Solar

Leviathan's Breath — Held Draw (Hunter)

Unstoppable-on-tap + radiant heavy-bolt boss/champion deleter

✓ Manifest Void · Heavy · Unstoppable

Weapon: Leviathan's Breath (Combat Bow · Heavy · Solar) · Subclass: Gunslinger · Role: Unstoppable-on-tap + radiant heavy-bolt boss/champion deleter Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Created 2026-06-16

A Heavy combat bow that fires one enormous bolt that staggers anything unshielded and is intrinsically Strong against Unstoppable. The bow's only weakness is the draw and the single-shot quiver — so the build answers both: Oathkeeper holds a perfect draw indefinitely and pays bonus damage for the hold, the catalyst maxes the quiver and speeds the next draw, and Gunslinger wraps the whole thing in radiant so every bolt lands +25%. Nock, hold, stun, delete, repeat.

The weapon

Big-Game Hunter: Fires a massive heavy bolt that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against [Stagger] Unstoppable Champions.

Catalyst — Colossal Quiver: Maximizes quiver size. / Archer's Tempo: Draw time decreases after every precision hit.

One Heavy-ammo bolt with absurd impact: it staggers any unshielded combatant on a body hit and carries intrinsic Unstoppable stun without a seasonal artifact mod — that's the whole pitch. The catalyst removes its two real costs: Colossal Quiver maxes reserves so you're not hunting Heavy bricks after two shots, and Archer's Tempo shortens the draw after every precision hit so the slow nock stops being a liability once you're landing crits.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Gunslinger (Solar)	Radiant is the multiplier the bow wants; Ember fragments keep it up off bow kills.
Super	Golden Gun: Marksman (Knock 'em Down → +duration)	On-theme precision burst for the few things one bolt won't finish; spawns Orbs on precision hits.
Class ability	Marksman's Dodge	Instant reload of the equipped weapon — re-nocks the bow on demand between draws.
Melee	Lightweight Knife	Precision-knife kills → Radiant via Ember of Torches; cheap, keeps the buff alive.
Grenade	Healing Grenade	Cure + a radiant trigger; the bolt is the damage, the grenade is sustain.
Aspect 1	On Your Mark	Class ability / precision hits → stacking reload + Weapons stat ×10 (radiant bolts crit constantly).
Aspect 2	Knock 'em Down	Enhances Marksman Golden Gun (increased duration); Solar Super synergy.
Fragments	Ember of Torches (melee → radiant), Ember of Empyrean (Solar final blows extend radiant/resto — bow kills keep it rolling), Ember of Solace (radiant/resto last longer), Ember of Singeing (class ability regen on scorch → faster re-nock dodge)	Radiant uptime + dodge economy.
Exotic armour	Oathkeeper (Gauntlets)	Bow perfect draw held indefinitely; bonus damage on release scaled by hold time; +airborne to Bows. The iconic Hunter bow exotic — see below.
Kinetic/Energy slot	A Solar Special weapon (e.g. a Solar shotgun/sniper, or a Solar bow like Le Monarque for Overload)	Solar element keeps Empyrean/surge online; Le Monarque adds Overload coverage the heavy bow lacks.
(Primary)	Any precision/primary for ad-clear and Golden Gun precision-hit Orbs	The bow is a priority-target tool, not a trash-clearer.

Why this works (the mechanics)

The bow's job is champions and bosses, and it does it intrinsically. Big-Game Hunter is Strong against Unstoppable — that's a bespoke stun baked into the weapon, no artifact mod spent. Against Unstoppable champs you just shoot them. Anti-Champion 2.0 makes archetype stun the norm; this exotic carries its own, freeing your other two slots to cover Barrier/Overload.
Oathkeeper deletes the draw downside and adds damage. Perfect draw can be held indefinitely, so you pre-nock before a champion rounds the corner and fire the instant it's in line — no fumbling the slow draw under pressure. Critically, the release damage scales with hold time, so the held bolt hits harder than a snap shot. The bow's two weaknesses (slow draw, single shot) become a held, buffed, on-demand burst.
Radiant is a flat +25% on every bolt, and it never drops. Ember of Torches makes Lightweight-Knife kills radiant; Ember of Empyrean extends radiant on Solar weapon final blows — and the bolt is Solar, so each kill refreshes its own buff; Ember of Solace stretches the window. Radiant + Oathkeeper hold-bonus + bow base impact stack multiplicatively into one enormous bolt.
The catalyst turns it from a two-shot novelty into a sustained tool. Colossal Quiver means you're not reloading reserves mid-fight; Archer's Tempo speeds each subsequent draw after a precision hit — and a radiant precision bolt to the head is exactly what feeds it. The build is a precision-crit engine, so Tempo is effectively always active.
On Your Mark double-dips the 9.7.0 Weapons stat. Precision hits stack reload + Weapons stat ×10; Weapons stat is now a PvE damage multiplier vs minors/majors on top of radiant and the Oathkeeper hold bonus. Landing crits with the bow literally raises the bow's damage.
Marksman's Dodge is the re-nock button. Dodge instantly reloads the equipped weapon, so after a bolt you dodge → fully drawn again, and Ember of Singeing + On Your Mark keep that dodge charged. The bow's rhythm becomes draw → fire → dodge → draw.

