Grendel becomes a powerhouse when you choose the right mods to fit your build, allowing him to excel at tanking, crowd control, or dealing massive damage.
His abilities can pull, launch, or devour enemies while buffing allies, so modding for Strength, Range, Duration, or Efficiency will alter how he functions.
With the right setup, you can modify Grendel to suit any different mission types for solo play or working effectively with a team.
Grendel Builds
1) All-Around Build (Standard Stats Build)
Grendel works well when you know how to utilize all of his abilities, but this also requires a build that can handle everything with decent stats.
With his Ability Strength greatly increased, along with slightly better Duration, Efficiency, and Range, this build is a suitable starter build for this Warframe.
Starting with this build, you can slowly get used to using Grendel and eventually modify it until it matches your playstyle.
2) Nuker build (High Ability Strength Build)
When it comes to dealing damage with abilities, this build works well with Grendel without compromising too much of his other stats. (You can swap Intensify with Archon Intensify)
The only downside would be the higher cost in energy when it comes to casting his abilities, but this can be made up for later by getting energy from other sources.
You can expect to deal much more damage using Grendel’s abilities and gain more when buffed with Nourish, while Regurgitate strips a ton of armor from enemies if they survive.
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3) Crowd Control Build (High Ability Range Build)
If you are a fan of using Pulverize as well as the other abilities that Grendel has that affect an area, you get more range on them with this build.
The range of Grendel’s abilities increases, and he retains a decent amount of Ability Strength, making this useful in multiple ways depending on how you play.
With a larger range, you can knock down several enemies easily and reduce the armor of groups of enemies easily with Regurgitate.
4) Gladiator Build (Melee Crit Build)
If you are a fan of using melee weapons in missions, this build will be fun to use thanks to the passive provided by the Gladiator set added.
Grendel will still be able to utilize his abilities while also being able to fight enemies head-on with melee weapons, especially if other Gladiator Mods are equipped in your melee weapon.
Since Grendel can become more durable by consuming enemies, he becomes extremely durable and can rush into a fight to destroy enemies up close.
5) Destructive Meatball Build (Pulverize Build)
Grendel is well known for curling up into a ball and just wrecking everything in his path, which is pretty much what this build is all about.
Focusing on Ability Strength and Ability Duration, this build allows you to continuously use Pulverize while being able to sustain yourself with Nourish.
You can use Pulverize the majority of the time to roll up on your enemies and smash everything that dares to stand in your path while retaining decent survivability.
6) Bile Cannon Build (Regurgitate Build)
Focusing on the usage of Regurgitate, this build empowers Grendel’s 4th ability and provides him with decent stats to continuously let loose bile projectiles upon enemies.
This is great for when you want to use Regurgitate on enemies several times before blasting them with your weapons or rushing into the fight.
If you prefer to affect a larger area with the defense reduction, you can swap out Augur Secrets or Adaptation with mods that increase Ability Range.
Verdict
Grendel can tank damage, deal heavy ability damage, or support allies, depending on how you mod him, making him flexible for almost any mission.
Focusing on specific stats like Strength, Range, or Duration makes his abilities hit harder, cover more area, or last longer, and may even focus on one or more abilities of your choosing.
Overall, with the right mods, Grendel is a solid all-around Warframe that can handle enemies and help your team in multiple ways while maintaining survivability.
