Black Talon — Three-Debuff Reaper (Void Hunter)

Centerpiece: Black Talon (Sword · Heavy · Void) · Subclass: Nightstalker (Void) · Role: Void-debuff sword DPS that triple-stacks the catalyst on tethered packs and bosses Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Updated 2026-07-03

The catalyst pays you per type of Void debuff on the target, so this build refuses to run one debuff well — it runs three at once. Crow's Wings suppresses at range, Gyrfalcon's turns your Void rounds Volatile, Undermining grenades Weaken, and a Deadfall tether stamps Suppress and Weaken on a whole pack in one shot. Then you walk in and swing a sword that's ramped on Suppress + Volatile + Weaken simultaneously.

The weapon

Crow's Wings (intrinsic): "[Heavy Attack] : Fire a Heavy projectile attack that suppresses targets. Hitting a target already suppressed spreads the effect to nearby targets."

Catalyst — Reversal: "Dealing damage to Void debuffed targets increases this weapon's damage for a short time per each type of Void debuff affecting the target."

The heavy attack fires a ranged projectile that Suppresses, making Black Talon the rare sword with a built-in standoff option and a Void debuff stapled to it. The catalyst is the whole build's thesis: damage scales per distinct Void debuff type sitting on the target. One debuff is a small bump; three of them (Suppress + Volatile + Weaken) is a different weapon entirely. Because the projectile also spreads suppression off an already-suppressed enemy, one heavy attack self-propagates across a grouped pack, so a tethered cluster is suppressed almost for free before the melee commit. The play pattern is therefore front-loaded: apply your debuffs, then swing a sword sitting at a near-maxed Reversal ramp.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Nightstalker (Void)	The only subclass that natively stacks Suppress, Weaken, Volatile and invis on one kit.
Super	Shadowshot: Deadfall	One cast weakens and suppresses the whole pack and groups them — two of three debuff types before you swing.
Class ability	Gambler's Dodge	Melee-range dodge that pairs with the invis fragments and re-arms Gyrfalcon's emerge-from-invis trigger.
Movement	High Jump	Extra air control to reposition into and out of sword range between debuff windows.
Melee	Snare Bomb (Quickfall)	Smoke for invis on demand → re-arms Gyrfalcon's Volatile Rounds and tags targets.
Grenade	Magnetic Grenade	With Echo of Undermining it Weakens a priority target precisely — the third debuff type on demand.
Aspect 1	Stylish Executioner	Any elemental-debuffed kill → invis + Truesight; your debuffs are everywhere, so invis is always available to re-proc Volatile.
Aspect 2	Vanishing Step	Dodge → invis with no kill required — reliable on-demand invis to re-arm Volatile Rounds before a sword commit.
Fragments	Undermining · Instability · Harvest · Starvation	See below.
Exotic armour	Gyrfalcon's Hauberk (Chest)	Emerge from invis → Void weapons gain Volatile Rounds = the third debuff type, applied by Black Talon itself.
Weapons	Void primary w/ Destabilizing Rounds + add-clear primary	Destabilizing is an independent Volatile source that keeps the debuff up between invis windows; the second primary clears trash and feeds Heavy ammo/orbs so the sword stays fed.

Why it works (the mechanics)