Stats & mods

Weapons 200 → Health 100 → Class. Weapons because the entire build is one big damage bolt and On Your Mark feeds it; Class to keep Marksman's Dodge (the re-nock) cycling.

Mods: Bow loaders / scavengers, Solar Weapon Surge ×2 on boots (straight onto the bolt), Heavy Ammo Finder/Scavenger (the bow is Heavy — feed it), Special/Heavy Finisher for reserves. Bomber/Outreach on class item to speed the dodge.
Archetypes (garnish, not driver): any piece favouring Weapons/Class; Gunner-type legs for Weapons. Fonts (Class Font) only if your rolls leave a gap.
Stat tuning: +Weapons / −Health if you're comfortable, since radiant + Healing Grenade + Cure already cover survivability.

Where it shines

GMs / Master content (champion stun): Unstoppable handled intrinsically by the bow — no artifact slot spent. Bring a Barrier weapon (Barrier-frame primary) and an Overload option (Le Monarque is a perfect Solar-element pick that keeps Empyrean alive and stuns Overload) and you've got all three champion types covered with the bow doing the heavy lifting.
Boss / miniboss DPS bursts: held + radiant + Weapons-stacked bolts are a strong burst on orange-bar minibosses and champion-tier targets; not a sustained-DPS boss weapon (single shot), so save it for the priority-target lane and Golden Gun the rest.
Anywhere a slow heavy bow normally feels bad — Oathkeeper's indefinite hold and the catalyst's quiver/draw fixes make it comfortable in content where you can't afford a fumbled draw.

Verify notes

Exotic perk + catalyst text quoted verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md` (line 266) and `docs/encyclopedia/catalysts.md` (line 95). Element (Solar) and slot (Heavy) inferred from the weapon being a heavy-ammo Solar combat bow; the encyclopedia entry confirms the perk and the Unstoppable intrinsic but does not list element/ammo numerically — treat element/ammo as design-stated, confirm in-game if it matters.
Oathkeeper text verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md` (line 46): Bow perfect draw can be held indefinitely. Gain a bonus to the Bow's damage when released, based on how long perfect draw was held. The exact per-second damage scaling is not in the manifest text — confirm magnitude in-game.
Aspects (On Your Mark line 124, Knock 'em Down line 102, Gunpowder Gamble line 75) and fragments (Ember of Torches/Empyrean/Solace/Singeing) verified against `docs/encyclopedia/aspects.md` and `docs/encyclopedia/fragments.md`. Radiant's +25% weapon-damage value is the standard Solar figure, not pulled from these files — standard sandbox knowledge.
Big-Game Hunter's Unstoppable is the weapon's bespoke stun (encyclopedia-confirmed "Strong against Unstoppable"), independent of any artifact mod — that's the build's anchor claim and it's directly in the perk text.
Le Monarque's intrinsic Overload stun is confirmed in `exotics.md` (line 264); it's the suggested Solar-element complement, not mandatory.

Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)

Piece	Mod · cost	What it does
Helmet (7/10)	Heavy Ammo Finder 1e	Increases the effect of all contributions towards the Heavy ammo meter.
	Solar Siphon 3e fill	Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
	Ashes to Assets 3e fill	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 (6/10)	Solar Resistance 2e fill	Reduces incoming Solar 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)	Solar Scavenger 1e	Solar weapons get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that weapon.
	Solar Weapon Surge 1e	Your Solar weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
	Solar Weapon Surge 1e	Your Solar weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
Class Item (5/10)	Outreach 1e	Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
	Bomber 1e	Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
	Class Font 3e	You gain a bonus to your class stat while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge decays over time.

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: since radiant + Healing Grenade + Cure already cover survivability.