Stasis

Verglas Curve — Hail Storm (Hunter)

Freeze-and-shatter add clear + champion stunner

✓ Manifest Stasis · Primary · No intrinsic champion

Weapon: Verglas Curve (Combat Bow · Primary · Stasis) · Subclass: Revenant (Stasis) · Role: Freeze-and-shatter add clear + champion stunner Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Created 2026-06-16

A Stasis bow whose own kills hand you a quiver of Stasis arrows, then a single hip-fire shot vomits the whole volley back out — a built-in shatter cannon you earn by killing. On Revenant with Mask of Bakris the arrows hit harder and the build freezes everything they don't already kill, so every Hail Barrage lands into a field of frozen targets and shatters the room. The fantasy is a self-feeding blizzard: kill, stockpile, freeze, unload.

The weapon

Exotic perk — Hail Barrage: "Final blows with this weapon grant Stasis arrows. Your next hip-fire shot will fire all of them in a single volley."

Catalyst — Shiver Quiver: "Freezing or slowing a target grants this weapon faster draw speed for a short period of time."

Kill with the bow → bank a Stasis arrow (stacking). Hip-fire → the whole stockpile fires at once as a tracking volley that freezes and shatters on impact. The catalyst closes the loop: this build freezes constantly, and every freeze/slow buys faster draw — the bow's one weakness (draw time) is paid off by the exact debuff the build floods the field with. More frozen targets = faster bow = more kills = a bigger Barrage.

Loadout

Slot	Pick	Why
Subclass	Revenant (Stasis)	Freeze/slow/shatter is the bow's native language; Frost Armor is the survival layer.
Super	Silence and Squall	Squall's roaming storm freezes packs → free Barrage fuel + Bakris-refunds class energy on kills.
Class ability	Gambler's Dodge	Melee back near enemies; with Bakris equipped, Dodge becomes the Light Shift damage window.
Movement	Triple Jump	Air control to line up Shatterdive and hip-fire angles.
Melee	Withering Blade	Ricocheting shuriken slows/freezes — another freeze source feeding Shiver Quiver + Barrage.
Grenade	Glacier Grenade	(With Touch of Winter) extra crystals to shatter into the frozen pack; on-demand cover.
Aspect 1	Touch of Winter	Enhances Stasis grenades — Glacier makes extra crystals = more shatter targets and shards.
Aspect 2	Grim Harvest	Slowed/frozen kills drop Stasis shards; picking them up grants Frost Armor (DR), and while it's up Stasis/Kinetic kills may shatter — the bow makes those kills constantly.

Fragments

Whisper of Hedrons freeze a target → big weapon stat/aim-assist spike — directly buffs the bow
Whisper of Rending primary-ammo weapons do increased damage to crystals and frozen targets — this is a primary bow, so it double-dips on its own freezes
Whisper of Fissures bigger shatter bursts — the Barrage detonations hit harder
Whisper of Rime (Frost Armor duration/stacks — the survival floor). *(Sourced from `docs/knowledge/fragments.md` — see Verify notes.)

Exotic armour — 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."

This is the iconic Stasis-Hunter weapon pairing and it is built for exactly this gun: Silence and Squall is a Stasis Super, so the Dodge becomes Light Shift; after shifting, Stasis weapon damage ramps — and the bow is Stasis. Shift → fire the Barrage volley into a frozen pack with the damage bonus live → the resulting kills refund class ability energy, which re-arms the Dodge for the next Shift. The exotic and the weapon share one button.

Why this works (the mechanics)

The bow's kills are its ammo. Hail Barrage banks an arrow per final blow, so add density is the resource. Glacier crystals (Touch of Winter), Withering Blade, and Squall all manufacture frozen/slowed targets the bow then executes — each kill is one more arrow in the next volley.
Freeze → shatter → the Barrage lands into the shatter. Hip-firing the volley into frozen targets shatters them; Whisper of Fissures enlarges the burst and Whisper of Rending means the primary bow itself does bonus damage to frozen targets and crystals. The volley is both the freezer and the shatter trigger.
Shiver Quiver erases the draw-time tax. Bows are slow to draw; this build freezes/slows on nearly every engagement, and each one grants faster draw. The catalyst turns the build's constant CC into the bow's handling stat.
Mask of Bakris stacks a Stasis damage buff onto a Stasis bow. Light Shift → ramped Stasis weapon damage on the Barrage → kills refund class energy → Dodge re-arms. One exotic loop that buffs the weapon and pays for itself.
Whisper of Hedrons turns freezes into a weapon-stat spike. Freeze a target and the bow's stability/aim-assist/handling jump — tighter Barrage tracking and faster follow-up shots, on top of Shiver Quiver's draw speed.
Grim Harvest closes the survivability loop. Frozen/slowed kills (the bow's bread and butter) drop shards → Frost Armor on pickup (DR) plus a shatter-on-kill chance while it's up, so the bow tanks for you while it clears. Melee comes back from Gambler's Dodge near the pack → more Withering Blade → more freezes → more draw speed and more Barrage fuel. The whole engine runs on the bow's own kills.

