Third Iteration — Charged Shot (Void Hunter)

Centerpiece: Third Iteration (Scout Rifle · Primary · Void) · Subclass: Nightstalker · Role: Weakening primary that snipes priority targets and self-cloaks into a Void-weapon invis loop Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Updated 2026-07-03

A spread-fire Void scout that you charge by holding ADS — the cone collapses into one high-density slug that marks whatever it touches. Land the precision kill with that charged round and the catalyst detonates the corpse into a weakening blast. Run it on Nightstalker through Gyrfalcon's Hauberk: the marked kill cloaks you, you emerge with Volatile Rounds, and volatile + weaken + the mark stack on the same primary. A gun that thinks it's a sniper, a debuff applicator, and an orb factory at once.

The weapon

Intrinsic — Tri-Planar Mass Driver: "Fires a spread of Void energy projectiles. Aiming down sights narrows the spread."

Exotic perk — Amalgamation Rounds: "Aiming down sights for a short period without firing compresses the spread into a single high-density projectile. Damaging a target with this shot marks them. This weapon deals additional damage to marked targets. Defeating a marked target or landing a precision final blow with an Amalgamation Round grants invisibility and truesight."

Catalyst — Aberrant Combustion: "Precision final blows with Amalgamation Rounds cause the target to detonate into a weakening blast."

What it does: hip-fired it's a shotgun-scout — a cone of weak Void pellets for crowds at close range. Hold ADS for about a second and the next shot is a single hard-hitting projectile that marks the target and deals bonus damage to anything already marked. Land that charged shot as a precision kill and two things fire at once — the gun grants you invisibility and truesight off the marked kill, and the catalyst blows the body into a weakening blast that debuffs everything nearby. So one trigger gives you two firing modes and two payoffs: clear with the spread, charge to delete-and-weaken priority targets while cloaking yourself. The whole loop is Void, which is the point — every Void synergy on the subclass and artifact lands on this one primary.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Nightstalker (Void)	The iconic Void-weapon Hunter; invis + weaken are exactly what this gun manufactures.
Super	Shadowshot: Deadfall	Dramatic weaken + suppress that groups the pack — a team debuff floor under the gun's own weaken, and the suppress covers Overload behaviourally.
Class ability	Marksman's Dodge	Instantly reloads the scout between charged shots and vacuums nearby ammo; pairs with Vanishing Step for the invis loop.
Movement	Strafe Jump	Tight mid-air control to hold the ADS charge and line up the precision slug.
Melee	Snare Bomb (Quickfall)	Smoke → invis on demand to re-trigger Gyrfalcon's Volatile; weakening dust thins a target before the charged shot.
Grenade	Vortex Grenade	Lingering Void well; with Echo of Undermining it weakens, and it's the anchor for the artifact's Overload Grenades stun.
Aspect 1	Stylish Executioner	Any elemental-debuffed kill → invis + Truesight. The catalyst's weaken is the debuff — a second cloak source on top of the gun's own marked-kill invis.
Aspect 2	Vanishing Step	Dodge → invis, a reliable Gyrfalcon trigger that lets you re-arm Volatile Rounds without needing a kill.
Fragments	Undermining · Harvest · Starvation · Instability	Weaken source + orb/Breach generation + Devour sustain + a grenade-based Volatile source.
Exotic armour	Gyrfalcon's Hauberk (Chest)	Emerge from invis and Third Iteration gains Volatile Rounds — the gun's marked-kill cloak feeds this directly.
Weapons	Unstoppable special + boss-DPS Heavy	The scout breaks no champion intrinsically, so the Special covers Unstoppable; any Heavy collects the weaken discount for DPS.

Why it works (the mechanics)