• The catalyst counts debuff types, so the build manufactures three. Suppress (Crow's Wings + Deadfall), Volatile (Gyrfalcon's + Destabilizing + Echo of Instability) and Weaken (Echo of Undermining grenade + Deadfall) are three independent Void debuffs, so they coexist on one target and each adds a Reversal stack.
• Deadfall is a one-button setup for the whole pack. The tether weakens and suppresses every enemy caught in it, which is two of three debuff types instantly. Walk in, heavy-attack the group for the spread, and the catalyst is near-max on contact.
• Gyrfalcon's closes the loop on Black Talon's own element. Black Talon is Void, so emerging from invis (a Vanishing Step dodge or a Stylish kill) gives Volatile Rounds to Void weapons — the sword's own hits now apply Volatile, stamping its third debuff while it swings.
• Invis is free and constant, so Volatile Rounds rarely lapse. Stylish Executioner triggers off any elemental-debuffed kill (you make those nonstop) and Vanishing Step gives invis on a plain dodge, so every re-entry re-arms Gyrfalcon's Volatile on the sword.
• Weaken is also a raw damage multiplier on top of the catalyst. Weaken is a debuff-bucket damage-taken increase, so it boosts the sword swing itself, not just the Reversal count — you double-dip: +1 catalyst stack and a flat damage-taken increase on the same debuff.
• The orb and Devour economy keeps you alive in swing range. Echo of Harvest turns weakened kills into an Orb + Void Breach, and Echo of Starvation converts breach/orb pickups into Devour. Standing in melee is survivable because the weakened kills you already generate feed the heal automatically.

Stats & mods

Weapons 200 → Health → Class. Weapons is the sword-damage stat and lifts every gun feeding the loop; Health because melee range is exposure; Class for dodge uptime (invis → Volatile re-arm).

Archetype lean: Powerhouse (Weapons/Super) for the sword damage plus fast Deadfall recasts, or Brawler if you want Melee for Snare-Bomb uptime.

Mods:

• Boots: Void Weapon Surge ×2 (sword is Void → surge onto Black Talon) · Orbs of Restoration.
• Arms: Heavy Ammo Finder / Heavy Ammo Scavenger (sword ammo is the constraint) · Fastball (lands the Magnetic-grenade Weaken).
• Chest: one each Arc/Solar/Void Resistance — flat DR for swing range.
• Class item: Powerful Attraction (dodge vacuums orbs → Devour) · Reaper.
• Surge: Void Weapon Surge — matches Black Talon's element.
• Anti-Champion: none intrinsic on the sword; suppression stuns Overload as a play, and Barrier/Unstoppable come from the paired weapons' archetypes.

Artifact — NPA Repulsion Regulator

The dedicated Void artifact — it amplifies the exact debuff loop this build runs: Volatile on the sword, Void Breach into survival, and a Weaken pulse on contact, plus an Overload answer that backs up the suppress stun.

Picks (2/3/2):

• Tier 1: Volatile Flow · Unto The Breach
• Tier 2: Protective Breach · Bricks From Beyond · Overload Grenades
• Tier 3: Supernova · Void Weapon Channeling

• Volatile Flow turns an Orb pickup into Volatile Rounds on Void weapons, so the sword can stamp its own third debuff with no invis window needed.
• Unto The Breach spawns a Void Breach on every Void-debuffed kill, feeding Harvest and Starvation directly.
• Protective Breach converts a Void Breach into an overshield — the DR that keeps you alive in swing range.
• Bricks From Beyond drops Heavy from Void kills, refilling the sword ammo the build is bottlenecked on.
• Overload Grenades makes the Magnetic/Void grenade stun Overloads, doubling up the suppress-based Overload answer.
• Supernova turns a Void Breach into a weakening pulse on your next Void damage — Weaken on contact plus another Reversal stack.
• Void Weapon Channeling grants a temporary Void weapon damage bonus on a Void kill, straight onto the sword.

Where it shines

• GMs and −30/−40 content: Deadfall debuffs a whole room, the sword deletes the tethered orange-bar at a three-stack Reversal ramp, and Devour + invis keep you alive in melee. The standoff heavy projectile lets you Suppress from cover first.
• Boss and miniboss DPS: stack all three debuffs on the target, then swing — the catalyst ramp plus Weaken's damage-taken multiplier is the highest the sword reaches. Light-attack chains keep the buff live.
• Champion coverage: the sword has no intrinsic anti-champion keyword (manifest lists none). In practice its Suppress — from Crow's Wings and Deadfall — stuns Overload champions, so that role is covered by play. Barrier and Unstoppable are not covered and must come from the paired weapons' archetypes (e.g. a Barrier or Unstoppable primary). Weaken thins all champion health for the team.

Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)

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: Barrier/Unstoppable come from the paired weapons' archetypes.