-debuffed element-gating is listed as a separate line; whether it is gated to Arc/Stasis like the main stack or applies to any weapon is not stated — verify in-game. A Stasis primary qualifies either way.
Weapons: Cryosthesia 77K confirmed Stasis · Sidearm · Primary ammo · 260 RPM (`data/weapon_facts.json`); it freezes on a charged shot (self-applies the Stasis-debuff) and is legal alongside Bakris (one exotic armour + one exotic weapon). The Chill Clip Stasis fusion (e.g. Riptide) is a Legendary, so its element/roll is not in `weapon_facts.json` — verify the Chill Clip roll in-game.
Utility Kickstart is named for its known class-ability-refund function, but the manifest dump in `mods.md` records its text as "Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge" — a discrepancy; confirm the live effect before relying on the Shift-refund framing. Stasis Weapon Surge PvP value is 3/4.5/5.5/6% (`clarity_build_numbers.md`); Armor Charge decays over time with the surge equipped.
Survivability variant: the manifest dump attributes the Frost Armor on Stasis-shard pickup text to Grim Harvest (`aspects.md`); the project knowledge doc also lists a melee-energy effect. Treat the Frost Armor as the DR basis but confirm before relying on it — exact PvP Frost Armor DR % is not in Clarity.
Manifest-verbatim text quoted for the exotic (`exotics.md`), Winter's Shroud / Touch of Winter / Grim Harvest (`aspects.md`), and the Whisper fragments (`fragments.md`); Super/melee descriptions from `docs/knowledge/subclasses_and_aspects.md` (Revenant). Artifact 2/3/2 is the `artifact_parser.py --recommend` best-fit (Slayer Baron Apothecary Satchel) — audit-legal real mods only; the line is PvE-flavoured (Champions don't exist in Crucible).

Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)

Piece	Mod · cost	What it does
Helmet (5/10)	Stasis Siphon 1e fill	Rapid Stasis 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 (7/10)	Stasis Dexterity 1e	Faster ready and stow speed for Stasis weapons.
	Stasis Loader 3e	Increases reload speed of Stasis weapons.
	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.
Chest (7/10)	Unflinching Stasis Aim 3e	Reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming a Stasis weapon.
	Stasis Resistance 1e fill	Reduces incoming Stasis damage from combatants.
	Concussive Dampener 3e fill	Reduces incoming area-of-effect damage from combatants.
Legs (3/10)	Stasis Holster 1e	Gradually reloads your stowed Stasis weapons over time.
	Recuperation 1e	Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
	Stasis Weapon Surge 1e	Your Stasis weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
Class Item (5/10)	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.
	Reaper 1e fill	Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
	Bomber 1e fill	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: faster ready/stow — the snap peek out of a Shift fires first; the +10%-vs-debuffed; note Armor Charge then decays over time). - **Anti-Champion:** None — Crucible has no Champions; so this slot is free for a second utility/targeting mod. If you take the kit into matchmade PvE; bring the breaker the seasonal artifact provides for your loadout.