• The catalyst makes the gun a debuff dispenser, and Void loves debuffs. Charged precision kill → weakening blast. Weaken is a debuff-bucket multiplier, so it stacks on every weapon perk for the whole fireteam and softens each champion's health bar. Vortex + Echo of Undermining lays down a second weaken source so the debuff floor never drops.
• The gun cloaks itself, then Gyrfalcon arms it. A marked-target kill or a precision Amalgamation kill grants invisibility and truesight straight off the weapon — no aspect required. Emerge from that invis and Gyrfalcon's See Me, Feel Me gives Third Iteration Volatile Rounds for ~9 seconds. So one charged kill now lands the mark, the weaken, and re-arms Volatile: three Void effects, one trigger.
• The invis loop is self-sustaining and the gun powers it. Stylish Executioner re-cloaks you on any elemental-debuffed kill — and the catalyst weaken is that debuff — while Vanishing Step gives a dodge-based cloak. Between the gun's own marked-kill invis and two aspect sources, Volatile Rounds uptime on the primary is effectively permanent.
• Weakened kills are an orb-and-Devour engine. Echo of Harvest turns every weakened kill into an Orb + Void Breach; Echo of Starvation converts the pickup into Devour. The gun makes weakened kills constantly, so health regen and ability energy never stop — and the artifact's Volatile Flow turns those same orbs into another Volatile source.
• The artifact closes the Overload gap the gun can't. Overload Grenades makes Vortex stun Overload champions; Deadfall's suppress backs it up. Unto The Breach + Protective Breach + Supernova recycle the gun's weakened kills into Void Breaches, overshields, and a free weakening pulse — the weapon's output is the artifact's fuel.
• Two firing modes cover two ranges from one slot. Hip-fire spread for adds in your face, charged slug for the orange bar across the room, with bonus damage to anything already marked. You rarely need a second primary, which frees both other slots for champion coverage and boss DPS.

Stats & mods

Weapons 200 → Class → Grenade. Weapons stat is the priority — it adds PvE weapon damage on top of Volatile + weaken + the marked-target bonus, and this is a primary-weapon build. Class keeps Marksman's Dodge (your invis + reload) charged; Grenade for Vortex uptime (the weaken/Devour/Overload feed). The archetype lean is a Weapons-primary Nightstalker: enough Class to hold the dodge loop, Grenade third.

Mods:

• Boots: Void Weapon Surge ×2 (≈+17% Void weapon damage straight onto Third Iteration) · Orbs of Restoration (orb pickup → ability energy).
• Arms: Scout Rifle Loader ×2 (charged-shot rhythm) · Fastball (Snare Bomb placement).
• Chest: Arc + Solar Resistance · the reserve overshield from Gyrfalcon's finisher line covers Void.
• Class item: Reaper (dodge → next kill spawns an Orb) · Powerful Attraction (dodge vacuums orbs into Starvation Devour) · Bomber.
• Surge: Void Weapon Surge (on boots) — every point stacks onto the primary.
• Anti-Champion: Overload via the artifact's Overload Grenades (Vortex); no weapon-mounted champion mod needed on the scout itself.

Artifact — NPA Repulsion Regulator

Picks (2/3/2):

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

• Volatile Flow grants your Void weapons Volatile Rounds on orb pickup — the build farms orbs off weakened kills, so this is a Volatile source that runs even between invis windows, layered on top of Gyrfalcon.
• Unto The Breach creates a Void Breach on any Void-debuffed kill while a Void subclass is equipped — every weakened charged kill now coins a Breach for free.
• Protective Breach turns Breach pickup into a fresh overshield, stacking with Gyrfalcon's reserve overshield for near-constant Void damage resistance.
• Overload Grenades makes Vortex stun Overload champions — this is the build's Overload coverage, since the scout breaks no champion on its own.
• Bricks From Beyond drips Heavy ammo from Void-weapon powerful kills to feed whatever DPS Heavy you bring.
• Supernova makes your next Void hit after a Breach pickup fire a large weakening pulse — spreading the catalyst's weaken hands-free.
• Void Weapon Channeling adds flat Void-weapon damage after a Void kill while a Void ability is charged — bonus damage straight onto Third Iteration.

Where it shines

• GMs / −30/−40 content: weaken + the marked-target bonus let a primary meaningfully chunk minibosses, and Devour + reserve overshields keep you alive. Deadfall is the team debuff for the boss/DPS phase.
• Champion-dense rooms: Overload Grenades stun Overloads through Vortex, Deadfall's suppress backs it up, and the weakening blast softens whatever's behind them for the team.
• Add-clear corridors: hip-fire spread + Volatile detonations + Supernova's weakening pulse chain through packs while orbs and Devour flood in.
• Champion coverage: Third Iteration breaks no champion intrinsically (manifest: no anti-champion frame). Overload is covered by the artifact's Overload Grenades on Vortex (plus Deadfall suppress). Barrier and Unstoppable are the gaps — bring them on the Special/Heavy slots.

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).