Stats & mods

Weapons 200 → Health 100+ → Class. Weapons is the priority — it is raw PvE weapon damage in Armor 3.0 and the bow is the whole build. Class feeds Gambler's Dodge (the Bakris Shift). Health is the survival floor under Frost Armor.

Mods: Stasis Weapon Surge ×2 on boots (≈+17% Stasis damage straight onto the bow), Bow loaders/scavengers and a Bow Targeting/Dexterity mod for handling, Stasis Siphon on the helmet (Stasis kills → Orbs — the bow makes these nonstop), Orbs of Restoration on boots. Recovery/Resist mods on chest under Frost Armor.

The other two weapon slots

Special: a Stasis Glaive or Stasis Sniper keeps the Surge mods and freeze identity consistent (and feeds Stasis Siphon). A freeze-on-shieldbreak Stasis weapon (Dragon's Bite, artifact) stacks more frozen targets for the bow.
Heavy: Machine Gun or Rocket for the bosses the Barrage doesn't personally delete; pick the element your encounter wants since the bow already owns add clear.

Where it shines

Add clear and champion control in GMs, Nightfalls, and dense PvE. The bow is a primary, so ammo is never the constraint — it just needs bodies to kill, and dense content supplies them. Squall + Glacier + Barrage clears whole rooms; Frost Armor (Rime) and Bakris's partial cloak handle the survivability.

Champion coverage (Anti-Champion 2.0): the bow's archetype stun depends on frame, but this season's artifact makes it a two-champion tool directly: Unstoppable Bow (fully-drawn shots fire an explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants) and Anti-Barrier Bow (shield-piercing broadheads that stun Barrier) are both available — slot whichever the activity demands and the same Verglas Curve covers it. Overload is the gap: lean on Squall/Withering-Blade slow + freeze to lock Overloads down, or run an Overload weapon in the Heavy slot. Slow itself disrupts ability-spam elites.

Verify notes

Exotic perk + catalyst text quoted verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md` (line 348) and `docs/encyclopedia/catalysts.md` (line 158). Confirmed Stasis, Combat Bow.
No `weapons.md` in `docs/encyclopedia/` — so the bow's exact archetype (Lightweight/Precision frame), draw-time, base impact and Barrage arrow count/ damage are not in the manifest dump available here; I designed around the stated perk behaviour and did not fabricate numbers. The frame determines the bow's intrinsic champion stun (artifact mods above are the reliable coverage).
Revenant Hunter aspects (Touch of Winter, Grim Harvest, Winter's Shroud, Shatterdive) are now present and verbatim in `docs/encyclopedia/aspects.md` (manifest source of truth). Grim Harvest (9.7.0, verbatim): "Picking up Stasis shards grants stacks of Frost Armor. While you have Frost Armor, defeating combatants with Stasis or Kinetic weapons may cause them to shatter, damaging nearby foes... Taking damage while you have Frost Armor generates class ability energy." It is Frost Armor + shatter-on-kill, NOT a shard→melee source — the stale "shards → melee energy" claim has been corrected; melee here is refunded by Gambler's Dodge.
Stasis "Whisper of..." fragments are now in `docs/encyclopedia/fragments.md` (manifest). Whisper of Rending/Fissures/Hedrons/Rime effects confirmed there.
Mask of Bakris text verbatim from `docs/encyclopedia/exotics.md` (line 39). Artifact mods (Unstoppable Bow, Anti-Barrier Bow, Argent Quiver, Creeping Chill, Fever and Chill, Cauterized Darkness) confirmed in `docs/encyclopedia/artifact.md`.
Stasis Weapon Surge ≈+17% at ×2 is the standard 3-mod value; confirm exact figure in-game. Bakris's Stasis-weapon damage-bonus magnitude/duration is not in the encyclopedia — behaviour confirmed, number not.

Mod selection (masterworked — full allocation)

Piece	Mod · cost	What it does
Helmet (5/10)	Stasis Siphon 1e	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 (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 (5/10)	Stasis Resistance 1e fill	Reduces incoming Stasis 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 (5/10)	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.
	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.
	Stasis Scavenger 3e	Stasis weapons get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that weapon.
Class Item (4/10)	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.
	Powerful Attraction 2e fill	Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate 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: a Bow Targeting/Dexterity mod for handling.